Journalism, Media Studies, and Public Relations

The Department of Journalism, Media Studies, and Public Relations, in the School of Communication at Hofstra University's Long Island, New York campus, is among the finest in the country, training and educating students for careers in print, broadcast and online journalism, information graphics, media analysis, and public relations. Students receive a solid foundation in news reporting, media ethics, history and law. Our courses are taught by award-winning faculty with an average of 20 years of experience in the field. Top professionals from every field of journalism and public relations regularly join the faculty as lecturers and adjunct professors, sharing their cutting-edge expertise. With close proximity to the communications capital of the world, New York City, New York, our students find valuable internships with media heavyweights such as CBS, The New York Times, The Daily News, Condé Nast, Time Warner and the top PR firms in the country.

#jschooljobs Panel brings back successful alumni

Panelists included Ryan Broderick '11 of Buzzfeed, Lisa DiCarlucci '11 of Corr-Jensen, James Parziale '06 of MSN.com, Tara Conry '07 of Newsday.com, Maria Betzios '11 of Rubenstein Associates, and John Santucci '11 of Good Morning America.

Award Winning Student Work

Press Club of Long Island

Student run Long Island Report won the Online Best Web Site from the Press Club of Long Island, a chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists. Undergraduate student, Brittany Auger, also brings home 3rd place in Online Feature/Lifestyle for her story "Driving Mrs. McCain: An Alaskan girl’s odyssey" and Jim Mancari, graduate student and managing editor of Long Island Report, won second place in Print Weeklies: Sports for his Long Island Press article "Diamond Aren't Forever."

Earn a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in Journalism in 5 Years

5 year program

The new B.A./M.A. dual degree program in journalism offers students the opportunity to:

Cultivate strong digital/multimedia skills to become more competitive in the job market.
Create a major multimedia capstone project that will promote the skills learned.
Attain a paid graduate assistant position on campus, including editorial jobs in the School of Communicaton's NewsHub and working on LongIslandReport.org.
Increase earning potential and the ability to teach at the college level.

To learn more about the program, click here.

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