Undergraduate

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Bachelor of Journalism

Our undergraduate program is designed to equip you with the powerful new tools of the digital age while teaching critical thinking, writing skills, and journalistic sensibility to make those tools worth using. Expert and experienced faculty help you explore your interests in this collaborative and adaptable major.

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Innovative and Hands-On Curriculum


Use your curiosity and creativity to develop writing, research, analytical and visual skills to become a persuasive and informative storyteller across a variety of digital, print, video and audio formats. You will put your skills to work as you create a portfolio of your work to showcase your talent.

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Careers in Journalism

This versatile degree prepares graduates to work in prestigious news media outlets, as well as a wide-range of companies and fields that require content creation and good communication

Work at companies including:

  • 3 Point Partners
  • Bleacher Report
  • Houston Chronicle
  • NBCUniversal Media LLC
  • NPR's Morning Edition

in positions such as:

  • Policy Analyst
  • Social Media Strategy/Production Specialist
  • Audio Producer
  •  Communications Coordinator
  • Morning Edition News Assistant
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Life After Moody


See how 2021 graduate, Faith Castle, uses the skills she honed as a journalism student in her career in New York City.

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Email: journalism@austin.utexas.edu
Phone: 512-471-1845