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I understand your train of thought. I have been told that many times. I’m starting to think that it is true.</p>
<p>Go to U Penn and major in Communication!! [Home</a> Page](<a href=“http://www.asc.upenn.edu/home.aspx]Home”>http://www.asc.upenn.edu/home.aspx)</p>
<p>Ivory is completely right. When I was considering Journalism, a lot of college student family friends told me I should do something completely unrelated in my undergraduate studies. They told me that there’s no point in studying Journalism for six years, and that I should rather use the four years I have to pile knowledge of the world and take courses that would give me a broad range of ideas to write about.</p>
<p>The best journalists are the ones who have the educational background that makes what they have to say something we want to read or listen to. I have to agree with WhoFriend on this one. Any Ivy education will prepare you for journalism even if there is no journalism school. Northwestern is special in that it can offer both.</p>
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Thank you for your opinion. ^__^</p>
<p>@tk21769</p>
<p>You proved me wrong. Thanks for pointing that out for me.</p>
<p>A number of people have found careers in journalism, and related areas, after working at The Cornell Daily Sun during college:
[url=<a href=“http://www.cornellsun.org/]www.cornellsun.org[/url”>http://www.cornellsun.org/]www.cornellsun.org[/url</a>]</p>
<p>Also, FWIW there is a communications major in the College of Agriculture, Keith Olbermann is a graduate. But I think its focus is not exactly journalism per se.</p>
<p>I also agree. Such a major as Modern Culture and Media at Brown is going way beyond the nuts and bolts of a jouro undergrad program, it is exposing you to theory and practice and a higher level of critical thinking skills that will serve you better in the long run. That said, do try to get on the paper wherever you go. If you really want Northwestern, talk to your parents again. It is an excellent school regardless and will serve you well whatever your major in the end. Because of airplanes, internet and Skype, it is easy to keep in touch and I really get steamed at parents who want their kid to give up a good school just for their own selfishness.</p>
<p>Thanks for your help!
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<p>It is less selfishness and more worry that drives their thinking.</p>
<p>I’m not so sure if I want to follow the path of Keith. He way crazy enough to give up MSNBC, which I would die for.</p>
<p>But thanks for the help.
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<p>Actually it was Yale not Princeton Rory majored in journalism at.</p>
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<p>Actually, your school work can be relevant and important. If you want to be a journalist on specific subjects (e.g. economics, politics, science, etc.), having a good basic knowledge of the subject matter will be helpful.</p>
<p>Ebert is a very proud Illinois grad. He was editor of the student paper there. Never finished at Chicago as he got a newspaper job.</p>
<p>Princeton and other ivy league schools don’t have a journalism program because they stress the liberal arts education learning for its own sake; not explicitly just to obtain some career.</p>
<p>^That’s too simplistic. What about hotel mgmt/AEM at Cornell, business/nursing at Penn, or financial engineering at Princeton? What about engineering? OTOH, the journalism program at Northwestern does stress the liberal arts education:
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<p>[Medill</a> - Curriculum](<a href=“http://www.medill.northwestern.edu/journalism/undergrad/page.aspx?id=62241]Medill”>http://www.medill.northwestern.edu/journalism/undergrad/page.aspx?id=62241)</p>
<p>I second the recommendations about Northwestern.</p>
<p>Christiane Amanpour, Ralph Begleiter and Chris Berman all started in journalism at WBRU at Brown. Don’t know what their majors were.</p>
<p>An active college daily will give you front-line experience, as well as great connections to administrators and faculty. Penn’s newspaper has an active alumni association, too.</p>
<p>Choose the most interesting classes with the best teachers. Also:</p>
<p>A basic statistics course (conceptual, not problem-heavy) will give you the tools to understand and report on research studies you may find yourself covering. Skill in another language can be a ticket to an interesting reporting job. Be sure you have solid English grammatical skills. (In recent years I’ve shuddered at the spelling and punctuation mistakes in the Penn paper.)</p>