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BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN , CULTURE AND SOCIETY DESCRIPTION STUDENT MEDIA Students who major in journalism, culture Our student media–The Empire State Tribune, and society at The King’s College prepare EST Magazine and the ESTv broadcast–are fully themselves for careers in the media and independent student news outlets, and excellent related industries by learning to report and outlets for students to gain experience. As you write news, feature stories, opinion pieces, get involved in these outlets, take classes students cultural criticism and other formats. They also do well, they are prepared to get internships that study the history, ethics, legal issues and theory help land that first job in the field. Doing actual related to journalism. This training coupled journalism as a student prepares students for with internships and student media experience doing actual journalism as a career. helps students land their dream job COURSE INFORMATION INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES JCS majors at King’s begin with the college’s Our students have had internships or jobs at strong core curriculum, which emphasizes numerous outlets. writing, philosophy, theology, politics, and economics. They become grounded in the • ABC Radio broader tradition of the arts and humanities • American Spa Magazine while developing their news judgment in a • The Wall Street Journal sequence of Intro to Journalism, Narrative • Backstage Non-Fiction (Feature Reporting) and other • Brooklyn Paper skills classes. They also build their knowledge • Buzzfeed of key history, ethics and legal issues related to • City Journal journalism. • CNBC • CNN Journalism majors are also required to take a • Cosmopolitan Magazine course on Entrepreneurial Journalism, which • EPI magazine teaches them to understand the disruption • Esquire magazine and innovation happening in media and • First Things teaches them lean startup methodology to • FOX Business come up with their own business ideas. In that • FOX Radio class, students visit four in NYC, • Hearst Digital which has included visits to The New York • International Business Times Times, Buzzfeed, Associated Press, Vice News, • National Review ProPublica, Newsweek and The Wall Street • New York Daily News Journal. • New York Post Students can choose from electives in • Newsweek magazine areas such as , sports • OnFaith and reporting and digital • Penguin Random House filmmaking. They also get to choose one of our • Playbill four tracks of specialized knowledge: Business/ • Salon.com finance, politics, arts and culture or religion. • Sirius XM We believe this extra subject matter training • StoryExchange will help students become better reporters in • Straus News given areas of media. • The Blaze • The Christian Post OVERVIEW • The Daily Dot • The Eric Metaxas Show What sets our JCS program apart is ​​our • The Raleigh News & Observer combined focus on the skill sets of journalism • TheStreet.com (reporting, writing, thinking) and the • Vice Media interdisciplinary knowledge that comes with liberal arts learning. Location is the huge advantage students have at The King’s College. Students study journalism in the nation’s biggest and best media market. Students are also studying from professors who write and edit for outlets such as Forbes.com, Vox.com, and Universal Press Syndicate.

The McCandlish Phillips Journalism Institute is based at The King’s College in New York City. | @JMPJournalism | phillipsjournalism.org Paul Glader FACULTY REQUIRED MAJOR COURSES The faculty who teach in the JCS major hold degrees in many Hours Course Title academic fields related to media 3 Introduction to Journalism and in the professional skills sides 3 Entrepreneurial Journalism of journalism. Students will learn from seasoned reporters, writers, 3 Magazine Writing (Narrative Non-Fiction) scholars and who have 3 or Journalism deep connections in NYC and Clemente national media industries. This Foundations Lisi helps prepare students for careers 3 Media Law & Ethics in magazines, , wire 3 or 6 Internship services, online news organizations, digital media companies, broadcast 3 Media, Culture & Society outlets, publishing houses as well as 3 Principles of Cultural Interpretation some communications and PR jobs. 3 The Post-Modern World JOURNALISM TRACKS 3 Persuasive Writing & Speaking () or Cultural Criticism Dr. Steve Every JCS major chooses one of Salyers these four areas of specialized knowledge. ELECTIVE COURSE OFFERINGS

– Business and Finance Hours Course Title Financial Accounting, Principles 3 Business Journalism of Management and Organization, 3 Sports & Entertainment Journalism Business Strategy, Introduction to Marketing, Corporate Finance, 3 Documentary Filmmaking Dr. Bob International Business, Money 3 J Skills Carle Banking, Macroeconomics, 3 Graphic Design Microeconomics, Economic Development, International Economics, Political Economy, J SKILLS SINGLE CREDIT COURSES Economic Policy SKILLS – Politics COURSE TITLE SOFTWARE Constitutional Law, Public Alissa Policy, American Foreign Policy, Adobe Photoshop International Politics, Approved Wilkinson Special Topics, Enlightement Still Imagery, Retouching Adobe Lightroom and Liberal Democracy, Civil and Journalistic Ethics Rights, Comparative Government, Statesmanship Adobe Premiere – Arts and Culture , Production, Documentary, Social Video The Art and Language of , History of Cinema I, History of Journalism Design Adobe InDesign Terry Cinema II, Shakespeare, Classical Web Design, Print Design, Squarespace Mattingly Literature, English and American Poetry, History of American Color, Typography, Television, Documentary Illustration Filmmaking, Musical Theater Survey, Theater and Society II: SKILLS Contemporary Theater – Religion COURSE TITLE SOFTWARE Dr. Harry Classics of Christian Tradition, Podcasting and Audio Adobe Audition Bleattler Islam, Principles of Biblical Audio Production, iTunes Connect Interpretation, Comparative Religions, Special Topics in Podcast Publishing, Audio Audacity Theology and Religion Storytelling J SKILLS Tweetdeck The J skills program is a series Proof Reading, Fact Social Media of 1 credit modular courses led by practicing experts in the field Checking Melissa and guiding students through the Harrison productiovn processes of news Python media. Students learnthe workflow, Infographics, Analytics, Data Excel software, and fundamental concepts vital to actual news Ethics creation.

The McCandlish Phillips Journalism Institute is based at The King’s College in New York City. | @JMPJournalism | phillipsjournalism.org