First, the scientific journalism discipline setting
The core courses of American journalism major include comprehensive courses, practical training and professional ethics education. American news covers a wide range of fields, and the courses of arts and sciences intersect with those of professional fields. In addition to journalism, some universities require undergraduates to take mathematics, psychology, sociology, foreign languages, economics and other courses.
The required courses for undergraduate journalism students generally include media law, American journalism history and American journalism standards. In addition, students can choose the direction of further study according to their personal preferences. According to different media, these directions include photo news, magazine news, newspaper news, online news, radio and television news and so on. According to the theme of the report, it includes business news, environmental news, political news, city news and so on. There are also some extension directions, such as media integration, public relations, advertising, new media and so on. These teaching directions are both overlapping and relatively independent, and there is a lot of room for students to learn independently.
Second, business reporting, political reporting or media integration? The direction of journalism school is very different.
There are 1 13 journalism education majors (excluding doctoral majors) approved by the American Professional Qualification Examination Committee for Journalism and Mass Communication, and colleges and universities are all over the United States. The top journalism schools are: Columbia University School of Journalism, Missouri University School of Journalism, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Communication, Meade School of Journalism of Northwest University, and Florida University School of Journalism and Communication.
Among the Ivy League universities, Columbia University is the only university with a school of journalism, and its graduate school of journalism is one of the top journalism schools in the United States and even the world. Based on the study of communication theory, the School of Journalism of Columbia University pays attention to the cultivation of news practice and devotes itself to cultivating elite journalists. The Pulitzer Prize for Journalism is judged by the School of Journalism of Columbia University.
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism has strict admission requirements. It is reported that it doesn't value applicants' language achievements, and applicants will take a test set by Columbia University, such as asking applicants to write editorials similar to The New York Times's.
The School of Journalism at the University of Missouri is the oldest school of journalism in the United States. It has a complete journalism education plan from undergraduate to doctoral, and is known as? Cradle of American journalists? . Is it famous? Missouri method? It has greatly promoted American journalism education. Compared with Columbia University and Boston University, is it a strong launch? Business report? , tradition? Print news reports? Or? Paper news? Is Missouri's consistent advantage.
However, in recent years, it has also kept pace with the times, grasped the development trend of technology, set up a new media integration major, and devoted itself to training new journalists. The college has more than 10 news professional institutions, and students have plenty of opportunities to communicate with on-the-job journalists.
Bleye, the founder of the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is known as? Father of American Journalism Education? He laid the foundation of social science research in journalism, and he believed that students should be given a wide range of knowledge background while cultivating professional skills. His curriculum model of paying equal attention to journalism and social humanities has become a model of journalism education.
Nowadays, the school fully practices the founder's idea, integrates the course content into social science research and attaches importance to interdisciplinary research. If we want to distinguish it from other news schools, the news of Wei School is mainly political reports.
The Medill School of Journalism of Northwest University is characterized by providing students with internship opportunities in American news media organizations and overseas media organizations. In addition, when recruiting graduate students, the school does not overemphasize the professional background, but pays attention to the applicant's innovative ability and enthusiasm for journalism.
The School of Journalism and Communication of the University of Florida is a rising star, but its undergraduate journalism degree ranks second in the United States, second only to the School of Journalism of Michigan State University. The college is innovative and bold, keeps in touch with the industry at all times, invites authoritative journalists to teach, and provides students with a broad vision. The school has made outstanding achievements in advertising and public relations.
Third, don't understand the humanistic background and study journalism? Hard work?
Journalism is a major closely related to language, so compared with other majors, it is extremely challenging for China students whose English is not their mother tongue to apply for journalism in the United States.
News is closely related to history, economy and humanities. If international students go to the United States to study journalism, they will encounter many historical events, people and hot words after applying or even enrolling, and their understanding ability will be very good. Hard work? Not to mention writing English reviews, news and newsletters. Students who are interested in studying in the United States may wish to teach themselves some American history and economic history.
Although it is very difficult to apply for and study American journalism, the employment prospects are very broad. Students can enter newspaper groups, news publishing systems, TV stations and radio stations. Their positions include journalists, photographers, digital journalists and so on. In addition, more people enter the fields of entertainment, multimedia, advertising, public relations, publishing, foreign affairs and cultural exchange.