Program Notes

• BU meets 100% of your financial aid need for first-year US students and permanent residents with demonstrated need
• ACT/SAT Optional—not required

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What Makes BU’s Major in Journalism Different?

What Can You Do with a Major in Journalism?

A major in journalism from BU COM qualifies you for a wide range of roles in the field. Here’s just a small example of things you can do with a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism: 

Jobs of BS in Journalism Alumni

Where do BU Terriers land after their Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism? Paid fellowships at WBUR. Reporting gigs at ESPN and the New York Times. Data-visualization roles at Vox. Grad school at Columbia and NYU. And yes—Pulitzer-winning investigations that started as class projects. BU COM journalism majors have gone on to roles with:

Employer lists for the Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism combine alumni rosters from the Daily Free Press and COM Distinguished Alumni records.

96% 

of BS in Journalism grads are employed, in school, or other chosen activity, based on 71/89 surveyed (Dec. 2024).

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How to Get a Job in Journalism

You need a BS in Journalism centered on real reporting to build your portfolio. At BU COM, you’ll work across platforms in a professional newsroom. And you’ll also get classroom training in technical areas to sharpen your craft. 

Curriculum Overview

In the Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism, you get classwork that focuses on law, ethics, techniques of journalism, and introduction to digital media with an emphasis on reporting, news judgment, writing, and visual skills. Build the skills. Put them into practice.

Then, sample from courses that offer specialized training in investigations, data-driven journalism, photojournalism, and more. A faculty mentor assists you in tailoring individual programs from the many courses available in journalism and across the University.

Student Work Highlights

Choose a Major in Journalism with Real Experience

From the first semester, you’ll report, write, shoot, podcast, and edit in professional campus newsrooms and the award-winning independent Daily Free Press—experience most programs reserved for juniors or seniors. And it all starts in Boston, a top 10 US media market with a globe-spanning press cluster (Boston Globe, WBUR, GBH, and five commercial TV newsrooms). 

With a major in journalism, you may collaborate with students at other universities on joint investigations or work with students in other programs as part of the interdisciplinary COMLab. Campus chapters of national news associations, such as the Society of Professional Journalists and National Press Photographers Association, also are active here.

Experiences in the Field

• The Newsroom: Write for local news sites in Greater Boston under the direction of a former Boston Globe editor.
• Statehouse Program: Report Massachusetts politics alongside veteran press corps.
• Washington, DC Multimedia & Journalism Program: Spend a semester covering Congress or federal agencies for hometown outlets.
• Global Health Storytelling Fellowship: Team up with the Pulitzer Center for field reporting that matters.

Journalism Internships

BU COM helps you land top internships with fellowship programs and local newsrooms in Boston and across the country. Get connected with paid fellowships with WBUR, Boston’s NPR news station, and the Program on Global Health Storytelling. Browse a list of internships in advertising, film, television, journalism, and public relations.

Learn with Industry Experts and Scholars

Current BS in Journalism faculty and alumni share more than two dozen Pulitzer Prizes—journalism’s top honor—for in-depth investigations, war-zone photography, and explanatory reporting. Professors are active reporters, editors, documentarians, and best-selling authors who treat students as newsroom colleagues.

Meet the Pulitzer Prize Winners 

See the list of current faculty who have achieved journalism’s highest honor. 

Enjoy Student Life at BU COM

BU life is fast paced, creative, diverse, and full of energy—just like Boston. With 450+ clubs, D1 sports, and a campus in the heart of the city, you’ll never be bored. It’s the kind of place where you can find your people and chase what excites you. And did we mention four years of guaranteed housing?  

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