<p>It doesn't necessarily have to be a J-school, but a school with a noteworthy student paper.</p>
<p>One institution’s swag:
[Princeton</a> Review Names Best College Newspapers College Media Matters](<a href=“Welcome collegemediamatters.com - BlueHost.com”>Welcome collegemediamatters.com - BlueHost.com)</p>
<p>thanks! I’ll have a great time reading these and deciding which college would be a best fit for me (based on journalism/English programs)</p>
<p>One wonders (1) what the criterua were, and (2) whether the ranker examined every college newspaper published in the US. All the “winners” save two are from Ivy, near-Ivy or flagship schools. I wonder if they even looked at papers like the (excellent) Northern Star, published by Northern Illinois University. </p>
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<p>Check the listings of Associated Collegiate Press National Newspaper Pacemaker Award winners.</p>
<p>[National</a> Newspaper Pacemaker Award](<a href=“http://www.studentpress.org/acp/contests.html#npm]National”>http://www.studentpress.org/acp/contests.html#npm)</p>
<p>-the proud former editor of a zillion-time Pacemaker-winner, The Advocate at Contra Costa College</p>
<p>Here’s the methodology, as stated by PR:</p>
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<p>Pretty shaky IMO. One of the questions they asked was “How popular is the newspaper?” Popularity doesn’t have a whole lot to do with quality, IMO. Has more to do with the priorities of the student body and whether they are a newspaper-reading campus.</p>
<p>you’re right. That survey is unreliable…I am hoping to attend a university with a strong journalism background/history.</p>
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<p>Those are based on something more than student popularity, and thus are much more likely to reflect something approaching newspaper quality.</p>
<p>Why anyone pays any attention to anything Princeton Review does is beyond me.</p>