A degree in broadcasting will help students learn to report, edit, and produce news for various media platforms. Students should expect courses in news writing using AP style, editing classes for text, audio, and visual material, interviewing and reporting, as well as history of broadcasting in the United States and media ethics. Various colleges and universities offer degrees in broadcasting, depending on which part of the country you want to study in.
The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Tempe, Arizona is consistently recognized for its programs that prepare students for careers in broadcast journalism. In Northern California, San Francisco State University offers a degree in Broadcasting and Electronic Communication Arts with emphasis on production aspects of broadcasting. Further to the south in California is Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television offering emphasis in film and television production and recording arts.
The University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism offers a degree in broadcasting, as well as allowing students to construct their own degree plan in journalism if none exist that meet their needs. In Athens, Ohio students can choose the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, which offers degrees in print and broadcast. In Allendale, Michigan Grand Valley State University offers two academic tracks, one in reporting, the other in production.
The colleges on the East Coast that offer degrees in broadcast include Boston University, offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in radio, television, and Internet. The University of Pittsburgh-Bradford in Pennsylvania offers a bachelor of arts degree in Broadcast Communication. Also on the East Coast, Seyton Hall University in New Jersey offers a bachelor of arts degree in Broadcasting, Visual and Interactive Media. These degrees from these East Coast colleges offer a wide variety of broadcasting courses.
There are a few options for students who wish to pursue a degree in broadcasting but for various reasons, can't make it to campus everyday. The American Broadcasting School offers an online curriculum in addition to having physical locations across the U.S. In addition, The Academy of Radio and Television Broadcasting prepares students for careers all across the nation. Breyer State University offers a degree in Journalism with a minor in broadcasting online.