Northeastern University School of Journalism
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Established | 1965 |
Parent institution | Northeastern University |
| Director | Jonathan Kaufman |
Academic staff | 20 |
| Students | 255 |
| Undergraduates | 225 |
| Postgraduates | 30 |
| Location | , , |
| Website | camd |
Northeastern University School of Journalism is the journalism school of Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.[1][2][3] In addition to the school's six undergraduate and two graduate degree programs, Northeastern's flagship cooperative education program allows students to alternate semesters of full-time study with semesters of paid, professional work in newsrooms, public relations firms, advertising agencies and non-profit organizations.[4][5] The journalism school is located in Boston's Fenway–Kenmore neighborhood.
History[edit]
The Northeastern School of Journalism can trace its origin to 1959, when the English department began offering a journalism major following the university's liberal arts expansion beyond its foundational engineering and business programs.[6] George A. Speers, a native Bostonian, Yankee Quill Award recipient and Northeastern alumnus who previously worked in the university's press office, was appointed the first chairman of the newly formed journalism department in 1965.[7][8] In 1986, the journalism department was reorganized and renamed the School of Journalism.[9] Longtime journalist LaRue Gilleland left the University of Nevada, Reno, where he chaired the journalism department, to eventually become the first director of the School of Journalism. During his tenure from 1981 to 1992, he was credited by The Boston Globe with transforming a "small journalism department into a top-ranking J-School." During Gilleland's leadership, the department swelled from three to 12 faculty members and student enrollment more than doubled.[10] Gilleland's philosophy was that a journalist has to know a lot about a lot, which he put into practice by insisting on both a journalism core curriculum and an arts and sciences core curriculum. He also added new concentrations to reflect the changing world of communications. Following this success, a graduate program was unanimously approved in 1985.[11]
Nicholas Daniloff, a Harvard-educated Moscow bureau chief for U.S. News and World Report, served as director of the school from 1992 to 1999. He was recognized for setting high standards.[12] In 2002, Stephen Burgard, a former editor at the Los Angeles Times, was appointed director of the school, where he served until 2014. He was praised for helping the school embrace reporting in the digital age and guiding its integration into the new College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD).[13][14][15] In recent years, the school has added courses and programs in coding, information visualization, videography, database management and game design.[16] In 2015, Jonathan Kaufman, a veteran business journalist, was selected as director of the journalism school. He previously worked at Bloomberg News, The Wall Street Journal and The Boston Globe, earning two Pulitzer Prizes during his journalism career.[17][18]
Academics[edit]
The school's undergraduate program prepares students for a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism. The school also offers combined majors in English, political science, criminal justice, computer science, media and screen studies, and data science, as well as minors in journalism; photojournalism; and creativity in theory and practice.[19]
The graduate program offers two tracks leading to a Master of Arts degree in journalism. The professional track is designed for students will little or no journalism experience who take courses from a curriculum that combines a fundamental newsgathering education with new media courses. The media innovation track is designed for mid-career journalists who want to enhance their digital and multimedia skills.[20] A second graduate program leading to a Master of Science degree in media advocacy provides training in advocacy from a strategic communications and legal perspective.[21]
In between regular terms of academic study, most students complete at least one co-op experience, working full-time at a company or organization that complements their major or interests. Co-ops typically range from three to six months.[22]
Organization and research[edit]
The Northeastern School of Journalism is housed in Northeastern's College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD). Faculty publish in a variety of scholarly and popular publications. Many students contribute to and edit in-house publications such as The Scope and Storybench, assist faculty with research through the Co-Laboratory for Data Impact or gain international reporting experience on reporting trips abroad.[23]
Campus[edit]
The journalism school is located near the center of Northeastern's Boston campus just off Huntington Avenue in Lake Hall, constructed around 1911. The building once belonged to the United Drug Company. Originally, the drug company built six "turn-of-the-century industrial architecture" buildings as part of its corporate offices, and manufacturing and research facilities designed by the Boston firm of Gay and Proctor, and later modified by Wheelwright, Haven & Hoyt.[24] Northeastern purchased them in 1961 and eventually demolished three structures in preparation of a sports facility. However, that plan was soon scrapped as the rapidly growing university was in need of office and laboratory spaces. One of the surviving red brick buildings, featuring terracotta ornamentation, was divided into four sections now known as Lake Hall, Holmes Hall, Nightingale Hall and Meserve Hall.[25]
Student media and other activities[edit]
The Huntington News, founded in 1926 as The Northeastern News following the merger of two other campus newspapers, is Northeastern's independent student newspaper.[26] It became the university's only independent news source when it severed ties from the university in 2008.[27] WRBB (104.9 FM) is a student-run radio station that has served the Greater Boston area since it was founded in 1962. The Scope is a student-run digital magazine that prides itself on telling stories in the Greater Boston area that other news media overlook.[28] Storybench, a digital storytelling site staffed by students, examines the latest in digital storytelling, from data visualization and investigative journalism to virtual reality and the digital humanities.[29] Northeastern University TV (NUTV), the university's only student-run video production club, produces campus news, sports and entertainment programming.[30] Through Northeastern's Dialogue of Civilizations summer program, students can choose to travel abroad with a university faculty member for about 30 days to learn about a specific topic or course subject.[31]
Notable alumni[edit]
The following are some notable Northeastern University alumni in the fields of journalism, communication and media:
- Ernie Anastos – Emmy Award-winning New York City anchorman
- Eddie Andelman – sports radio talk show host
- Bill Barnwell – sportswriter, ESPN, Grantland
- Michelle Bonner – anchor, ESPNEWS, SportsCenter
- Joy Browne – radio talk show host
- Fred Cusick – sportscaster
- Rick Daniels – former president, The Boston Globe; former publisher, The Baltimore Sun
- Martín Espada – poet
- Damien Fahey – writer, Family Guy voice actor, former host of MTV's TRL
- Toby Fox – game designer and developer of Undertale
- Alex Garcia – Food Network chef
- Alan Catello Grazioso – Emmy Award-winning television producer, director and editor
- Mohammed Saeed Harib – creator of Freej
- Nat Hentoff – contributing editor, The New Yorker Magazine
- Courtney Hunt – writer and director
- Barbara Kopple – documentary filmmaker
- Diana Lemieux – freelance photographer
- Dan Mason – radio host
- Will McDonough – sportswriter, The Boston Globe
- Peter Orner – fiction writer
- Don Orsillo – baseball broadcaster
- Walter V. Robinson – investigative journalist, 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
- Michael Slackman – international managing editor, The New York Times
- Wendy Williams – television and radio host, The Wendy Williams Show
References[edit]
- ↑ https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/journalism-major-0904
- ↑ "2021 Best Colleges for Communications and Journalism". Niche.
- ↑ "15 Best Bachelor's Degrees in Journalism | BestCollegeReviews". Best College Reviews.
- ↑ Munk, Cheryl Winokur (February 10, 2020). "Thinking of a College Co-op Program? Here's What You Need to Know" – via www.wsj.com.
- ↑ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Northeastern-University
- ↑ Frederick, Antoinette (1982). Northeastern University: An Emerging Giant: 1959-1975. Northeastern University Custom Book Program. Search this book on
- ↑ "Schools and Departments of Journalism". The Journalism Educator. 30 (4): 52–82. December 1, 1975. doi:10.1177/107769587503000417 – via SAGE Journals. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ "George A. Speers, the first chairman of Northeastern University's..." UPI.
- ↑ "1980s | Northeastern University Library". library.northeastern.edu.
- ↑ "LARUE GILLELAND Obituary (2019) - Scituate, MA - Boston Globe". www.legacy.com.
- ↑ Frederick, Antoinette (1995). Northeastern University, Coming of Age: The Ryder Years, 1975-1989. Northeastern University. Search this book on
- ↑ Velazquez-Santiago, Aida; Correspondent, Globe. "NU professor named New England Journalism Educator of the Year". Boston.com.
- ↑ "Stephen Burgard, director of Northeastern journalism school, dies - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com.
- ↑ "Stephen Burgard dies at 66; Times' Orange County editorial page editor". Los Angeles Times. October 29, 2014.
- ↑ "Northeastern remembers Steve Burgard". news.northeastern.edu.
- ↑ "Rewriting J-School". Nieman Reports.
- ↑ "Bloomberg News editor to lead Northeastern's journalism school - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com.
- ↑ "Jonathan Kaufman". Northeastern CAMD.
- ↑ "Journalism, BA". Northeastern CAMD.
- ↑ "Journalism, MA". Northeastern CAMD.
- ↑ https://camd.northeastern.edu/news/introducing-northeasterns-m-s-in-media-advocacy/
- ↑ https://graceyg.medium.com/demystifying-college-co-ops-what-is-it-how-do-i-get-one-421544a637b2
- ↑ "Research Approach | Journalism at Northeastern". Northeastern CAMD.
- ↑ Baker, Brook K (2011). Tradition and Innovation: Reflections on Northeastern University's First Century. Nabu Press. ISBN 978-1245392327. Search this book on
- ↑ "Finding aid for the United Drug Company products collection". www.lib.neu.edu.
- ↑ Marston, Everett C (1961). Origin and Development of Northeastern University, 1898-1960. Northeastern University. ISBN 978-1179824123. Search this book on
- ↑ https://www.poynter.org/educators-students/2020/how-student-journalists-at-northeastern-university-finally-got-the-administration-to-talk-to-them/
- ↑ "The Scope, a digital magazine run by Northeastern University students, covers stories that other outlets in Greater Boston have overlooked". news.northeastern.edu.
- ↑ "Storybench, a digital storytelling news site staffed by Northeastern University students, has been shortlisted for 'Data journalism website of the year' by the Data Journalism Awards". news.northeastern.edu.
- ↑ "Home | NUTV | Northeastern University". NUTV.
- ↑ https://camd.northeastern.edu/dialogue-of-civilizations/
External links[edit]
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