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Student Media

The journalism program is designed to provide students with reporting and writing skills along with the historical, legal and ethical underpinnings of journalism in a free society. Recognizing that the flow of news information is changing, students will learn new ways to seek and disseminate information while they learn the skills necessary to organize and present information easily to the general public. NKU journalism majors are located in a top media market where they can fulfill internship requirements, although some majors accept internships in other locales as well. Being in the Greater Cincinnati media market also provides a pool of high caliber professionals from which we draw adjunct and guest faculty members.

Philosophically, the major recognizes that in a society which values free speech, members of the profession serve as a teacher, as a preacher, as a watchdog, as a investigator, and as a keeper of the day's events. It is a calling as much as it is a profession.

Students must have scored a 20 or higher on the English portion of the ACT before they may enroll in JOU 130. 
 

Journalism Minor Requirements

(for students entering NKU in Fall 2003 or later)

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___Contemporary Mass Media (JOU 100) (3 hrs)

___Newswriting I (JOU 130) (3 hrs)

___Newswriting II (JOU 230) (3 hrs)

___Law of Mass Communication (JOU 385) (3 hrs)

___Ethics and Media (JOU 440) (3 hrs)

___Plus two elective journalism courses at the 300-level or above, for a total of at least 21 hours for the minor.

For more information, contact:
Dr. Brad Scharlott
 

Journalism faculty web pages:

Mary Carmen Cupito