The MA in Journalism at DePaul prepares graduates for careers as multimedia news producers and visual storytellers in journalism's new digital landscape. Our graduates are now content producers at more than 400 sites in the webbed universe. Concentrations in Accountability Journalism, Data Journalism, Multimedia Journalism, and Sports Journalism helped establish their brands as socially responsible reporters, editors, and producers.
DePaul's program brings Chicago into the classroom and moves the classroom out into the third largest media market in the country. Internships and experiential learning opportunities enable students to develop the networks and e-portfolios that advance their careers. Our award-winning team of journalism professionals partners with students in producing first-rate news stories across platforms, aided by DePaul's downtown Media Center and Green Screen Studio.
| Program Requirements | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|
| Degree Requirements | 48 |
| Total hours required | 48 |
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
- Explain and evaluate the social responsibility of journalists to serve citizens with news worth knowing.
- Use digital story-telling techniques to be competitive in the new journalism marketplace.
- Experiment in how to best handle and present the news of the day.
Degree Requirements
Course Requirements
The Master of Arts in Journalism requires 12 courses (48 credit hours) — four required core courses, four concentration courses, and four elective courses in Journalism. With approval from the graduate program director, students can take up to two relevant elective courses from other Communication graduate programs, or relevant graduate elective courses from outside of Communication.
Core Courses
Students are required to take all of the following:
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| JOUR 500 | REPORTING BOOTCAMP | 4 |
| JOUR 501 | ETHICS & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN JOURNALISM | 4 |
| JOUR 503 | MULTIMEDIA REPORTING | 4 |
| JOUR 596 | NEWS NOW: JOURNALISM MA CAPSTONE | 4 |
| Students who took JOUR 275 & JOUR 278 during their undergraduate program may substitute any of the following courses for JOUR 500: | ||
| JOUR 510 | SPORTS REPORTING | 4 |
| JOUR 511 | ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT REPORTING | 4 |
| JOUR 512 | BUSINESS WRITING AND REPORTING | 4 |
| JOUR 513 | POLITICAL REPORTING | 4 |
| JOUR 519 | INTERNATIONAL REPORTING | 4 |
| JOUR 524 | REPORTING FOR THE DEPAULIA | 4 |
| JOUR 527 | LIFESTYLE REPORTING | 4 |
| JOUR 533 | INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING | 4 |
| JOUR 588 | REPORTING FOR 14 EAST MAGAZINE | 4 |
| Students who took JOUR 280 during their undergraduate program may substitute any of the following courses for JOUR 503: | ||
| JOUR 504 | ADVANCED MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM | 4 |
| JOUR 505 | TELEVISION NEWS REPORTING | 4 |
| JOUR 506 | NEWSCAST PRODUCING | 4 |
| JOUR 507 | VISUAL COMMUNICATION | 4 |
| JOUR 521 | SPORTS PRODUCING | 4 |
| JOUR 522 | MULTIPLATFORM NEWS EDITING | 4 |
| JOUR 542 | SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE NEWS | 4 |
| JOUR 587 | SOUND AND VISION | 4 |
Journalism Concentrations (4 required courses)
Journalism Electives (4 required courses)
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select a minimum of four courses from the following list: | 16 | |
| ADVANCED MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM | ||
| TELEVISION NEWS REPORTING | ||
| NEWSCAST PRODUCING | ||
| VISUAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| JOURNALISM LAW AND ETHICS | ||
| SPORTS REPORTING | ||
| ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT REPORTING | ||
| BUSINESS WRITING AND REPORTING | ||
| POLITICAL REPORTING | ||
| OPINION AND COLUMN WRITING | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN JOURNALISM | ||
| EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN JOURNALISM | ||
| INTERNATIONAL REPORTING | ||
| DATA JOURNALISM | ||
| SPORTS PRODUCING | ||
| MULTIPLATFORM NEWS EDITING | ||
| MULTIMEDIA SPORTS REPORTING | ||
| REPORTING FOR THE DEPAULIA | ||
| URBAN AFFAIRS REPORTING | ||
| POLITICAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| LIFESTYLE REPORTING | ||
| REPORTING FOR GOOD DAY DEPAUL | ||
| ONLINE NEWSROOM | ||
| AUDIO REPORTING & STORYTELLING | ||
| JOURNALISM BY NUMBERS | ||
| INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING | ||
| TOPICS IN PHOTOJOURNALISM | ||
| RADIO DEPAUL | ||
| FREELANCE JOURNALISM | ||
| THE INTERNET, TECHNOLOGY, AND POLITICS | ||
| MASS MEDIA & AMERICAN POLITICS | ||
| SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE NEWS | ||
| LONG FORM REPORTING | ||
| ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNALISM | ||
| PHOTOJOURNALISM FOR STUDENT MEDIA | ||
| ADVANCED GRADUATE REPORTING FOR GOOD DAY DePAUL | ||
| ADVANCED REPORTING I | ||
| ADVANCED REPORTING II | ||
| SOCIAL JUSTICE REPORTING I | ||
| SOCIAL JUSTICE REPORTING II | ||
| SOUND AND VISION | ||
| REPORTING FOR 14 EAST MAGAZINE | ||
| JOURNALISM WORKSHOP | ||
| NEW YORK JOURNALISM | ||
Outside Electives
With approval from the graduate program director, students can apply up to two relevant elective courses from other Communication graduate programs, or relevant graduate elective courses from outside of Communication toward their Journalism electives.
Grade Requirements
All students are required to maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.000 in their coursework. If a student's cumulative GPA falls below 3.000, the student will be allowed to complete an additional 16 credits or 3 quarters (whichever comes first) to attain the 3.000 minimum GPA. If the cumulative GPA remains below a 3.000 at the conclusion of this time period, the student may be dismissed from the program. The student's cumulative and term GPAs along with overall academic performance will be factored into the dismissal decision.
Concentration Requirements
Students pursuing a graduate Journalism degree must select one of the following concentrations:
Optional Latino Media and Communication Concentration
The graduate concentration in Latino Media & Communication is comprised of at least three graduate courses drawn from the areas of advertising, journalism, media and cinema studies, multicultural communication, organizational communication and public relations. Graduate students in any of the College of Communication Master of Arts programs can elect to complete the Latino Media & Communication concentration. Students may need to use outside electives to complete this concentration.
Students who complete the concentration will:
- Develop an understanding of the heterogeneous and rapidly changing Latino communities locally, nationally and globally
- Ground their knowledge of intercultural studies within a more extensive and concrete knowledge of a particular (even though diverse), rapidly growing, and increasingly important population within the U.S.
- Increase their cross-cultural competence (understanding and ability to dialogue across difference, develop cultural sensitivity and awareness) with Latino communities
- Enhance their capacity to communicate with and learn from Latino populations in the workplace, in community situations and other sites of engagement
- Recognize the impact of the movement of Latinos across the globe and develop the skills to critically consume and produce media, public relations and advertisement representations that communicate to and about Latino communities
- Develop field-specific knowledge of Latino media and communication along with an understanding of how Latino studies shapes other fields of communication
Courses
Students are required to take three courses (12 credits) from the following list:
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN MULTICULTURAL COMMUNICATION 1 | ||
| MULTICULTURAL COMMUNICATION IN THE WORKPLACE | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN JOURNALISM 1 | ||
| TOPICS IN CINEMA STUDIES | ||
| LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA/MEDIA | ||
| CONSUMER INSIGHTS | ||
| ENGAGING LATINX COMMUNITIES | ||
| CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PUBLIC RELATIONS AND ADVERTISING 1 | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN PUBLIC RELATIONS & ADVERTISING 1 | ||
| INTERNSHIP 1 | ||
| STUDY ABROAD 1 |
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Topic must be related to Latino Media and Communication.