Medill is committed to the best of journalism - journalism that contributes to an informed public, better lives and a better society - and to continuing its tradition of preparing the best-qualified journalists.
The new graduate journalism program maintains its solid grounding in the skills vital to success in journalism, while increasing its focus on the subjects and techniques that prepare students for the increasingly complex environments in which they will work. Students can choose to deepen their subject expertise with concentrations in Business and Economics; Government, Policy and Politics; or Health and Science. Or they can choose to focus on specialized techniques beyond basic reporting and writing: Videography/Broadcast; Magazine Writing, Editing and Publishing; and Interactive Storytelling. A variety of electives are also available.
Field Reporting
To gain real-world experience, all graduate students work in our newsrooms in Chicago and Washington, D.C., filing multimedia stories on deadline that are distributed to clients and packaged on our new Web sites, Medill Reports Chicago and Medill Reports Washington. In their final quarter, graduate students can choose from an expanded menu of capstone projects that give them the opportunity to do advanced reporting and storytelling in different media. They may also choose to participate in an innovation project where they create a new journalism-based entity, often in partnership with a media company.
Global Journalism
In the optional fifth quarter, students may choose to do another capstone; go abroad in the Global program to spend an additional quarter reporting in newsrooms from Paris to South Africa; or do advanced reporting in Washington.