FOR RELEASE: Dec. 6, 2012
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Dr.
Dwight Brooks, 615-494-8925 or d.brooks@mtsu.edu
MTSU School of Journalism gets
top-50 nod from student-media blog
MURFREESBORO — A respected student-media scholar
has included MTSU’S School of Journalism in his 2013 list of “50 Best
Journalism Schools and Programs at U.S. Colleges and Universities.”
Dr. Dan
Reimold, who teaches journalism at the University of Tampa and blogs at
CollegeMediaMatters.com, said he based his evaluations on “knowledge of various
schools’ and departments’ reputations, faculty, affiliated student media,
classes (and) internship and study-abroad connections.”
“It is
strongly biased in favor of programs exciting me in the digital journalism
realm and in some way aligned with quality campus media and professional
publishing opportunities,” Reimold wrote. “(These are) programs I consider to
be the best in the country at this moment, AKA places I would strongly consider
enrolling if I woke up tomorrow back in high school.”
MTSU’s undergraduate
program in the College of Mass Communication is the only Tennessee program
mentioned in the list. It’s also a part of the fifth largest communication
college in the United States and has produced some of the nation’s top
journalists for the last 30-plus years, said Dr. Dwight Brooks, the school’s
director.
In April,
the university unveiled a new Center for Innovation in Media, where students from all media disciplines hone their
real-world print, Web, audio and video journalism skills under one roof in a high-tech
facility. The center combines the newsrooms for Sidelines, the
student newspaper; WMTS-FM, the student-run radio station; MT Records, the
student-run record label; MT10-HD, the student-operated cable TV station; and
WMOT-FM, the university’s 100,000-watt public radio station.
“This
recognition is a testament to the many fine students, faculty and staff
throughout the College of Mass Communication and MTSU," Brooks said.
"Every one of our 800 students majoring or minoring in one of the School
of Journalism’s programs should be as proud as I am for being listed among the
top programs in the country."
Other
undergraduate programs recognized by Reimold include the journalism schools at
Arizona State University, Boston University, Kent State University, Michigan
State University, Northwestern University, Syracuse University, Temple
University, the University of Alabama, the University of Missouri and Western
Kentucky University.
The
complete list is available at http://tinyurl.com/crukngt.
Reimold
said he required each program on his list to have at least a journalism major,
not just a concentration or minor, as well as accreditation by the Accrediting
Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. He also focused
strictly on undergraduate journalism programs, which is why the list doesn’t
include esteemed post-graduate programs at institutions like Columbia
University and Stanford.
College
Media Matters is a student journalism industry blog that “provides updates on
influential, controversial, innovative, and newsworthy matters” affecting
college media around the world. It maintains an official partnership with the
Associated Collegiate Press, the largest and oldest U.S. student journalism
organization.
"I am
really pleased with this most recent news," said Dr. Roy Moore, dean of
MTSU's College of Mass Communication. "This national recognition points to
the enhanced status the School of Journalism and other units in the College of
Mass Communication continue to see as we move forward to meet the demands of a
new media environment. It also is a testament to the high quality of faculty,
students and staff in the school and to its leadership."
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