<p>I might be interested in journalism or communications but I don't see it as one of Duke's majors? </p>
<p>Does Duke have anything else similar to journalism?</p>
<p>Duke has a policy journalism and media studies certificate. Here is the website with more information if you would like: DeWitt</a> Wallace Center for Media and Democracy</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure that this is the closest thing that is offered here, but I could be wrong.</p>
<p>DeWitt</a> Wallace Center for Media and Democracy</p>
<p>Duke has a great Public Policy department (the Sanford Institute, soon to be School, of Public Policy is perennially top-ranked) which offers a certificate in Policy Journalism and Media Studies throught the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy. Past and current faculty members of the center include CNN correspondent Judy Woodruff (also a Duke alumna), New York Times columnist David Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winner William Raspberry, and past NBC correspondent John Dancy, to name a few.</p>
<p>Charlie Rose, former host of 60 minutes and current host of Charlie Rose on PBS, also graduated from Duke and Duke Law school.</p>
<p>Go to UNC?</p>
<p>S1 is at Duke, in engineering, S2 wants journalism and is starting at UNC-CH in the fall--it will definitely be an interesting year!</p>
<p>^You should have applied to Northwestern, among the best in both. :)</p>
<p>You don't need to major in journalism to be a journalist. My sister-in-law went to Columbia's graduate school for journalism after being a biology major. The dean told her that they look for students with a strong academic record in any subject, since journalists can potentially write about anything. She did write for the paper for her undergraduate school for four years, and she says most of her grad school classmates did, too.</p>
<p>Sure, but it doesn't hurt to take actual journalism classes like news writing, feature writing, news editing, etc. in order to prepare for internships/future journalism jobs.</p>
<p>We have had all of these discussions, S2 wanted a flat out j-school. I have been with D, S1 and S2 for tours at Northwestern. Not one of them applied--there were some things they just did not like about the school, and the students' general lack of interest in their football and basketball teams were high on the list--they all wanted a place with great school spirit, as well as great academics and programs that were focused on their interests. One of the other negatives for S2 about NW was that they did not include the j-school on their tour, nor did they have any info talks about it--kind of blew us off about his interest in hearing more--"oh, we only have talks about it during the school year tours, not during the summer"... No time to go out there for tours during his first semester senior year--he was on a sports team, and editor of the school paper. He put it all together and decided it wouldn't be on his list!</p>
<p>I'm sure lots of kids love it--ours weren't excited at all.</p>
<p>Actually, one of my friend's brothers wanted to do journalism, ended up choosing UNC as well (the brother goes to Duke with me). I told him schools like Duke are better - you learn most journalism skills on-the-job. You need raw tools such as writing skills, listening skills, creativity, and quick thinking - on top of being able to work in a team and having a strong knowledge of current events and history - in order to succeed in journalism.</p>
<p>I wrote for the Duke Chronicle, appeared on CNN as a freshmen on a program about health issues, and also got to interview James Carville and got his autograph at the end of my meeting with him (really lame, I know...). </p>
<p>I think my political science/economics major has prepared me really well for journalism, though I actually am not pursuing a career in it. </p>
<p>One advantage of UNC (and other journalism-only schools) is that you know for a fact that your fellow students are doing journalism, which really helps you build a network and get advice. </p>
<p>However, if you aren't 100 percent sure, I'd say come to Duke, pick up a certificate, learn and write and research in your major, and you will do great!</p>
<p>I’m interested in journalism as well and would like to double major in pubpol and econ, but I don’t know if Duke would be the best for finding a job after graduation…</p>