The FGCU Journalism degree program prepares students for media careers in which they will be expected to report, edit and present high-quality journalism for a variety of platforms—including newspapers, magazines, audio, video and Internet-based technologies—and for a combination of these formats.
The program emphasizes clear writing, factual accuracy, critical thinking, ethical and legal principles, social consciousness, technological skill, and practical, hands-on reporting and editing experience. Students will develop an awareness of the role of journalism in a democratic society and think critically about emerging issues in journalism and mass media.
Career Information:
With a journalism degree, students are prepared to work in the following jobs:
- Reporter for online news source
- Copywriter or editor
- On-air reporter for television news station
- Producer, videographer or editor for television news station or online news source
- Photojournalist
- Social media specialist
- Digital news graphic designer
"As a reporter at NBC News Digital, I still use tools I learned while in the J-program.
The hands-on guidance I received from my professors helped focus talents I already
had and sharpen areas where I needed more work. Today, whether I’m reporting from
my desk or out in the field, I’m using those skills on my beat as a staff reporter
covering youth and activism for NBC News." ~ Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC New Digital
Where Journalism students have worked and where their work has appeared:
- New York Times
- Daily Mail
- NBC News
- CBS News
- Stars and Stripes
- WGCU Public Media
- The New York Post
- Gulfshore Life
- Fort Myers News-Press
- WINK-TV
- WBBH-TV
- WFTX-TV
- Univision
- Naples Daily News
- Charlotte Sun
- Florida Weekly
- Cape Coral Daily Breeze
- Christian Television Network
- WCNC TV, Charlotte, NC
- Rachel Ray In Season Magazine
- KPBS Public Media, San Diego
- Warner Media/NCAA
- Beasley Broadcasting
- News4JAX TV, Jacksonville
- KCNC-TV, Denver
- National Basketball Association
- Fox32, Chicago
- Nashville Public Radio
- Knoxville News Sentinel
- Disney Parks
- Hearst Connecticut Media Group
- Reynolds Journalism Institute
- Industry Dive
- McClatchy
- Warner Bros. Discovery
- Tampa Bay Lightning
- Endeavor
- Goldman Sachs
- Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY)
- WCSH6-TV, Portland, Maine
- Tegna
- Palm Beach Post
- Getty Images
- Fox News Media
- Gulfshore Business
- Ave Maria Sun
- FOX8, Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point
- Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting
- MSNBC
