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Journalism Studies, Minor

Do you enjoy consuming the news and find yourself wondering just how it’s put together? The Journalism Studies Minor provides you with a background in journalism’s history, and the skills and tools reporters and editors use to assemble— and ultimately tell—stories.

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With an ever-growing array of information options available, and with the news media making news in the early days of the new administration in Washington, interest in the workings of journalism has never been higher. This minor is intended for those students who wish for a sophisticated media literacy, an understanding of the field that goes deeper than what can be gained in our popular Interpreting the Day’s News course.

Career Opportunities

  • Journalist
  • Lawyer

Multidisciplinary Skills

  • Writing
  • Critical thinking

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Teacher Howie Leung held in isolation in Massachusetts jail

Journalism

Concord High School teacher Howie Leung is being held in isolation at the Middlesex Jail in Billerica, Mass., while he is unable to make the $50,000 cash bail for his release, according to court officials.

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A new method could prevent neurodegenerative disorders

Journalism

A team of researchers is fishing for a new method to treat neurodegenerative disorders. Its tactic? Bait dysfunctional proteins and prevent them from joining together.

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Democrats ‘went low’ on Twitter leading up to 2018

Journalism

Voters in 2016 repeatedly heard Democrats cry out against negative Republican rhetoric, especially from the party’s presidential nominee Donald Trump.

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Small, Dangerous, and Everywhere

Journalism

A group of students from the School of Journalism spent their semester learning about and researching water in our very own city of Boston. They completed six individual projects, coming together to form The City of Water, which discusses everything from the issues with water infrastructure and who it hurts, to marine life and how it is affected by pollution, to the Boston Harbor's history, hidden below the surface.

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