Montclair State University\u2019s School of Communication and Media will be adding a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism to its curriculum beginning in September 2014. <\/p>\n
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\u201cJournalism is going through a dramatic transformation and our exciting new program is designed to prepare students for careers in emerging, new and traditional media,\u201d says School of Communication and Media Director Merrill Brown. \u201cOur students will become the reporters, producers, documentary filmmakers and digital media creators of the future.\u201d <\/p>\n
The Journalism major, which has been approved by the State of New Jersey Department of Education, combines a strong liberal arts education with a specialized curriculum that provides training in writing, reporting, research and interviewing techniques. The program will give students the tools and versatility which are needed to create and deliver content across print, audio, video and social media platforms. Elective courses, such as Filmmaking, Public Relations, Television and Digital Media, will allow students to expand upon their expertise.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really happy that I will be able to graduate with a degree in journalism,\u201d says Catherine Baxter, the first student to enroll in the new program. \u201cWhen I told my parents about the journalism degree, they were very enthusiastic. They know it\u2019s what I want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Brown, Journalism students will have many opportunities for hands-on media experience. The School\u2019s WiredJersey.com website gives students the opportunity to report and edit web content. They can also work at WMSC-FM, the University\u2019s on-campus radio station or contribute to The Montclarion<\/em>, as Baxter does. <\/p>\n Brown adds that the new Journalism major is designed to meet the challenges of an evolving media landscape and generate a new vitality in the industry.<\/p>\n \u201cThe best opportunities for students will come from a faculty and University committed to reinventing the field,\u201d said Brown. \u201cWe intend to be at the center of this emerging revolution in news gathering and storytelling.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Montclair State University\u2019s School of Communication and Media will be adding a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism to its curriculum beginning in September 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":112713,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-of-communication-and-media-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}