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Why SIUC Journalism?

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SoJ students produce magazines, websites, and a newspaper, all filled with examples from every specialization. We are dedicated to providing our diverse student community with state-of-the art educational resources to foster critical thinking, research skills, and hands-on production experience. The award winning student newspaper, the Daily Egyptian, and its web…

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Advertising

Students in the advertising specialization learn to analyze problems in, and identify solutions for, the promotion of goods and services. They develop skills in verbal and visual communication and presentation of materials. Instruction emphasizes branding, online presentation, media sales, consumer research, account planning and creative strategies. Graduates are prepared to…

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News

As the communication revolution expands the ways in which news and information can be presented, the need increases for individuals with the ability to prepare and present news and information precisely and accurately for a variety of media. Students in the news specialization receive practical training in the theory and…

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New Media Producer

The New Media Producer specialization is designed to give students a high level of competence in skills needed to produce institutional websites. This includes placing audio, video, still photography and the printed word on sites for news organizations, government agencies, nonprofits and corporations. Students learn a strong sense of aesthetics…

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Photojournalism

Students in the photojournalism specialization develop the photographic and news reporting skills necessary to communicate visually with a mass audience through contemporary media outlets - both printed and electronic. Photojournalism students receive practical training in gathering, writing, photographing, editing and presenting news and feature stories in which the essential information…

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Sports Media

Coming soon... The Sports Media specialization. Classes to be offered in Fall 2011 (Pending Approval).

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Specializations

IntroductionSIUC SoJ occupies a national leadership role in mass communication education at a time of revolutionary change. The technology of communication is changing faster than any time since the invention of movable type.
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The School of Journalism is keeping pace with these historic changes by expanding coursework in areas including web, video, audio and multi-media skills, while continuing to reinforce knowledge vital to journalists of all eras - clear writing, clear thinking, law, ethics and history.

The program combines a detailed understanding of the practice of journalism in modern society with a broad knowledge of the liberal arts. Students acquire the specific skills necessary to become professionals in advertising, new media production, news, photojournalism, or other communication fields.

Students are encouraged to develop in-depth knowledge by completing the requirements of a structured minor in a subject area outside the College of Mass Communication and related fields.

The curriculum prepares students for positions of responsibility in a broad array of fields in which the ability to communicate is essential. One new specialization - New Media Producer - prepares students to run institutional websites. The School of Journalism also prepares students for graduate studies in mass communication, the social sciences, and the law.

While most students are best served by one of the following specializations, other programs of study in the major may be designed to meet special needs.

Learn more about the five areas of emphasis by following the links on the specializations menu.