The journalism major equips students with portable skills that can be applied to a variety of communication and media careers. These skills include story idea generation, identification of relevant sources of information, assessment of information, ethical practices, clear and accurate presentation of material and use of various media to communication non-fiction messages.
Benefits of this program
Journalism study provides a thorough background in news reporting and writing, journalism law and journalism ethics. You will learn:
- Identification and assessment of information
- Credible sourcing
- Journalism ethics
- Document research
- Interviewing skills
- Media literacy
- Broadcast skills
- Legal and ethical issues in journalism
- Diversity and multicultural reporting
- Mass communication issues
- How to generate story ideas
- Infographic creation
- Web portfolio creation
- Copy and content editing
- Audio recording and editing
- Basic photography skills
Major requirements
Requirements for the journalism major prior to fall 2019: