Syracuse of Big State School for Journalism

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was a professional journalist for many years. I went to Michigan and wrote for the Michigan Daily. That was more valuable than a ugrad (or grad, for that matter) journalism degree. Couldn't your DC consider something like that? Many of my fellow Daily alum became acclaimed journalists and writers.

than *an" undergraduate, that is!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was a professional journalist for many years. I went to Michigan and wrote for the Michigan Daily. That was more valuable than a ugrad (or grad, for that matter) journalism degree. Couldn't your DC consider something like that? Many of my fellow Daily alum became acclaimed journalists and writers.

This sounds more plausible.

Don’t t20 school grads that write for the college newspaper get first crack at journalism jobs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did the weather get to you? My DS is also interested, but the stories he’s heard of the bad winters are giving him pause…

SU grad from above here - No, the weather did not get to me- it just added to the school vibe.

[Anonymous]

ASU, UF, UMD, BU, UGA, UWash, UMich, UNC, CU Boulder.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was a professional journalist for many years. I went to Michigan and wrote for the Michigan Daily. That was more valuable than a ugrad (or grad, for that matter) journalism degree. Couldn't your DC consider something like that? Many of my fellow Daily alum became acclaimed journalists and writers.

This sounds more plausible.

Don’t t20 school grads that write for the college newspaper get first crack at journalism jobs?

Make that T10. No one really cares if you wrote for the school paper at, say, Vanderbilt or somewhere random.

[Anonymous]

What is T10? Sorry…not familiar!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ASU, UF, UMD, BU, UGA, UWash, UMich, UNC, CU Boulder.

Agreed except for Boulder and UF

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ASU, UF, UMD, BU, UGA, UWash, UMich, UNC, CU Boulder.

Agreed except for Boulder and UF

Isnt UF a big pipeline for local journalism jobs in the southeast?

Like all of those local cbs/fox/nbc/abc affiliates?

Same with Boulder and the entire mountain west?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went to UNC for journalism and I highly recommend. Excellent overall school, good standard college experience and excellent j-school. Worked for several top news outlets. (I'm now a comms sellout, but that's beside the point...)

What were your beat(s)?

where would you suggest someone who wants to cover foreign affairs/national security go?

I was a political reporter and then a financial reporter.

Not sure about specific programs for national security/foreign affairs. UNC is strong overall but most of my fellow alums ended up in business/financial, political/policy reporting or sports.

[Anonymous]

Working journalist here. I went to University of Maryland. It's a solid program and a great location for internships/after-grad opportunities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Missouri excellent for journalism.

I would also consider Wisconsin, Florida, Maryland, Arizona State. Look for schools with strong reputation plus in larger markets/cities where more internships will be available. The more internship opportunities and networking your kid can do while in school, the more opportunities they will have after school.

I came late to journalism - after graduating with a BA in another area - and had to play catch up and compete for jobs with kids five years younger and way more experienced. Any internship no matter how short will help your resume and get you closer to the next opportunity so you want a school that has lots of opportunities to work on college media (paper, radio station etc) and then had connections to local media for internship. Professors are another good link.

Is this the case for financial journalists as well?

Don’t many not do journalism and instead work at an IB before switching over from being burnt out?

Are there statistics from undergrad programs that breakdown their alums by outlet and beat?

Like unc is known for the espn / sports pipeline

I don't think there is one clear pipeline. I'm a Newhouse grad, and we sent TONS of people to ESPN or other major sports outlets.

Someone also asked about preparation for being a foreign correspondent. Again, there's not one clear path. Some of the people I know in that world are Ivy League grads. Some went to no-name schools, started out in small town papers (which barely exist anymore) and just kept scrapping until they got where they wanted to be.

Wherever your kid ends up going, just make sure they WRITE. Working for the campus paper is invaluable preparation.

[Anonymous]

I work in Journalism and I can tell you that Newhouse is highly regarded. I hear mostly about Newhouse and USC's J school. I'm not a journalist but work at a large company. ASU is up there too but I mostly hear Newhouse at Syracuse. But, who wants to live in Syracuse!

[Anonymous]

My first two thoughts for state schools for journalism are UNC (Chapel Hill) and Georgia.

My brother was in journalism at UNC-CH. His other desired option (in the 80s) was Georgia. But living in NC, in-state at UNC was a no-brainer.

[Anonymous]

Oh, the weather ... I mean, it's not nice, but that's not why you're there. I agree that it made it fun at times and was definitely a bonding experience. It also makes April and May feel absolutely amazing.

[Anonymous]

I'm a journalist in NYC and Northwestern, Berkeley, Syracuse, Mizzou and UNC tend to be the most well-represented, probably in that order. Add Columbia if we're talking grad schools, too.