Be curious. Be courageous. Be the voice of your generation. The future of media is now—and it starts with you.
The Journalism and Media Production major is your launchpad into today’s fast-paced media landscape, where bold reporting meets cutting-edge content creation. Today’s journalists must be more than writers: they must be agile storytellers, savvy producers, and ethical media makers ready to inform, inspire, and ignite change.
Highlights:
This dynamic major prepares students for the fast-paced world of modern media, blending core principles of investigative journalism with hands-on training in digital production, multimedia storytelling, and audience engagement. Whether you are live-streaming a breaking news report, producing a podcast series, crafting immersive visual stories, or managing social media campaigns, you will learn to tell impactful stories across platforms that matter.
Courses cover a wide range of topics, including best practices for reporting in the digital era, media law, data visualization, and the ethics of AI in media production and journalism. Students gain real-world experience in campus newsrooms, studios, and internships to graduate with a polished portfolio and the confidence to lead in roles across newsrooms, creative agencies, nonprofit media, and beyond.
Outcomes:
With a strong foundation in media ethics, digital tools, and audience engagement strategies, students will graduate equipped to work as multimedia journalists, content creators, video producers, social media strategists, or communication specialists in a wide range of industries.
Graduate pathways:
The major also prepares students for research-driven and practice-based graduate programs. By developing advanced skills in research, critical thinking, public affairs, constitutional law, writing, and media analysis, a major in Journalism and Media Production offers a strong foundation for students interested in pursuing a master’s degree in journalism, media studies, communication, public policy, law, or digital media.