Service and Excitement.

Pulitzer Prize-winning Alumni

Boston University has produced 22 graduates who have won or shared the Pulitzer Prize. Of those, 20 graduated from COM. Two Pulitzer Prize winners have honorary degrees from BU.

Journalism is a fulfilling career that combines the excitement of covering the news with the satisfaction of a life of public service.

Journalism students learn to report, write and produce news stories for a variety of media—newspapers and magazines, television, radio and the Internet. A student can specialize or work across all media.

A good journalist not only has technical and professional skills, but also intellectual breadth and curiosity about the world. Undergraduate journalism students at Boston University combine a solid liberal arts background with pre-professional education to prepare for careers as writers, reporters, editors, and producers for newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and online newsrooms and other new multimedia outlets. Journalism majors therefore take a majority of their courses in disciplines outside COM (usually in the College of Arts & Sciences).

Our graduate programs are designed to produce graduates trained to analyze and explain the complex events of our times as well as raise journalistic standards in all media.