The Emerson Journalism curriculum is centered around four principles: Discovery, Adapt, Illuminate, and Respect.
The four principles are defined through the program’s Learning Objectives.
Students will be able to:
- Apply knowledge of the ways of government and communities to produce journalism that uses public information and diverse community and government sources to examine culture and concerns.
- Cultivate and utilize a diversity of people, information, and perspectives to provide insight into the journalism about communities and institutions.
- Incorporate best practices and values of the profession to produce journalism that is independent, truthful, representative, accountable, and respectful of people as subjects and as audience.
- Apply a variety of media to reporting and producing journalism that best serves the story and the audience. Write accurate and precise news stories synthesizing information using the most effective formats, style, and language.
