<p>What would you consider as better preparation for a journalism career, attending an elite journalism school (Northwestern, Mizzou, Syracuse, etc.) or going to a school with a top college newspaper? (List on princeton review ranks top papers). What is your opinion of which is better and why? Also, which gives you better job opportunities?</p>
<p>Anyone please!!!!!</p>
<p>The top programs are better as feeders to major institutions.</p>
<p>Definitely go to schools with top journalism programs. However, if you look at the Princeton Review list you mentioned, many of the papers on the list have very respectable journalism programs at the school, which many employers already know about. So in the end, there isn't much to differentiate.</p>
<p>A quality school newspaper with experienced editors and advisors is the best route to take, IMO. </p>
<p>As the editor-in-chief of my school's paper, I'm always told by professional journalists that it's more important to go to a school with a strong newspaper. You don't even have to major in journalism if you don't want to, as long as you get plenty of practice writing. The top things employers look for in the field of journalism are quality of work, originality, and that you've been published before. These are things that can only be gained by writing for your school's paper (i.e., you don't want to go to a school with a non-existant or crappy paper). </p>
<p>On the flip side, many of the top journalism schools do have great papers, so you'd still have that chance.</p>
<p>world changer, what school do you attend?</p>
<p>I'm actually in high school, not college.</p>
<p>Any of the Ivies, Stanford, Duke, Georgetown, NU, Chicago - all schools have strong newspapers and are probably great places to go to start a career in journalism.</p>
<p>Learning about an area and learning how to write in a journalistic fashion are the most important things - any of those schools will teach you alot, and you'll be with very talented people on those newspaper staffs.</p>