What is the best journalism school in America?

Question

I am going to a community college right now, but I would love to get involved in journalism.

If anyone has any information on good journalism schools, please let me know. Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

Columbia is considered the best, but more important than what school you go to is the quality of your clips.

I've been a reporter, editor and professional writer for more years than I care to remember, and I've always found that the best writers are the ones who DIDN'T go through J-school.

Instead, they are the ones who held down a variety of jobs and careers, and in doing so met a wider variety of people than people who went straight from high-school to college and/or post-grad. Frankly, J-school grads all tend to think and write the same, and making journalism into a "profession" instead of a craft is one of the root causes for the problems afflicting media today.

Answer 2

Best Journalism Schools In America

Answer 3

Northwestern's Medhil School of Journalism is top rate. As is the university of Missouri's journalism school, Columbia University. In Canada Ryerson Polytechincal Institute is a great journalism degree program as are the University of Western Ontario, (but it's a post graduate degree )and Carlton University in Ottawa.

I'd suggest you talk to your professors at the community college

Answer 4

The top three in reputation are Columbia University, the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern, and the University of Missouri School of Journalism.

Answer 5

That's funny you should ask. I had the same question in my mind about a month ago. My g/f went to the University of Missouri for journalism. She said it is tops in the country and, being from the University of Kansas, I didn't (want to) believe her. I scoured the internet looking for rankings. Apparently the powers that be are (understandably) reluctant to put out a "best of" list. I don't really hold much weight in those lists myself, so I think a "top grouping" list works best. Here's a list of some of the best J-schools (undergraduate & graduate) in the country:

Ball State
Cal
Columbia
Florida
Indiana Bloomington
Kansas (yay!)
Maryland
Michigan State
Minnesota
Missouri (drats!)
UNC Chapel Hill
Northwestern
Wisconsin

Check out the links for more information.

Good luck!

Answer 6

the terrific are probable Indiana U--Bloomington, UNC Chapel Hill, U Missouri--Columbia, Syracuse U (Newhouse), U Wisconsin--Madison, U Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Northwestern, and USC.

Answer 7

Medill at Northwestern University in Illinois :)

it's nice because you get to (i actually think you have to, but I'm not sure) spend a semester in Washington D.C. and spend a lot of time with Chicago print publications and broadcast stations.