Curriculum Overview
"There are so many opportunities. You can't let them pass you
by."
Mark Minner '12
Sports Commentator, Writer, Producer and Host, The Butler
Beat
Studio Host, Butler Basketball
Radio Network, WFNI 1070 The Fan
The Eugene S. Pulliam School of Journalism offers a
multimedia degree program in journalism that prepares students to
produce professional quality stories and programming for a variety
of audiences in a variety of media formats.
In the process, students will develop professional skills,
competencies and knowledge in:
- Source development, interviewing, observation reporting,
documentary/public records research and investigation
- Critical analysis, skeptical thinking, complex reasoning and
evaluation
- Writing, visual communication and design, audio/video
communication, on-camera delivery and online/interactive
communication
- Multimedia software programs appropriate to the field of
journalism
- Team-building and collaboration
- Professional, ethical and legal standards and responsibilities
of the field
- Application of relevant analytical and theoretical frameworks
to the practice of journalism in the U.S. and around the
globe.
All journalism majors are also required to complete an
internship.
Complete list
and description of all J-School courses.