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Topic: Miscellaneous items
Date/Time: 2/18/2008 3:52:58 PM
Title: Lemann accidentally e-mails his self-evaluation
Posted By: Jim Romenesko
 
Memos from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism Dean Nicholas Lemann

From: Nicholas Lemann
Date: Feb 18, 2008 8:53 AM
Subject: [maclass] First semester projects, etc.
To: MA class

Dear MA Class,

I am attaching my extremely late evaluations of the first semester
projects. Sorry it took so long. I am also attaching the "journalistic
method" piece I mentioned several times in class. I would be grateful
for any comments or emendations.

Best,
Nick Lemann

Instead of sending the class project evaluations, Columbia journalism school dean Nicholas Lemann e-mailed his self-evaluation to his students. He then sent this e-mail to them:


From: Nicholas Lemann
Date: Feb 18, 2008 10:07 AM
Subject: [maclass] Freudian slip?
To: MA class

Well, folks, instead of sending you my evaluation of your projects, I
sent you a self-evaluation that I wrote at the request of the provost,
to help him decide whether he's going to reappoint me to a second five
year term. Make of that mistake what you will -- but I'm now attaching
what I had meant to send you first time around./CONTINUED

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