PULLMAN, Wash. – The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University was rated among the top 25 journalism schools in the country in a survey by a national magazine for news professionals.
Finishing near the top in the survey by NewsPro Magazine were Syracuse University, Northwestern University, Columbia University, the University of Missouri, and the University of Southern California. The top 25 were published in the December issue of the magazine. No specific ranking was assigned to most schools listed among the top 25, including the Murrow College.Named for its famous CBS News alumnus, the Murrow College is the only program in the Northwest that offers sequences in all six communication fields: advertising, broadcasting, communication, communication studies, journalism, and public relations. It offers the only comprehensive broadcast program in the state. Its broadcast journalism sequence has been rated in the top 5 in the nation by the Radio Television Digital News Association.
The latest journalism school rankings survey was the first by NewsPro Magazine. The survey also asked readers what they would most like to see taught at journalism schools. The top answers were “writing,” “reporting,” and ethics. Other answers included “digital or new media,” “grammar,” and “objectivity,” according to the magazine.
Articles in the same edition of the magazine featured efforts at journalism schools to combine technology and journalism, producing journalism graduates also savvy in areas like social media and web design. It is that “multi-platform” approach to journalism that has been incorporated into the communication program at Murrow College, which features computer labs and graphics design facilities.
The College is noted for combining professional skill-building and theory. It operates Northwest Public Radio, a 16-station regional network that can be heard by 3.6 million residents in Washington, Oregon and British Columbia, along with two PBS television stations. Student-written news stories are published by professional news organizations throughout the state through the “Murrow News Service,” which includes a bureau in the state capital, Olympia.
The magazine based its survey on more than 400 persons who were in a pool of subscribers to NewsPro and “TVWeek.Com.” They described themselves as news professionals, educators and students. More than 136 respondents listed themselves as “non-news professionals,” a category that the magazine said includes television producers and network executives.
The top 25 included:
1. SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
2. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Medill School of Journalism
3. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Graduate School of Journalism
4. UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT COLUMBIA
School of Journalism
5. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism
6. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
7. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
Department of Journalism and Mass Communications
8. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY
Graduate School of Journalism
9. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
10. GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
School of Media and Public Affairs
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
2. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Medill School of Journalism
3. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Graduate School of Journalism
4. UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT COLUMBIA
School of Journalism
5. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism
6. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
7. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
Department of Journalism and Mass Communications
8. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY
Graduate School of Journalism
9. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
10. GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
School of Media and Public Affairs
11-25, IN “ALPHABETICAL ORDER“:
BOSTON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, JOAN SHORENSTEIN BARONE CENTER ON THE PRESS,
POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY
HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS
INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
OHIO UNIVERSITY, E.W. SCRIPPS SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATIONS
ITHACA COLLEGE, ROY H. PARK SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS
STANFORD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE PROGRAM IN JOURNALISM
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATIONS
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, GRADY COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM AND MASS
COMMUNICATION
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, PHILIP MERRILL COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, ANNENBERG SCHOOL FOR COMMUNICATION
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY, EDWARD R. MURROW COLLEGE OF
COMMUNICATION
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, JOAN SHORENSTEIN BARONE CENTER ON THE PRESS,
POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY
HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS
INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
OHIO UNIVERSITY, E.W. SCRIPPS SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATIONS
ITHACA COLLEGE, ROY H. PARK SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS
STANFORD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE PROGRAM IN JOURNALISM
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATIONS
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, GRADY COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM AND MASS
COMMUNICATION
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, PHILIP MERRILL COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, ANNENBERG SCHOOL FOR COMMUNICATION
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY, EDWARD R. MURROW COLLEGE OF
COMMUNICATION
For the full article, click the following link to NewsPro Magazine.