What’s special about CoJMC?

National reputation

• We are one of 12 journalism schools participating in the Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education.
• We are the Midwest bureau for ABC News on Campus, a partnership between the network’s news division and six of the nation’s leading J schools.
• Our students won the regional NSAC advertising competition in 2009 and were selected to go to the national competition in Washington, D.C.

International reputation

• Depth reporting projects and study abroad courses have gone to Cuba, Sri Lanka, France, Kosovo, Germany, South Africa, Mexico.
• The college has ongoing programs in Ethiopia and Kosovo, where college faculty members help train faculty and students.

Faculty

• Professors come from places such as the New York Times, BusinessWeek, ABC News, the Detroit News and the Miami Herald and ad agencies such as Bailey Lauerman, Ayres, McFarland and Drier.
• An open-door policy means faculty are available to meet with students whenever they are not teaching or in meetings.

Students

• Students win national and regional awards in advertising and journalism.
• Students get internships and jobs in places such as Variety, the New York Times, CBS Evening News, Ogilvy Mather, McCann Erickson, the Onion, ESPN,  NBC’s Today Show, MTV, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, CNN, Colle+McVoy, The Daily Show, Nike, the Late Show with David Letterman, Frankel & Company, and ZDF (Germany).
• Designated faculty help students find internships and jobs.

State-of-the art facilities

• Andersen Hall includes a newsroom, TV and radio studios, and advertising presentation and focus rooms.
• Students work with the latest technologies including Adobe Creative Suite, AVID video editing and the college’s online news Web site.