Department of Visual and Performing Arts

Bradley Hall

In the journalism and media studies program, students learn to write and report by covering the metropolitan region around them-from Newark and North Jersey to New York City. Journalism is taught as part of a liberal arts education that blends theory and practice. Courses explore writing, reporting, the history of journalism, contemporary media issues, television, radio, the web, and journalism ethics and are coordinated with other programs and departments, such as theater arts and television, art and design, English, and African-American and African studies.

An internship is required for both the major and minor. Students majoring in journalism and media studies work for print and broadcast news organizations. Others have gone on to graduate school and law school.