The Miami University Journalism Program is an innovative, interdisciplinary program in journalism with a strong commitment to professional training in all media within a framework of liberal education.
In concert with Miami's mission as a university, this integrated journalism program aims to enhance a liberal arts education by training students in critical thinking, writing, reporting, and editing, while preparing them for opportunities in print and broadcast journalism, new media, related professions and graduate studies.
The program seeks to educate students as ethical and productive members of the media and their communities, advancing the traditions of a free and responsible press that are critical to a democratic society.
JOURNALISM NEWSOf Caps, Gowns and Best Wishes Fifty-eight Journalism majors graduated from Miami University on May 10, four of them magna cum laude. They hailed from as far away as Minnesota, Georgia and New Hampshire. Most left with real-world internship experience and current multi-media knowledge under their belts - along with the double majors that deepened their liberal arts experience. 2008 Miami University Journalism graduates. |
Students Partner with Ind. Paper for Online Project Students in Miami's Online Journalism course this spring worked with Richmond, Ind., Palladium-Item newspaper staff on a multimedia news project commemorating the 40th anniversary of devastating explosions and fire that killed 41 people and leveled part of the city's downtown. Cheryl Gibbs, assistant Journalism Program director, was the project editor. View the April 6 multimedia package. Photo courtesy of Palladium-Item. |
More Real World Experience Eight Miami University students will travel to Pristina, Kosova, this summer to intern in the KosovaLive newsroom, and study the rich culture and history of the Balkans with three Miami faculty members. Doing journalism in Kosova. Three pilot Journalism Capstone courses in spring 2008 combined intensive classroom learning with internship experiences. Students studied business journalism and interned at the Cincinnati Business Courier, studied in-depth reporting and interned at Cox Ohio newspapers and got intensive radio news coursework and intern experience at WMUB radio in Oxford. Check out the website WMUB interns created here. |
The Journalism Program's "Liberty Tree Initiative: Celebrating the First Amendment" drew hundreds of media professionals, First Amendment experts, students and faculty to Miami on April 7. Ken Paulson, editor of USA Today, and Gene Policinski, executive director of the First Amendment Center, led the program and planting of a Liberty Tree Elm at the university. Read coverage of the event. View the student-produced website. Photo courtesy of The Cincinnati Enquirer. |
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