JOURN-MIN - Journalism
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The journalism minor teaches reporting, writing, and editing skills, and the basics of broadcast journalism, and provides a comprehensive overview of the news media as an industry. Part of the Urban Studies Department, the journalism minor makes use of current technology to access and report information and explores new methods of news distribution.
The primary goals of the minor are to train students for professional careers in journalism and to produce well-informed news consumers. At the same time, with its strong emphasis on good writing, the journalism program complements many majors, including economics, English, history, media studies, political science, sociology, and urban studies, helping students learn to write clearly about complicated contemporary issues.
All journalism classes are taught by individuals with news media experience, who bring their expertise and career contacts from the newsroom to the classroom.