Welcome to Doane's journalism department, where students report on U.S. Presidential Inaugurations in Washington, D.C., travel to media conventions across the country, produce television and radio shows, print the newspaper and yearbook and publish a news Web site.
The Journalism Department believes in the rigorous academic pursuit of excellence coupled with the fun of experiential learning. It offers a program of study that prepares students to gather news and information and distribute it in all formats, broadcast, online and print. In addition, students who are editors, station managers and multimedia coordinators get paid for performing those jobs.
Since the major requires just 30 credits, journalism students have the freedom to steep themselves in traditional liberal arts courses that emphasize critical thinking skills required in the industry.
Students enjoy hands-on learning while working for on-campus media. They also take off-campus trips, where they learn to cover news. In addition to covering the last two U.S. Presidential Inaugurations in Washington, D.C., students have researched the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama. Please click on the link to see and hear student work from that trip: http://www.doane.edu/Academics/Interterm-Travel/Interterm/Free_At_Last/
You can also see and hear student work on The Doane Line at www.doaneline.com.
Classes are small. Many have 12 or fewer students, allowing learners the chance to work closely with professors.
Internships are required of journalism majors. Students have interned at local newspapers, radio and television stations and for news organizations outside of Nebraska. In addition, students have interned at organizations such as the American Cancer Society, the Nebraska School Activities Association, Sandhills Publishing, the Nebraska Baseball Association, USA Track & Field and others.