Journalism

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  • John Sugden was one of 20 graduate journalism students who fanned out across North Va. suburbs to talk to voters about what brought them out on election day in a swing state that was critical to Obama's re-election.

    John Sugden interviews Steve Barker about his election day choices in Sterling, Va. Sugden was one of 20 journalism graduate students who fanned out across Northern Va. to talk to voters about what brought them to the polls in a swing state that was critical to Obama's re-election.

  • IRW The Hole

    The latest project from the Investigative Reporting Workshop was published on the front page of the New York Times and led to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano looking into the matter.

  • SOC ATV White House

    Live from the
    White House

    Film student Matthew Carter takes a
    minute to pose with Fox News White House
    correspondent Ed Henry. Carter, who is
    part of AU's ATV Club, is now reporting live
    from the White House Briefing Room.

  • Lynh Bui Merriman

    Lynh Bui Wins Merriman

    Journalism graduate student and Washington Post fellow Lynh Bui was selected as the 2013 winner of the Merriman Award, an honor named in memory of the CBS news writer John Merriman who was president of the Writers Guild-East.

Study journalism in Washington, DC, one of the centers of the media universe.

Plug into the best internships, such as those at NPR, VOA, The Washington Post, USA Today, SOC's Investigative Reporting Workshop and more. Connect with cutting-edge faculty teaching courses from the heady to the hands-on, in everything from web design to Race, Ethnic and Community reporting.

We like to say if you can be a journalist here, you can be a journalist anywhere. Learn investigative reporting from internationally acclaimed faculty. Explore the halls of Congress next to working media. Produce news for audio, video and mobile platforms.

SOC's undergraduate program was named one of the Top 50 in the U.S. by College Media Matters.  We teach basics like digital skills, writing and reporting and work up to courses that could include ethics, law, health reporting and advanced reporting. You will specialize in broadcast or print journalism, but everyone gets the same basic skills.

Our graduate programs dive deeper into policy, politics, Washington or technology. Choose the investigative journalism specialty and study under legends such as Chuck Lewis. Select broadcast and produce news for multiple platforms as you master video, audio and mobile storytelling. Focus on international journalism and explore the globe through critical issues facing international journalists today. A host of prestigious fellowships and internships await as springboards for your career.

 

SOC Announces Investigative Practicum with Washington Post

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Pulitzer Prize-winner John Sullivan will head this innovative program that places students inside the Post's investigative unit beginning in fall 2013. The practicum will be available exclusively to SOC graduate journalism students.

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