Sciences Po's Dual Degree in Journalism With Columbia University, 15 years and Counting

The idea behind this dual degree was to bring the best out of both our two journalism schools to enable future journalists to work on both sides of the Atlantic, by mixing European journalistic practices with those prevailing in the Anglo-Saxon media. This makes this double degree quite unique and exclusive.

Our students are really diverse and it's such a pleasure every year to meet them and watch them grow on a professional level. From Columbia University, we welcome students that have already spent a year in New York and looking to dive into European media while building a digital expertise (datajournalism, working with AI). The other way round, Sciences Po's students spend the second year of Master's at Columbia University where they can fully experience student life on an Ivy League campus, while learning how to shoot a documentary.

I'll give you a few examples. Kéthévane Gorjestani is an expert journalist in international affairs for France 24, after having been a correspondent in Washington DC to follow the White House news. Marie Gentric is a journalist and presenter at BFM TV. Cécile S. Gallego is an expert journalist in data investigation for the International Consortium for Investigative Journalists. Christopher Huffaker is a data journalist for The Boston Globe in the United States. Daphnée Denis is a video and documentary director, she worked for Brut, and now for Arte. Martin Goillandeau is a journalist at CNN, based in London. Juliette Jabkhiro is a reporter in Paris for the Reuters agency, after having been a correspondent in Dakar, Senegal. Paul Galouzeau de Villepin is a political journalist for POLITICO Europe.

For 15 years, and counting, we tried through our double degree, with our partner Columbia Graduate Journalism School, to question and analyse the major changes that took journalism by storm with the advent of social networks, the massive increase of fake news – particularly during elections, the rise of AI in the media, the growing mistrust of readers and viewers… Let's hope the next 15 years will be as exciting and challenging for future journalists.