<p>I graduated from a small LA school in may 06. currently i work at a small weekly and am pursuing an internship at an npr affiliate station. i plan to apply to grad schools in the winter since it seems like this is the next oppurtunity to do so for J-schools. I've just started studying for the GREs and hope to pursue a degree in international journalism. so far the top schools on my list are as follows:</p>
<p>columbia
medill
berkeley
city university (UK)
Missouri
NYU</p>
<p>my question is are there any other good j-school programs out there with good international options? any schools, at home or abroad, and any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks!!!!</p>
<p>Those are all really great schools. If you want to focus on a good Int Journalism program, then I recommend Berkley, Columbia or USC Annenberg. All three have Grade A international Journalism programs. City is also an excellent option. </p>
<p>BU and U of Indiana are also sleeper hits so I recommend you check their programs out as well.</p>
<p>I'd put a lot of thought into how far you think the journalism degree is going to take you if you're specifically interested in working abroad. Your career aspirations sound similar to mine, and I just finished the graduate application process; in the end, I turned Medill down for an IR degree in Europe.</p>
<p>Medill (and Columbia) are very expensive programs, and, while their names carry a lot of prestige within the world of journalism, the degrees they grant do not open up a lot of high-paying opportunities. I decided against going $60k into debt to go to Medill because I thought it'd inhibit me from pursuing the kinds of jobs I'll want abroad (you can't work for $100/week in Thailand or Mozambique if you've got a $600/month college loan payment to make).</p>
<p>Spend some time thinking about what your ambitions are and how they'll be best served. Is it a master's degree in journalism? Or is it real-world, international reporting experience?</p>
<p>In the end, I was awarded the European equivalent of a Fulbright to study in the EU for two years, so I'm lucky in that I'll be able to satisfy my itch for 1) studying and working abroad and 2) not burdening myself with an exorbitant amount of graduate school debt. But even if I hadn't been able to secure this scholarship, I still think I might have turned Medill down. $60k is a LOT of money.</p>
<p>that's a good point. I've looked into dual IR/journalism degrees but only columbia seems to offer a decent joint program. Are there any other duals out there? I just dont want to put all my eggs in one basket.</p>
<p>USC Annenburg, has a Global Communications degree, where the first year you study at the London School of Economics and then the 2nd its at USC. Its a communications degree with an IR focus.</p>
<p>Penn's communication program is NOT comparable to journalism programs. Journalism programs teach hands-on, practical reporting, writing and editing skills, along with some history and media law. Communications programs teach communication theory -- rhetoric, persuasion, argumentation, digital comm, etc. Back when I applied for J-school I was looking at Annenberg and an alum warned me it does not produce very many journalists and may not be the best choice.</p>