The Columbia J-school wants to help its alums in nonprofit news pay back their student loans

Law schools and other graduate programs have long offered loan repayment assistance programs to encourage graduates to pursue work in the public interest without the specter of unmanageable student debt. With a new, pilot loan repayment program, the Columbia University School of Journalism is bringing that idea to graduate journalism schools for the first time.

First announced this past May, the university opened the application on August 1 to Columbia Journalism alumni working in nonprofit news who have graduated in the last five years, between 2019 and 2023.

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