BSNSM - News & Sports Media (BS)

The News & Sports Media degree prepares future journalists and media professionals to share nonfiction stories ethically, professionally, and creatively on any media platform. Students develop essential skills in storytelling content creation and distribution such as writing and reporting, broadcasting, social media news strategies, podcasting, sports journalism, and digital photo and video. Students are exposed to journalistic storytelling tools such as social media platforms, drones, streaming video and other developing technologies. Students further specialize their degree by pursuing a concentration in a specific content area such as news, sports, photography, or innovative design in which they develop advanced skills. They also personalize their degree with an outside concentration. The hands-on nature of courses prepares students to pursue careers such as photojournalism, media production, sports broadcasting, news reporting, data journalism, and more.