Program Description
The MA in Journalism Program at DePaul prepares graduates for careers as multimedia news producers and visual storytellers in journalism's new digital landscape. The graduates are now content producers at more than 400 sites in the webbed universe. Concentrations in: Multimedia Reporting; Reporting Metro Chicago; Sports Journalism; and Data Journalism helped establish their brands as socially responsible reporters, editors, and producers.
DePaul's program brings Chicago into the classroom and moves the classroom out into the third largest media market in the country. Internships and experiential learning opportunities enable students to develop the networks and e-portfolios that advance their careers. The award-winning team of journalism professionals partners with students in producing first-rate news stories across platforms, aided by DePaul's downtown Media Center and Green Screen Studio.
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
- Understand the social responsibility of journalists to serve citizens with news worth knowing.
- Use digital story-telling techniques to be competitive in the new journalism marketplace.
- Experiment in how to best handle and present the news of the day.