Top College Newspapers/Journalism Schools

College Search & Selection
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<p>Is there a ranking list besides Princeton Review's? Where do George Washington University, Boston University, Northeastern University, and Johns Hopkins University rank?</p>

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<p>Northwestern is really good for Journalism, from what I hear.</p>

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<p>Northwestern is renown as having the best journalism programs in the country.</p>

<p>As far as school papers go, the Yale paper is usually considered the #1, along with the Harvard Crimson, the Duke Chronicle, the Daily Tar Heel, and a couple of others I’m not thinking of right now.</p>

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<p>Researching colleges I have found that there is a big difference between a college newspaper and a journalism program. The departments aren’t connected, and often a school can have a great program and a relatively sub-par paper, while others will have a great school paper while not even having a full journalism school. </p>

<p>For example, Missouri is considered to be top consistent pick for pre-professional journalism, yet their student paper is less than stellar because most of the upperclassmen journalism students are actually working on the local Columbia newspaper instead of the student paper. </p>

<p>A few schools that I would suggest if you are serious about going straight into journalism are Missouri, Northwestern, USC, South Carolina, UNC, Elon, Maryland, and UT-Austin. There are certainly plenty of others that have great options though.</p>

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<p>I believe Ohio U is also well known for their journalism dept.</p>

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<p>Northwestern, University of North Caroloina at Chapel Hill, University of Florida and the University of Missouri all have great journalism programs. Syracuse is also good but it’s more magazine focused. Columbia University’s journalism program is ranked high consistently but it’s a graduate program. Yale and Harvard are known to have great newspapers as well.</p>

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<p>Add The Daily Pennsylvanian, at Penn, to the list of top college newspapers:</p>

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<p>[The</a> Daily Pennsylvanian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Pennsylvanian]The”>The Daily Pennsylvanian - Wikipedia)</p>

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<p>Northwestern was the first school to come to mind for me.</p>

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<p>I’m sure you know this already but journalism is a dying field. Even if you go to a top journalism school like Northwestern, you won’t be guaranteed a job.</p>

<p>Just take precautions if everything doesn’t work out.</p>

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<p>^ Journalism is not a dying field. Newspapers, in their print form, perhaps. But journalism - no. The production of information content is growing beyond measure. Paid roles in that production are evolving. Additionally, the skills associated with journalism are highly valued: working in multi-media formats, expressive writing, inquiry and resourcefullness, etc. </p>

<p>College newspapers are now multi-media information platforms. Look for excellent, daily (24/7, actually) “newspapers” that are student run and managed. I second UPenn, and the Daily Pennsylvanian.</p>

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<p>Northwestern, Missouri. Duke Chronicle is a great student newspaper,as is Harvard Crimson, and Yale’s student paper.</p>

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<p>Northwestern and Missouri have excellent Journalism schools, as do Syracuse, UNC and USC.</p>

<p>As far as newspapers go, Michigan has a well regarded conservative newspaper called the Michigan review.</p>

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<p>Everyone here is just shamelessly plugging their alma mater’s newspaper haha.</p>

<p>I think Yale’s is the best though followed by Harvard’s though from what I have seen.</p>

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<p>I don’t know how accurate those are, but it is better than nothing I suppose.</p>

<p>[CampusGrotto</a> - Best College News Sites](<a href=“http://www.campusgrotto.com/best-college-news-sites.html]CampusGrotto”>Best College News Sites - CampusGrotto)</p>

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Sometimes, shameless plugging is justified:</p>

<p>[College</a> Papers Grow Up - Newsweek](<a href=“http://www.newsweek.com/2005/12/04/college-papers-grow-up.html]College”>http://www.newsweek.com/2005/12/04/college-papers-grow-up.html)</p>

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<p>It was announced in October the USC Annenberg School would receive a $50 million dollar contribution to build a new state of the art complex. Earlier in the year the Annenberg Foundation donated $5 million for scholarships to the school.</p>

<p>Bachelor of Arts degrees are offered in Print and Digital Journalism, Broadcast and Digital Journalism and Public Relations. </p>

<p>Students work on campus media outlets as well as off campus internships. At SC Annenberg journalism students gain experience at The Daily Trojan, Annenberg TV news, Annenberg Digital News and Annenberg Radio News. Student internships have been at ABC, CNBC, E!, Conde Nast, Fox News, LA Weekly, City Projects Documentaries, MTV, NPR. Sky News, Hollywood Reporter, CNN International and LA Magazine among others.</p>

<p>In addition to the USC Study Abroad programs Annenberg has special international opportunities. These include Spring Semester in London, Spring Semester in New Zealand and International Communication Studies in Paris, Prague, London and Rome.</p>

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<p>You can also check out Brandeis University, which has two weekly student newspapers and a small but successful journalism program:
[The</a> Justice](<a href=“http://www.thejustice.org%5DThe”>http://www.thejustice.org)
[The</a> Brandeis Hoot](<a href=“http://thebrandeishoot.com%5DThe”>http://thebrandeishoot.com)
[The</a> Program | Journalism Program | Brandeis University](<a href=“http://www.brandeis.edu/programs/journalism/program.htm]The”>http://www.brandeis.edu/programs/journalism/program.htm)</p>

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<p>If you’re in LA/Hollywood it’s USC Annenberg, no question!</p>

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<p>ack, don’t go into journalism – it is a dying profession. Seriously! Fewer jobs, lousier pay, everything going digital. Dead-tree media are going the way of the dinosaurs. Have you seen TIME or Newsweek lately? If they get any thinner, they’ll disappear. And all the major newspapers are laying people off. This is not the sign of a promising, burgeoning job market.</p>

<p>Get a good solid English degree and sure, work on the college newspaper. Then, if you still insist, go to journalism school. And go into public relations, LOL. ;-)</p>

<p>My two cents’, for what it’s worth, which admittedly ain’t much.</p>

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<p>Journalism is not dying. Newspapers, in their print form, perhaps. But media content is expanding by the minute, and there is plenty of journalism to be done.</p>