30 credits, 20 months, Saturdays

Why Apply for an Interactive Journalism Master's?

• Sharpen your writing, reporting and editing skills.
• Construct stories on the Web and learn to write effectively for an on-line audience.
• Study the relationship of business, ethics and the law to on-line media.
• Learn how to design readable news Web sites that incorporate digital sound and video.
• Become a pioneer and help shape a new information medium.

Who should apply?

• Traditional journalists who want to complement their skills with new technology.
• Web professionals ready to embrace a new career challenge and leverage their technical skills to enter the communications world.
• Those interested in changing careers to work as full-time journalists.

Benefits of the weekend program?

• Earn your master's degree in 20 months without interrupting your career.
• Stay with the same group of students (cohort), enhance your skills and develop your network.
• No GRE required and a streamlined application process.
• Gridiron Scholarship. Apply by July 1 for priority consideration. Completed applications submitted by August 15 receive priority consideration for University based merit funding.
  

Core courses:

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• Principles and Practices of Journalism
  
• Web Studio
• Writing for Convergent Media
• Seminar in Media Entrepreneurship
• Special Topics: Visual Storytelling I
• Backpack Video Journalism - Visual Storytelling II
• Communication Law
• Data-Driven Journalism
• Special Topics: Visualization and Presentation of Interactive Journalism
  
• Special Topics in Journalism
  
• Capstone Seminar in Journalism

NOTE: The IJ program accepts students from all backgrounds. Those with no prior journalism experience are required to take a preliminary "boot camp" in journalism values and writing. Enrollment is determined by the program director; a fee applies.

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