Teaching
The department faculty members find it rewarding to teach students the importance of curiosity, clear writing and editing, solid research and critical thinking as these apply to journalism. They teach students how to discern the significant from the trivial and the relative truth from demonstrable falsehood. Our goal for students when they complete our studies is excellence in reporting, editing, research and visual communication.
The department has made a commitment to small class sizes because professors agree that students become better writers when they get close attention from faculty. As a result, all writing classes are limited to 16 students, and seminars are limited to 12.
The department has four full-time faculty members and uses adjunct teachers from the print, broadcast and online media for special classes.
Professors routinely say that the most important lesson they can teach their students is one about personal and public responsibility. Journalists have certain rights and privileges that accompany their profession, but with those privileges comes a responsibility to act ethically and to always report the truth.
