In my quest to create an interactive multimedia slide show, I hit a wall. Originally, I wanted to use Flash to tell my major story (Your Options). Unfortunately two things prevented me from doing that: (1) I don’t know how to use Flash and no one at the library is proficient in it so it would have taken me a billion years to learn it and (2) WordPress.com doesn’t support Flash.
This got me thinking. What do I have to learn in order to be proficient in Web 2.0? A computer science degree? A semester at the ITT Technical Institute?
At the University of Reno’s Reynold’s School of Journalism, they have über-focused their master’s program to cover interactive journalism and environmental issues. Lucky me – I got accepted.
As my prof Charlotte-Anne Lucas posted on her blog the other day, some newspapers have a snotty attitude towards the online crowd. But if this is the wave of the future – where can you get that education?
Here’s an semi-exhaustive list of ACEJMC accredited J-schools offering coursework in interactive journalism.
Some university websites weren’t easy to navigate and that made it difficult to discern (a) what degrees they offered and (b) what courses were related to online journalism. Also, it was difficult to see how in-depth Electronic Media concentrations were in teaching online reporting. Those are the caveats, please enjoy!
University of Arizona
B.A. concentration in Online Journalism.
San Francisco State University
B.A. concentration in Online Journalism.
University of California- Berkeley
M.A. in New Media
University of Southern California- Annenberg
M.A. focus in Online Journalism
Colorado State University
B.A./ M.A. in Journalism and Technical Communication
*I’m a little unclear as to what exactly “technical communication” means, but they do talk about online reporting in their mission statement.
American University
M.A. in Interactive Journalism (Weekends)
University of Miami
B.S. in Electronic Media (mostly theory)
Eastern Illinois University
B.A. concentration in New and Emerging Media
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
B.A./M.A. in Digital Media
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
B.A./M.A. in Print & Online Journalism
University of Southern Indiana
B.A. in Print & Online Journalism
Kansas State University
B.A. concentration in Electronic Journalism
Iowa State University
B.A./M.A. concentration in New Media Communication
University of Maryland
B..A. / M.A. in Online News
University of Missouri
Need I say more? Ok, ok. Some of you may not know that the Univ. of Missouri is the first journalism school in the WORLD…but now you know!
University of Nevada, Reno
M.A. in Interactive and Environmental Journalism
Ohio University
B.A./M.A. in Online Journalism
University of Memphis
B.A./M.A. in Internet Journalism
University of Texas – International Symposium on Online Journalism
I don’t know what degree you can get out of this, but apparently their course website is down.
University of Utah
B.A. in Electronic Journalism
