Journalism at a non ACEJMC accredited school

College Majors Journalism Major
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<p>Of the schools I am applying to, Washington State and Western Washington both offer journalism programs that are not accredited by the ACEJMC. If I were to choose to attend either of these universities over schools that were comprehensively lower ranked, yet had an accredited journalism school/program, would that be a negative decision on my part?</p>

<p>Also, should school location play a more defining roll in the selection of university than accreditation?</p>

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<p>No. To be honest, ACEJMC accreditation doesn’t matter. No editor goes and looks up the accreditation status of an applicant’s journalism department.</p>

<p>The most important part of any journalism education is the work product you come out with. Your clip file is your resum</p>

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<p>Thank you.</p>