Journalism and Creative Writing Specialization
The Journalism and Creative Writing specialization helps students develop the research, interviewing, writing, editing and multimedia storytelling skills that are crucial to success across a broad spectrum of fields and professions in this information age.
Our faculty of professional writers and editors will teach you to research, report, interview, and write about urban affairs, politics, crime and the courts, arts and culture, law, education, science, sports and many other topics. Students have an opportunity, through the Media Internship program, to gain professional experience during their studies. All students are invited to showcase their reporting, writing and editing skills through participation in Dollars & Sense, the national-award-winning Baruch College magazine. The program also features opportunities for student awards, paid internships, and full-tuition fellowships.
For creative writing students, this specialization, which is affiliated with the extraordinary Harman Writer-in-Residence program, can help you to improve your own writing. You will find your own voice, as you experiment with a range of writing forms, including biography, creative non-fiction, fiction, and screenwriting–and expand your ability to create literary prose that reflects both your talent and critical thinking skills.
Program Prerequisite
JRN 2500 The Individual and the News in the Information Age
3 credits
Core Journalism Curriculum (15 credits)
JRN 3050 Journalistic Writing
4 credits
JRN 3220 Media Ethics
3 credits
JRN 3500 Advanced Reporting and Writing
4 credits
or
JRN 3510 Multimedia Reporting
4 credits
JRN 5050 Media Internship I (offered each fall)
4 credits
JRN 5051 Media Internship II (offered each spring)
4 credits
JRN 5052 Summer Media Internship
4 credits
or
JRN 4920 Narrative Writing (ENG 4920)
4 credits
Specialization Electives (9-11 credits)
JRN 3060 Feature Article Writing
3 credits
JRN 3064 Photojournalism (ART 3064)
3 credits
JRN 3065 Electronic Research Methods and Resources for Writers (LIB 3065)
3 credits
JRN 3100 Copy Editing
3 credits
JRN 3200 Business and Financial Writing
4 credits
JRN 3210 Television Field Reporting
3 credits
JRN 3280 Documentary Film (ENG 3280)
3 credits
JRN 3300 Science Communication
3 credits
JRN 3400 Journalistic Criticism and Reviewing
3 credits
JRN 3450 Journalistic Blogging
3 credits
JRN 3600 Creative Nonfiction
3 credits
JRN 3610 Workshop: Fiction Writing (ENG 3610)
3 credits
JRN 3615 Sudden Fiction – Crafting Short Short Stories (ENG 3615)
3 credits
JRN 3630 Workshop: Playwriting (THE 3052)
3 credits
JRN 3650 Workshop: Film and Television Writing
3 credits
JRN 3800 Environmental Reporting
3 credits
JRN 3900 Topics in Journalism
3 credits
JRN 4200 Press Coverage of Politics and Policy
3 credits
JRN 4220 A Century of Muckraking: Investigating Corporations, Corruption and Governmental Crooks
3 credits
JRN 4730 Journalism and the Literary Imagination
3 credits
JRN 4750 Investigative Reporting
3 credits
JRN 4920 Narrative Writing (ENG 4920)
4 credits
JRN 5000-5002 Independent Study in Journalism
Variable
JRN 5050 Media Internship I (offered each fall)
4 credits
JRN 5051 Media Internship II (offered each spring)
4 credits
JRN 5052 Summer Media Internship
4 credits
JRN 6001H-6002H Journalism Honors I and II
3 credits
Plus
Two courses in Literature at the 3000 level or above
6 credits
Contact
Department of Journalism and the Writing Professions: 646-312-3974
Professor Josh Mills: 646-312-3937