E. W. Scripps School of Journalism

The "E.W. Scripps School of Journalism" is one of five schools in the Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Its director is Thomas Hodson, who is also an associate professor within the school.

Admission to the school is selective, requiring a score of at least 25 on the ACT or 1140 on the SAT standardized tests, as well as being in the top 15 percent of one's high school graduating class. [cite web | title = Admission criteria for undergraduates | publisher = E.W. Scripps School of Journalism | month = August | year = 2001 | url = http://scrippsjschool.org/about/admission.php | accessdate = 2008-08-18] Its students choose from six sequences within the Bachelor of Science in Journalism: advertising, broadcast news, public relations, magazine journalism, news writing and editing and, of recent addition, online journalism. The school also offers a Master's of Science in Journalism and a Ph.D. in Mass Communication.

Scripps Howard Relationship

The E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, and the Scripps College of Communication within which it based, is funded in part by numerous grants from the Scripps Howard Foundation. To date, the foundation has given approximately $20 million in funding to Ohio University's communications programs. [cite web | title = Scripps Howard Foundation gives $15 million to Ohio University's College of Communication | publisher = Scripps Howard Foundation | month = April | year = 2006 | url = http://foundation.scripps.com/foundation/news/releases/06april04.html | accessdate = 2007-08-21]

The foundation also funds the Scripps Howard Visiting Professionals program, which brings in well-known journalists to teach at the school. Recent visiting professionals have included Pulitzer Prize-winning Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts, former New York Times editor Mark Prendergast, and former Forbes writer Mark Tatge.

Opportunities

Scripps Hall [cite web | title = Scripps/Facilities | publisher = E.W. Scripps School of Journalism | month = August | year = 2008 | url = http://scrippsjschool.org/about/facilities.php | accessdate = 2008-08-18] at Ohio University, which is home to the journalism school, features graphics labs, classrooms and a 90-seat auditorium. It also houses the Lasher Learning Center, a media library. The Bush Research Center, also located within the building, issues nationally distributed surveys published by the Scripps Howard News Service.

All undergraduate students within the school are required to complete an internship prior to graduation. Many media outlets -- such as The Today Show and the Scripps Howard News Bureau (whose associated foundation helps to fund the school) -- offer exclusive internships to the JSchool's students.

The [http://scrippsjschool.org/iij Institute for International Journalism] is housed within the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, and is currently headed by Yusuf Kalyango, an assistant professor in the school. The institute administers the John R. Wilhelm foreign correspondence program, which has placed more than 240 JSchool students in international internships in 30 countries since 1970. The school awards endowed scholarships to those chosen for the internships, paying for food, lodging and airfare. Interns are selected by a committee of Scripps faculty. [cite web | title = John R. Wilhelm foreign correspondence program | publisher = Institute for International Journalism | month = August | year = 2008 | url = http://www.scrippsjschool.org/iij | accessdate = 2008-08-18]

Many JSchool students work for Athens, Ohio's student-run independent newspaper, "The Post", as well as the university's TV and radio station WOUB. [http://www.speakeasymag.com Speakeasy] , a student-produced online magazine, has more than 100 staff members.

Communication-related student organizations at Ohio University include: All Campus Radio Network (ACRN), Association for Women in Communications, Black Student Communication Caucus, Forensics Team, Online Journalism Student Society, OU Advertising Association ("Ad Club"), Public Relations Student Society of America, the Radio-Television News Directors Association and the Society of Professional Journalists.

Each summer the school hosts a workshop for high school journalists, led by faculty from the Scripps School and area high schools. High school journalists are part of a "news team" and are responsible for creating a newspaper or TV broadcast by the end of the three-day workshop.

Reputation

The school is ranked by Writer's Digest as one of the top five in the country, and in the top ten nationally by the AP Managing Editor's Associations. It is one of 105 accredited journalism programs in the country, and The Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University has been commented on by "Guide to 101 of the Best Values in America's Colleges and Universities", which states:

:"Any student interested in telecommunications, communication systems management, communication studies, visual communication or journalism ought to apply here first. These programs are that good."

The school publishes the research journals " [http://scrippsjschool.org/about/journalismhistory.php Journalism History] " and the " [http://wjmcr.org Web Journal of Mass Communication Research] ".

Clarence Page, a nationally syndicated columnist for the Chicago Tribune, graduated from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism.

Ohio University enrolls more than 16,000 undergraduate students and is located in rural Athens, Ohio.

References

External links

* [http://www.scrippsjschool.org School website]
* [http://scrippsjschool.org/iij Institute for International Journalism]
* [http://scrippsjschool.org/hsjw High School Journalism Workshop]