The program also features a cutting-edge TV studio, where you?ll produce and direct student newscasts, and with internship opportunities you?ll write news for the local paper or work behind-the-scenes at a local TV station.

At UNC, you?ll find a diverse, collaborative learning environment, led by highly accessible and supportive instructors who bring real-world journalism experience to the classroom. Visiting journalist-in-residence professors regularly teach in the program, and small class sizes offer close mentorship by faculty. Plus you?ll have opportunities to network with local journalism professionals and participate in a variety of student media-related clubs, making contacts and gaining skills that will help launch your career.

This emphasis?combines theory and application to deepen your knowledge and skills in?social scientific research, creative concept development, writing and editing, media planning, and persuasive campaign execution. Your coursework focuses on?principles of public relations, marketing and advertising to as you study?strategic message design and distribution through various media.