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Journalism
Explore Marquette : Majors & Minors : College of Communication: Journalism

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Journalism: Layout and Editing

The people have the right to know — journalists make sure they do. Journalists make the events and issues of the world understandable to citizens by presenting information in compelling and accurate reports. From investigating to reporting, from layout to editing, journalists ensure that the world knows what is happening.

 


Footprint: Follow in Some Big Footsteps

 

 

 

 

 

THE MARQUETTE ADVANTAGE

FOLLOW IN SOME BIG FOOTSTEPS. Among Marquette’s journalism graduates, you’ll find a New York Times columnist, a senior writer and weekly columnist for Sports Illustrated, and Pulitzer Prize-winning writers for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Seattle Times and Washington Post, as well as countless editors, writers, publishers and reporters.

BE A WORKING JOURNALIST. Through national and local internships, Marquette students work with Newsday in New York; Associated Press in Washington, D.C; Chicago Tribune; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; and Milwaukee’s Catholic Herald.

CARVE OUT YOUR NICHE. Choose from three journalism tracks — newspaper, magazine-publications or visual communication. If you want broadcast journalism, you’ll complete that major through the Department of Broadcast and Electronic Communication.

THE ETHICS OF NEWS REPORTING. Our University Core of Common Studies will help you make sense of a broad range of news stories and prepare you to wrestle with the ethical dimensions of what to report and how to report it.

GET IN ON THE ACTION. Work and get paid for it at The Marquette Tribune, our award-winning, student-run, twice-weekly newspaper. Even as a freshman, you’ll work on important stories, interview city administrators, review movies and shows, write editorials and cover Marquette and professional athletics.

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Suggested Curriculum

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FRESHMAN
Introduction to Communication
Media in Society
Practicum in Student Publications
News Media Writing
Rhetoric and Composition I
Histories of Cultures and Societies Elective
Foreign Language I & II
Logic
American History Elective
General Psychology or Principles of Sociology

SOPHOMORE
Contemporary Presentation
Reporting for the Media
Introduction to Visual Media or Theatre Appreciation
Introduction to Anthropology
Modern Elementary Statistics
Science and Nature Elective
Introduction to Economics
American Politics

Philosophy of Human Nature
Two Literature Electives

JUNIOR
History of American News Media
Journalism Theory/Research
Publications Editing
Journalism Elective
Journalism Design Course

Introduction to Theology

Philosophy of Human Nature
Theory of Ethics
Anthropology, Psychology or Sociology Elective
Minor/Elective Courses
Literature Elective

SENIOR
Ethical Problems of Mass Media
Media Law
Three Journalism Electives
Theology Elective
Minor/Electives Courses

Chicago Loop WHERE OUR GRADUATES GO
Thirty-five percent go to newspapers and magazines as editors or reporters, 10 percent to online sites, 20 percent to law or graduate school and 35 percent to specialized publications and government.
Recent employers include:
• Chicago Tribune
• Associated Press – Washington
• Indianapolis Star
• CNN Online
• Sports Illustrated
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• National Catholic News Service
• Catholic Herald
• Milwaukee Magazine
• Newsday

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