Columbia Journalism Review
Alumni Association NON-PROFIT Columbia University U.S. POSTAGE Graduate School of Journalism PAID 2950 Broadway, MC 3820 SUMMIT, NJ 07901 New York, NY 10027 PERMIT 18 Columbia Journalism AlumWinter 20n06 Jourinal Alumnus Graduates Appointed Cover a Trustee Katrina ichael B. Rothfeld (’71), Print and broadcast reporters theatrical producer, private from near and far converged on equity investor and a former stricken areas Mmagazine editor, has been named a trustee of Columbia University. By Ed Silberfarb (’52) According to the University Secretary’s office, he is only the third t was the deadliest natural disas- Journalism School graduate to serve ter in the U.S. since a Florida hur- on that governing body. Others were ricane of 1928 killed more than Joan Konner (’61), dean emerita of 2,500. The Katrina death toll NICOLE BENGIVENO / THE NEW YORK TIMES YORK THE NEW NICOLE BENGIVENO / I exceeded 1,300, displaced over one the J-School; and John Curley (’63), Deborah Sontag in the flooded Ninth Ward of New Orleans. retired chair, president and chief exec- million people and caused damage utive officer of the Gannett Co. estimated from $70 billion to $130 bil- Konner was a trustee from 1978 to lion. The August hurricane, itself, and 1988, and Curley, 1988 to 1994. the flooding of New Orleans have been Rothfeld, a 1969 graduate of called the worst set of catastrophes in Columbia College, was an Debate on Sources the nation’s history. International Fellow at the School of J-School alumni were on the International and Public Affairs, 1970- scene from Mississippi to Louisiana to By Alexandra Haggiag (’05) panel included Joel Gora, professor of tell the story.
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