<p>I'm definitely set on becoming a sports journalist after college, so I'm looking at the schools with the best journalism programs. Are there schools that are better suited for sports journalists than for regular journalists? I know of the big journalism schools, like Missouri, Northwestern, Chapel Hill, Syracuse, etc., but is there one that is better or worse for sports journalists? Other than Penn State having an actual sports journalism program, I don't know all that much about the difference for certain schools.</p>
<p>I don't really know if one is better than the other, but it does seem sometimes that a lot the sports journalists are Syracuse graduates. You probably can't go wrong with any of the ones you have listed however. They are all excellent schools. Besides the schools you have listed also check into Ohio University. They have a strong journalism program also.</p>
<p>Syracuse has produced more sports journalists than any other school, I believe.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for the replies. I felt like there wouldn't be a huge difference as long as I went to a good journalism school, but I figured it was worth it to ask. I'm definitely going to take a look at Syracuse now, although I was planning on it before. Thanks again guys.</p>
<p>If you are a PA-based steelerfan check out PSU.</p>
<p>I actually don't live in PA anymore. I did through 8th grade, but then I moved to MD in the metro DC area. I'm definitely going to consider PSU because they're the only school I've found that actually has a sports journalism program. Thanks for the response.</p>
<p>U of Maryland has a top jounalism program too, but I don't believe they have the sports jounalism piece like PSU.</p>
<p>Good luck, dd</p>
<p>doesn't northwestern have a great journalism program? not sure about the sports concentration there though...</p>
<p>Steelerfan, just wanted to mention also that University of Tennessee (Knoxville) has a sports journalism concentration.</p>
<p>Northwestern is one of the top 2 Journalism programs in the country (technically ranked lower, many would say it's better anyway...) and we're in the Big Ten. Lots of opportunities to report on how badly our basketball team is doing.</p>
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<p>It's probably a close call btwn Northwestern and Syracuse.</p>
<p>I don't know about the quality of the U of Tennessee program, but it appears UT is making a big commitment to sports journalism and as a bonus UT has a great sports program. Make sure you look at the school's specific requirements for a sports communication major; for example, at IU the sport communication major is in the phys ed (HPER) department, not the journalism school and only includes a smattering of journalism courses.</p>
<p>Syracuse would be better than Northwestern. Let me put it simply: Northwestern may be Big 10, but I can't see that it's anything like that to the degree of 'Cuse sports.</p>
<p>For sports journalism, you want a school with strong journalism (which both Northwestern's medill school and Syracuse's newhouse school have) programs, and strong sports (which Syracuse>>>>Northwestern).</p>
<p>My S has a friend who majored in journalism at BU and, with the school's help, was able to land summer internships at ESPN in Bristol, CT. Now that he has graduated, he is a fulltime ESPN employee.</p>
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<p>For sports journalism, you want a school with strong journalism (which both Northwestern's medill school and Syracuse's newhouse school have) programs, and strong sports (which Syracuse>>>>Northwestern).
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<p>1st off - what does one have to do w/ the other?</p>
<p>And 2nd, Northwestern has finished in the top 30 of the Director's Cup standings the past several years. </p>
<p>Syracuse ...not even ranked.</p>