Series VIII: Navasky at Columbia University, 1963-2015, inclusive

This subseries contains Navasky materials relating to Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, where he directs the George Delacorte Center for Magazine Journalism. Highlights include a series of lectures by editors, writers, art directors, and publishers from magazines such as Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and Harper's. The lectures, delivered as part of the George Delacorte Lecture Series, became chapters in The Art of Making Magazines, edited by Navasky and Evan Cornog (Dean of the School of Communication at Hofstra University and former publisher of the Columbia Journalism Review).

There are also materials associated with Navasky's Magazine Workshop in which students create and publish a complete magazine from scratch. Titled The New York Review of Magazines, it is a magazine about magazines. Workshop materials and full issues are contained in this subseries.

Of particular interest, in Box 75, Folder 31, are items involving Victor Navasky's 2006 appearance on Bill O'Reilly's television show - The Factor. O'Reilly contends that there is a liberal bias in the hiring of teachers at the Columbia University School of Journalism. Navasky denies the existence of bias. The folder contains materials used in preparation for the appearance and, also, threatening email recieved by Navasky.

This subseries contains a variety of materials associated with the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR), chaired by Victor Navasky. Correspondence, full issues, and other related items are included. There are letters of praise and also material regarding the controversy over Navasky's appointment to the position of chairman. Between 2007 and 2009, the CJR conducted a study of "Magazines and Their Websites," funded by the MacArthur Foundation. Interview transcripts and other study materials are included.