Students who study journalism at UConn sharpen their research and critical thinking skills. They strengthen their writing and verbal communication skills and are emboldened to ask questions and challenge authority. A journalism education is an education in non-fiction storytelling, information literacy and civics. It helps students develop and use their individual voices in service to the public.
At UConn, journalism students don’t just theorize about how to research, interview, write, photograph, record audio and video, and edit. They are expected as part of their coursework to go out and practice these skills in the field, and produce news content that follows professional standards of accuracy and ethics. Diversity is a foundational element in all UConn Journalism courses.
We strongly recommend all our journalism majors pursue internships before they graduate. We also help our students to get their journalistic work professionally published by local, regional and national news organizations. All journalism majors produce a professional portfolio of their journalistic work through as part of their graduation requirements.
UConn Journalism is accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism & Mass Communications. We are the only nationally accredited program in New England.
Students who aspire to contribute to democracy in the U.S. and around the world can do so by becoming journalists. Journalism skills are also life skills, transferable to any industry or situation. A double major in journalism complements any other discipline.
Transferrable Career Skills
A UConn Journalism education strongly supports these career competencies:
