News Reporting and Writing

News Reporting and Writing focuses on reporting and writing about public affairs for print and online news media. Students take advanced courses in community news, feature writing, interpretive reporting and investigative journalism, and in specialized "beats," such as courts, business, urban affairs, and science and medicine. A Sports Reporting Emphasis is available to News Reporting and Writing majors. Students in the College Newspaper Workshop produce the award-winning Chronicle, the College's weekly student newspaper, and its companion web site, while students taking Commumity News and other advanced reporting courses can have their work published at ChicagoTalks.org.
 
Internships are a vital part of Columbia's journalism major. Students are encouraged to complete one or more internships in Chicago-area print, broadcast and online media.

TERESA PUENTE*
Director

NEWS REPORTING AND WRITING
(24 credit hours, in addition to Core Requirements)

53-3110 Feature Writing
53-3130 Interpretive Reporting
53-4115 Community News

Three out of five Advanced Reporting courses:

53-3115 Investigative Reporting
53-3120 Covering Urban Affairs
53-3125 Covering the Courts
53-4110 The Business Beat
53-4410 Science & Medicine: Covering the News or 53-4415 Feature Writing in Science & Medicine

NEWS REPORTING AND WRITING: SPORTS REPORTING EMPHASIS
(24 credit hours, in addition to Core Requirements)

53-2520 Sports Reporting
53-3110 Feature Writing
53-3130 Interpretive Reporting
53-4110 Business Beat
53-4115 Community News
53-4540 Advanced Sports Reporting

* Read more about Suzanne McBride in the FACULTY & STAFF PROFILES . . .