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American Journalism Review highlights School of Communications’ revamped curriculum, new courses

By Tommy Kopetskie, staff

December 18, 2014

The online journalism publication included ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ in its December 2014 article titled “Journalism Schools Add Courses in Sports, Emerging Technology.” 

An ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ student works at a computer terminal.
An ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ student works at a computer terminal.[/caption]ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s School of Communications is one of 15 programs across the nation whose curricular innovations are being featured by American Journalism Review.

The December 2014 article cites ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s new courses in audience analytics and digital strategy. Effective fall 2014, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s School of Communications added a major in Media Analytics and a new core course titled “Web and Mobile Communications.”

AJR reports that it contacted 15 prominent journalism schools in the nation to inquire about their changing curricula. Besides ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ, schools cited in the article were Arizona State, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Southern California and Texas, along with graduate-only programs at California-Berkeley, Columbia and City University of New York.

The Dec. 18 article, titled features the above photograph of an ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ student as its lead illustration.

AJR is published by Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

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