Students majoring in Journalism at St. John's benefit from
internationally acclaimed faculty with extensive contacts in New
York City's multi-faceted newspaper, magazine, broadcast and
communications industries.
These professors — along with St. John's alumni who are leaders
in the field — provide Journalism majors with
outstanding internship and job placement opportunities with
newspapers, magazines, radio stations and other media throughout
the New York metropolitan area.
Students also gain an academic and professional edge by joining
any of St. John's more than 180 student
clubs and organizations. Clubs that may be of special interest
to Journalism majors include these:
- The Torch: Weekly student newspaper (Queens
campus)
- Storm Front: Weekly student newspaper (S.I.
campus)
- Communications Club
- Communication Arts Film Society
- St. John's University Television Club
(WRED)
- WSJU-Radio
- Advertising Society
- Society for the Study of Modern Visual
Culture
Journalism majors also may apply to a variety of honor
societies, including The College of Professional
Studies Honor Society, which recognizes undergraduates for
academic excellence and demonstrable involvement in their churches
and communities.
Of course, students also benefit from outstanding
University-wide facilities and resources for which St. John's is
widely known. For example, new students receive their own wireless
laptop
computers with full access to St. John's award-winning wireless
network.
Facilities include high-tech classrooms, up-to-date computer and
science laboratories and a 1.7 million-volume University Library. Our new D'Angelo
Center is a five-story, 127,000-square-foot University and Student
Center with classrooms, lecture halls, a Starbucks Café.
Students take advantage of St. John’s location in dynamic New
York City. Our faculty and Career Center have strong ties to
employers and other professional and educational resources
throughout the New York area. Students also make New York their
classroom through innovative courses like Discover New York.
Students also benefit from St. John's focus on an international
academic experience. The University offers extensive study abroad
courses during the academic year as well as the winter and summer
semesters. Students can live and learn at St. John's Rome,
Italy, campus and Paris,
France, location.