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  • NBC's Chuck Todd was the guest at a recent American Forum, filmed for NBC4 on AU's campus.

    American Forum with Chuck Todd

  • John Sugden was one of 20 graduate journalism students who fanned out across North Va. suburbs to talk to voters about what brought them out on election day in a swing state that was critical to Obama's re-election.

    John Sugden interviews Steve Barker about his election day choices in Sterling, Va. Sugden was one of 20 journalism graduate students who fanned out across Northern Va. to talk to voters about what brought them to the polls in a swing state that was critical to Obama's re-election.

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    Minority Journalism MA Students Shaping New Beats

    Minority enrollment for American University in Communication, Journalism and related programs is ranked ninth in the nation.

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    Live from the
    White House

    Film student Matthew Carter takes a
    minute to pose with Fox News White House
    correspondent Ed Henry. Carter, who is
    part of AU's ATV Club, is now reporting live
    from the White House Briefing Room.

  • Learn the business of media entrepreneurship. Masters Degree in Media Entrepreneurship. Seed your dreams 

Study journalism in Washington, DC, one of the centers of the media universe. Plug into the best internships, such as those at NPR, VOA, The Washington Post, USA Today and more. Connect with cutting-edge faculty teaching courses from the heady to the hands-on, in everything from basic web design to Race, Ethnic and Community reporting.

We like to say if you can be a journalist here, you can be a journalist anywhere. Learn investigative reporting from internationally acclaimed faculty. Explore the halls of Congress next to working media. Produce news for multiple platforms after you have mastered the basics of video, audio and digital skills.

As an undergraduate, you start with the basics in web, writing and reporting and work up to courses that could include ethics, law, health reporting and advanced reporting. You will specialize in broadcast or print journalism, but everyone gets the same basic skills.

Those in the graduate programs dive deeper into policy, politics, Washington or technology. Your cohort will produce an online magazine where you can showcase your newly learned skills. A host of prestigious fellowships and internships await as springboards for your career. Choose between the weekday 11-month program or the weekend Interactive Journalism program that takes 20 months of Saturdays for an MA degree.

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