Doubts about EDing UPenn

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<p>For what it’s worth:</p>

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The DP is sometimes called Penn’s “unofficial journalism department,”[citation needed] because the university has no journalism department (though it does have the prestigious Annenberg School for Communication), and because many of its staff members go on to pursue careers in the print, broadcast, and electronic media. DP alumni can be found at a number of major daily newspapers and national magazines, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Time, and Business Week.

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<p>[The</a> Daily Pennsylvanian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Pennsylvanian]The”>The Daily Pennsylvanian - Wikipedia)</p>

<p>Many great journalists are graduates of schools without formal jounalism programs, such as the Ivies, top liberal arts colleges, etc. An undergraduate journalism degree is definitely NOT a requirement.</p>

<p>Also, Penn has another unique asset in which a budding journalist might be interested (and at Penn, many are), the Kelly Writers House:</p>

<p>[Writers</a> Find Haven on an Ivy Campus - NYTimes.com](<a href=“Writers Find Haven on an Ivy Campus - The New York Times”>Writers Find Haven on an Ivy Campus - The New York Times)</p>

<p>[Kelly</a> Writers House - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Writers_House]Kelly”>Kelly Writers House - Wikipedia)</p>

<p>[Kelly</a> Writers House](<a href=“http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/]Kelly”>Kelly Writers House)</p>

<p>Lots of journalism-related programs are presented there, and it’s quite an extraordinary place.</p>

<p>And another great Penn asset for aspiring journalists is the Annenberg School for Communication, and its Annenberg Public Policy Center (operator of FactCheck.org, among other programs). Both are right there in the middle of campus, and offer courses, internships, and research opportunities that would be extremely relevant to someone interested in journalism:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.asc.upenn.edu/home.aspx[/url]”>http://www.asc.upenn.edu/home.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annenberg_School_for_Communication_at_the_University_of_Pennsylvania[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annenberg_School_for_Communication_at_the_University_of_Pennsylvania&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/[/url]”>http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;