Beginning this fall, the Dietrich School will offer a new Journalism Certificate.
The certificate was a collaborative effort between the English and Communications Departments, with English Chair Gayle Rogers at the helm. Gayle says it was designed with the ever-changing news landscape in mind. Journalists are constantly updating their roster of skills, and this certificate aims to best prepare students for their careers.
From the website:
“The Journalism Certificate is a wide-ranging, cross-disciplinary program designed to equip students with both the core ethical and reporting skills of great journalistic practices--like fact-checking and interviewing--and the modern expertise demanded by new media industries, such as data visualization and multi-modal composition. The curriculum ensures students are versatile across journalistic modes and platforms, gaining hands-on experience in everything from podcasting and longform narrative to understanding media law and the ethics of "fake news" and AI-generated content. The program is structured to provide both practical, skill-focused training and an analytical view of the field, with a requirement of experiential credits in order to secure essential real-world experience for career success.”
The certificate comprises 21 credits, including one 3-credit communications course, one 3-credit English course, and a 15-credit “elective path.” Students must complete a minimum of 6 credits from the Multimedia Storytelling and Understanding the Media Landscape groups, as well as a minimum of 3 credits from each of the subgroups: Investigating and Interviewing; Data, Audiences, and Technology; Media Law, Ethics, and Misinformation; and Media Practices.
For more information on the certificate, you can visit their website.