<p>In a previous thread located here:</p>
<p>People are telling me there is no journalism major at Harvard. But then when I check here:</p>
<p>Harvard is listed as one of the top schools for journalism. I specifically asked about broadcast journalism. Now I'm really confused, because frankly, I don't know enough about this major stuff yet. Bottom line I wanna know if I can go to Harvard for this or not.</p>
<p>I can personally guarantee you that there is NO journalism major at harvard, broadcast or otherwise (I just checked the concentration handbook).
Along the same lines, Harvard is seriously one of the best places in the country to go if you want to get into high level journalism. The internships you can get and the alumni network possessed by the Crimson, the Lampoon, etc, is really unmatched.</p>
<p>There's no journalism major at Columbia either. But their GRADUATE J-school is world renowned. You can still graduate undergrad having learned plenty about journalism.</p>
<p>Deep breath.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input, but why does theU list harvard as a top journalism school? That's partly what's really confusing me.</p>
<p>It's about time for you to learn not to trust everything on the internet...</p>
<p>I agree that you can't believe everything on the internet. If Harvard ranks high on whatever list you saw, it's because WORKING journalists went there undergrad - majoring in all sorts of things other than journalism. </p>
<p>I check the Crimson online frequently as a parent, and have always been impressed. So while Harvard students don't learn it (journalism) in the classroom, they learn by doing - and I guess the outcome is strong.</p>
<p>As a H parent, the concept of H extracurriculars is something that I've had to grow to understand. If someone says to me that the only journalism on a campus (or theatre, or opera) is extracurricular - student-initiated and student-run - then I tend to think that we're talking about amateurs having amateurish fun outside class. That model just doesn't apply at H. Check out the online paper: <a href="http://www.thecrimson.com%5B/url%5D">www.thecrimson.com</a>. It's one of the best newspapers I read, professional or otherwise (with the occasional late-adolescent use of edgy language tossed in for shock value). The standards are remarkably high and the work ethic on the paper is intense. There are many proud and well-placed alumni who would call for editors' heads if it were otherwise. How can this be when it's just an extracurricular? It's hard for me to imagine, but I can tell you that I've seen fully-staged productions of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas there with better talent and direction than I usually see in touring professional companies. The students who lead the big-time extracurriculars are utterly remarkable, and the culture is one in which students would rather die than be one-upped on the quality of what their extracurricular organizations produce compared to those of their friends.</p>
<p>See the following entry for a history of the Harvard Crimson and a list of alumni involved in journalism:
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Harvard_Crimson%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Harvard_Crimson</a>.</p>
<p>Besides the Crimson, there's also the Harvard Salient and the Harvard Independent. Additionally, undergraduates produce journals on international affairs or poetry among other topics.</p>