COURSE CURRICULUM

The Digital and Print Journalism degree at the Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas offers students a strong blend of academic learning, hands-on training, and real-world professional exposure designed to prepare them for modern media careers. A major advantage of the program is its location in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, which is the fifth-largest media market in the United States, giving students direct access to a wide range of internship opportunities at advertising agencies, news organizations, and media companies. Throughout the degree, students gain practical experience through coursework combined with access to cutting-edge classrooms, production labs, and student-run media outlets such as the North Texas Daily, NTTV, and NT Daily Radio, where they work in real newsroom environments as reporters, editors, designers, and multimedia producers. The program is further strengthened by active student organizations that are nationally recognized for excellence and provide valuable networking, mentorship, and professional development opportunities through interactions with alumni and industry professionals. Students also have the opportunity to study international media systems and participate in study abroad programs, earning academic credit while gaining global perspectives on journalism, broadcasting, publishing, and digital media practices. The faculty brings extensive real-world experience, with hundreds of years of combined professional backgrounds in journalism, advertising, public relations, and media industries, and many alumni working in leading media organizations worldwide. The Mayborn School itself is highly regarded as one of the top journalism and mass communication schools in the nation, offering programs that prepare students for diverse careers in journalism, advertising, public relations, digital media, and education. Career opportunities for graduates include roles in news and sports reporting, visual journalism, media design, publishing, advertising agencies, corporate and nonprofit communications, public relations, web and digital content creation, podcasting, blogging, and teaching. The curriculum includes courses such as Principles of News, Introduction to Visual Communication for News, Multimedia Storytelling for News, Comparative International Media Systems, Sports Journalism, and Feature Writing, all designed to develop strong storytelling, critical thinking, and multimedia communication skills essential for success in today’s evolving media landscape.