Journalism

The Journalism Department of Columbia College Chicago, a thriving, lively venue for helping you become the best reporter, producer, editor, writer or publisher you can be for the 21st century, in whatever medium or media you choose.

Our approach is informal, our experience broad, our standards high. We emphasize ethics across the curriculum. Our faculty members are talented, accomplished journalists who can help you get internships in Chicago, the nation and the world. Our alumni are prominent and plentiful in professional positions in major and niche media, and in a wide range of communication-related fields.

Our course offerings, faculty expertise and internship venues reflect the quickly changing world of journalism, stressing online and multimedia skills, for example, without straying from the nuts and bolts of solid reporting, writing and editing skills.

Application Deadline: Monday, Nov. 23 at 4pm
Columbia Journalism Students are encouraged to apply for special Academic "Stimulus" Grants for the Spring 2010 and J-Term semesters.

The work of several recent broadcast journalism graduates and current students from Columbia won awards from the Chicago/Midwest chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), the organization that awards the Emmy®...

Columbia College Chicago has received a $45,000 grant from The Chicago Community Trust to develop a web site for and by the residents of the Westside Chicago neighborhood of Austin...

The Columbia Chronicle has received a Pacemaker Award from the Associated Collegiate Press. Also, several student journalists working for The Chronicle have won national awards for their work...

Broadcast Journalism students, Junior Wendy Tricia Osborne  and Senior Rosanna LaPorta, have been awarded significant scholarships...

Suzanne McBride, associate chair of Columbia's journalism department and co-founder of the award-winning community media site ChicagoTalks.org, was invited by the U.S. Embassy’s Public Affairs speaker program to speak in Thailand about the emerging field of citizen journalism...

A new, innovative course taught by Journalism Professor Dan Sinker is designed to teach students skills needed to compete in 21st century entrepreneurial journalism...

For journalism students, the College Magazine Workshop course, which publishes Echo Magazine, is one of several classes offered in the department where a chance to build real-world experience is incorporated into the academic curriculum...

Erica Christoffer and Becky Schlikerman have been honored with a national 2008 Sigma Delta Chi Award for excellence in journalism...