Electronic Media Schools

Drake University

• Each year, approximately 90 students enroll in the Drake University electronic media program, which begins after the student's second year of bachelor degree studies. Electronic media degrees can be pursued in broadcast news or radio television. Classes offered in the degree program include broadcast management, video production, television field photography, radio and digital news reporting and editing. A student-run cable radio station is broadcast on the Internet, on campus and under the FM call letters KDRA-LP. Internships are available with nationwide radio and TV stations, newspapers, magazines and sports teams.

  Drake University
  School of Journalism and Mass Communication
  Meredith Hall Room 118
  2507 University Ave.
  Des Moines, IA 50311
  515-271-3194
  drake.edu

Texas State University

• Students pursuing a bachelor's degree in mass communications can select a specialized focus in electronic media at the Texas State University School of Journalism and Mass Communication. More than 50 classes are offered in the program, including audio and video production, television news reporting, web design and publishing and visual storytelling. A master's level course is also offered. There is a radio station, a computer lab and television-editing facilities. Additional learning opportunities are available through partnerships with local chapters of industry groups in the fields of journalism, broadcasting and public relations.

  Texas State University
  School of Journalism & Mass Communication
  601 University Drive
  Old Main 102
  San Marcos, TX 78666
  512-245-2656
  masscomm.txstate.edu

University of Oregon

• The University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication offers a bachelor of arts and a bachelor of science in electronic media. The college offers a premajor curriculum up to a PhD in communication and society. There are 25 electronic media couse offerings, including reporting for electronic media, cyberjournalism, advanced editing and quantitative methods. The school's journalism and communications department was founded in 1925. The student radio station made its first broadcast in 1950.

  University of Oregon
  School of Journalism and Communication
  1275 University of Oregon
  Eugene, OR 97403-1275
  541-346-3738
  jcomm.uoregon.edu

University of Tennessee Knoxville

• There are three undergraduate specialty areas with an electronic media concentration at the University of Tennessee Knoxville School of Journalism and Electronic Media: web journalism, print/web journalism and broadcast journalism. More than 40 available electronic media courses are available, including foundations of video production, managing news websites, web editing and layout, sports broadcasting and photojournalism. The department offers degree programs up to a PhD in Communication and Information. The University of Tennessee Knoxville was recognized in 2010 by Forbes Magazine on the list of America's Best Colleges and the Princeton Review list of the country's Best 371 Colleges.

  University of Tennessee Knoxville
  School of Journalism and Electronic Media
  302 Communications
  1345 Circle Park Drive
  Knoxville, TN 37996
  865-974-1000
  cci.utk.edu/jem