Comments on: Looking for a journalism grad school http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/looking-for-a-journalism-grad-school/ Notes from the classroom and observations about today's practice of journalism online Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:34:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Chris http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/looking-for-a-journalism-grad-school/#comment-798 Chris Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:28:39 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/looking-for-a-journalism-grad-school/#comment-798 I find myself in a similar boat as the quoted commentor, out of the newsroom and on the road, also pondering grad school. Lately I've been stuck on a related question: Would it be more useful to get a masters in journalism or to find a specialization and focus on that, say economics or a language or international relations. How much of J-school is going to be technical training I can pick up elsewhere, and what can't I get anywhere else? I find myself in a similar boat as the quoted commentor, out of the newsroom and on the road, also pondering grad school. Lately I’ve been stuck on a related question: Would it be more useful to get a masters in journalism or to find a specialization and focus on that, say economics or a language or international relations. How much of J-school is going to be technical training I can pick up elsewhere, and what can’t I get anywhere else?

]]> By: Jamie http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/looking-for-a-journalism-grad-school/#comment-797 Jamie Sat, 24 Feb 2007 06:20:36 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/looking-for-a-journalism-grad-school/#comment-797 I am at Indiana University, not in the J-school but I can tell you a little bit about what is here. In the Journalism masters program there are a few online courses Internet and Media of the Future and two design courses that are undergrad senior level but the professor does allow masters students to take the class for master's credit. I am not sure if it would work in the Journalism masters program or not. <br/><br/>There is also a Journalism (Master of Arts) and Master of Library Science combination degree. The library science school is also very interested in things that relate well to online and user centered design. <br/><br/>I am doing a Masters in Human Computer Interaction Design within the School of Informatics. I was one of Mindy's students my BS is in Journalism with a concentration in Online Media.<br/><br/>In my program we work a lot with user centered design and design theory which can be easily applied to online. This degree is fairly open and you could easily take 5 Journalism classes as your electives. It is a different approach but I am pretty sure they would let you do it. Our last year of the 2 year program we do a capstone project instead of a thesis. This can be pretty much anything you are interested in doing.<br/><br/>As far as the freelance end with any of these degrees you would probably have to pick up some business classes to get that but none of them would be targeted to freelance. The business school is sort of strange in that their classes only run half a semester. So to get a full 3 credits out of the business school you end up taking two classes in one semester just not concurrently.<br/><br/>A few links:<br/><br/>Journalism Masters Program<br/>http://www.journalism.indiana.edu/academics/MA.html<br/><br/>Journalism (Master of Arts) and Master of Library Science<br/>http://www.slis.indiana.edu/degrees/joint/jour.html<br/><br/>Human Computer Interaction Design Master's<br/>http://www.informatics.indiana.edu/hcid/students/#MS<br/><br/>If you are interested in the HCI route I'd be happy to talk to you about it more in private just pick up my contact info off of my link. I am at Indiana University, not in the J-school but I can tell you a little bit about what is here. In the Journalism masters program there are a few online courses Internet and Media of the Future and two design courses that are undergrad senior level but the professor does allow masters students to take the class for master’s credit. I am not sure if it would work in the Journalism masters program or not.

There is also a Journalism (Master of Arts) and Master of Library Science combination degree. The library science school is also very interested in things that relate well to online and user centered design.

I am doing a Masters in Human Computer Interaction Design within the School of Informatics. I was one of Mindy’s students my BS is in Journalism with a concentration in Online Media.

In my program we work a lot with user centered design and design theory which can be easily applied to online. This degree is fairly open and you could easily take 5 Journalism classes as your electives. It is a different approach but I am pretty sure they would let you do it. Our last year of the 2 year program we do a capstone project instead of a thesis. This can be pretty much anything you are interested in doing.

As far as the freelance end with any of these degrees you would probably have to pick up some business classes to get that but none of them would be targeted to freelance. The business school is sort of strange in that their classes only run half a semester. So to get a full 3 credits out of the business school you end up taking two classes in one semester just not concurrently.

A few links:

Journalism Masters Program
http://www.journalism.indiana.edu/academics/MA.html

Journalism (Master of Arts) and Master of Library Science
http://www.slis.indiana.edu/degrees/joint/jour.html

Human Computer Interaction Design Master’s
http://www.informatics.indiana.edu/hcid/students/#MS

If you are interested in the HCI route I’d be happy to talk to you about it more in private just pick up my contact info off of my link.

]]> By: Danny Sanchez http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/looking-for-a-journalism-grad-school/#comment-796 Danny Sanchez Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:14:31 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/looking-for-a-journalism-grad-school/#comment-796 Colleges in general are leaving out basic financial education. It just amazes me that students are required to take classes in all sorts of obscure subjects, yet many graduate without understanding investments, risk, consumer credit and basic financial principles. Basic financial education should be a component of a good liberal arts education. It's not a j-school problem; it's a university-wide problem. Colleges in general are leaving out basic financial education. It just amazes me that students are required to take classes in all sorts of obscure subjects, yet many graduate without understanding investments, risk, consumer credit and basic financial principles. Basic financial education should be a component of a good liberal arts education. It’s not a j-school problem; it’s a university-wide problem.

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