Last night, we braved the frigid temperatures and took the 1 train all the way to Columbia University’s Low Library for the Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Awards ceremony, one of the top prizes for broadcast and digital news.

We asked J-School dean Nicholas Lemann if the ceremony was comparable to the Emmys for journalism.

“The Emmys are a crock,” the soon-to-depart dean said, explaining that there are over 300 television awards given but only 14 DuPont awards, and so the journalism awards are much more prestigious.  Read More