Ten Reasons to Choose CUNY
- Our three-semester M.A. program teaches real-world professional skills. We offer a converged curriculum that allows all students to learn how to tell stories using print, broadcast, and interactive formats. But our program also includes all the eternal verities of journalism — reporting, writing, editing, ethics, and critical thinking.
- Students choose one of five subject concentrations: arts/culture, business/economics, health/medicine, international, or urban reporting. Specializing enables you to practice a higher form of journalism: stories that require expertise, analysis, and strong beat development skills. Here’s where a lot of analytical stories, narratives, profiles, and lengthier pieces emerge. And students graduate with an area of speciality on their resume.
- We provide a paid summer internship to all students between the second and third semesters. Either the media employer pays or we do. We know of no other school that does that. Internships are critical when you’re seeking a job in journalism, so we make sure our students are equipped.
- Our NYCity News Service syndicates students’ stories to major media outlets. Even in the first semester, many students see their stories picked up by print and online publications such as the New York Daily News and the Huffington Post. You will soon amass a bunch of nice clips or videos that will help you get a job.
- We have an exceptionally strong faculty of working journalists with many ties across the media community. They will teach you, mentor you, and reach out to colleagues in the profession to help you.
- Our students and applicants tell us that they like all the personal attention they get. In the Class of 2010, you’ll be one of fewer than 85 carefully selected students. And our classes are small — usually between 7 and 17 students, often with two instructors. It’s impossible to get lost in the crowd.
- Our all-wireless facility is cutting edge. We even have a fully equipped broadcast studio. And our Times Square location can’t be beat. We’re right next door to The New York Times and an easy walk to a dozen other major media companies.
- Our alumni network is hard at work for our graduates. This network includes dozens of working journalists who attended one of the CUNY undergraduate schools, such as City College, Hunter, Brooklyn, or Queens. They are proud of the CUNY Journalism School and enjoy helping our graduates.
- We have developed a strong reputation in a remarkably short time. That’s why all 90 students in our first two classes got summer internships at media companies. And it’s why our graduates get very good jobs after commencement — often where they interned.
- Finally, you can’t beat the price. As a public university, we offer the best value in the country.
