Journalism
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.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.
9 things you should know about Marquette
- 1 Latin is spoken here
- 2 Favored food: chicken nuggets
- 3 We perform a jillion hours of community service
- 4 Our engineers read Shakespere
- 5 We're home to hobbits, orcs and ents
- 6 Two words worth remembering: Club Raynor
- 7 Our professors teach
- 8 We're more than 125 years old
- 9 Our undergraduates participate in real research
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 or Diverse Cultures
- American History Elective
- General Psychology or Principles of Sociology
Sophomore
- Contemporary Presentation
- Reporting for the Media
- Introduction to Visual Communication
- Introduction to Digital Story Telling Technology
- Introduction to Communication Research Methods
- Introduction to Anthropology
- Modern Elementary Statistics
- Science and Nature Elective
- Introduction to Economics
- American Politics
- Philosophy of Human Nature
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 or Performing Arts Elective
Senior
- Ethical Problems of Mass Media
- Media Law
- Two Journalism Electives
- Theology Elective
- Minor/Electives Courses
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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