Graciela Mochkofsky

Notable work and positions

Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY — Dean (2022– )
The New Yorker — Contributing Writer
Center for Community Media (CUNY) — Former Executive Director

Biography

Graciela Mochkofsky, a native of Argentina, was appointed dean of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY in June 2022, becoming the only Latina to lead a graduate school of journalism in the United States. She first joined the Newmark J-School in 2016 to launch the nation's first bilingual master's journalism program, and in 2019 took on leadership of the school's Center for Community Media, where she oversaw a project that helped direct nearly $70 million in city funds to New York City community media over five years. In early 2024 she launched a campaign, backed by a $10 million gift from Craig Newmark Philanthropies, to make the school tuition-free by 2027. She is currently a contributing writer for The New Yorker covering Latino and Latin American issues, and previously worked as a political correspondent for La Nación in Argentina and as a columnist and blogger for El País in Spain. She holds an M.S. from Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism and is the author of seven nonfiction books, including The Prophet of the Andes (Knopf, 2022). She won the 2018 María Moors Cabot Prize for outstanding reporting across Latin America and the Caribbean, and serves on the boards of Radio Ambulante, Rebuild Local News, and the Committee to Protect Journalists.