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Program:
The Media Studies program at Mercy College offers an innovative and challenging course of study for students seeking to broaden communications skills necessary for careers in newspapers, magazines, television, radio, public relations, and corporate communications. Media Studies offers over 50 courses divided into three specializations - Film/Culture, Journalism, and Radio and Television Production. The Media Studies program is designed for the student who works well in a communal environment and is interested in sharing ideas to facilitate a creative experience.
The Journalism program enables students to acquire technical, creative, critical, and communication skills necessary for work in media-related industries through professionally-oriented workshops, internship experiences, and college-wide media activities such as the school newspaper, television production shop, and drama club.
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Program Contacts:
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Louis Grasso, MA
Program Director
lgrasso@mercy.edu
Telephone: 914-674-7615
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Sean Dugan, EdD
Chair, Division of Literature, Language and Communication
sdugan@mercy.edu
Telephone: 914-674-7353
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Career Opportunities:
Representative career opportunities include: news reporter, sports reporter, news editor, copy editor, feature writer, freelance writer, non-fiction novelist, magazine writer, entertainment critic, public relations writer, and media relations.
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Curriculum:
The Journalism concentration teaches students a variety of writing styles exhibited in the daily press. News reporting skills, feature and magazine writing, and newsletter writing are among the skills taught. Students also put out several issues of a newspaper called The Impact through this program. Other creative writing courses are available such as screen writing and internet writing. If you like to write, then this is the major for you.
For the complete course curriculum click here.
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Campuses where program is offered:
Dobbs Ferry
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Facilities:
Under a Gannett Foundation Grant, the college opened the Center for Media Studies in 1998, and it has become home to Media Studies classes, workshops, and extra-curricular activities. The Center features a seminar room for classroom work, workplace for class projects and assignments, and the print shop with computers for desktop publishing.
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Frequently Asked Questions:
Can I go into another media related field with the skills that I've acquired from this concentration?
Yes. Writers are needed in television, radio, and film. Corporations also need qualified writers to develop newsletters, annual reports, and other in-house publications.
Do writers earn good salaries?
Salary earnings depend on market, full-time or part-time status, and writing capability.
Why should I choose Mercy College to study Journalism over another institution?
The Journalism concentration under the Media Studies program at Mercy College offers students the opportunity to learn and practice a variety of writing styles. Complete semesters are spent in individual areas such as news reporting, feature article writing, enterprise writing, web writing, and magazine writing just to name a few. Students in this concentration produce a newspaper called The Impact, which is distributed to the entire college community and in doing so, these students acquire a portfolio, which is useful when interviewing for a job as a writer.
Are internships available?
Internships are required and count as credit toward the major. Both the Journalism and Radio and Television Production concentrations enable students to do up to three internships for college credit. Internships in the Film/Culture concentration are not required but are suggested.
Are there writing jobs?
While the program does not guarantee students a job after graduation, over 53 percent of the program's graduates reported that they acquired work in the field of their choice immediately after graduation. The survey was sent to students who graduated from the program during the last five years. These graduates work with major media outlets both locally and nationally, such as Time, Inc., Wiley Educational Publishing, Christian Science Monitor, Gannett Newspapers, and The Rivertowns Enterprise.
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