Journalism and Digital Media

Department of Journalism and Digital Media

The College of Arts and Sciences


Chair

David McCoy, Associate Professor of Journalism & Digital Media

Faculty

David McCoy, Associate Professor of Journalist & Digital Media, Faculty Advisor AU-Live and AUTV 20

Derek Wood, Professional Instructor of Journalism & Digital Media, Faculty Advisor WRDL Radio

Ted Daniels, Adjunct Instructor & Faculty Advisor, The Collegian

Terry Foss, Adjunct Instructor

James Hurguy, Adjunct Instructor

Director, Broadcasting & Operations

John Skrada, Director of Broadcasting & Operations

Degrees Offered

Bachelor of Arts


Mission Statement

The Journalism and Digital Media program educates students to become ethical, creative, informed media scholars and practitioners. Students will develop their ideas into relevant stories that are built on a foundation of good writing and told using emerging technology. Our faculty encourages a broad-based learning environment balancing theory and practical experience for students to gain a better understanding of the role and current practices of today's media. The department provides a liberal arts education with individualized instruction and hands-on learning enabling students to receive a college degree designed to prepare them for success in today's converging media industry.


Student Learning Outcomes

The Journalism and Digital Media student will:

  1. Identify and interpret an understanding of the history, theory, and practice of journalism and digital media;

  2. Practice written and verbal storytelling;

  3. Apply technical proficiency using industry standard practices;

  4. Apply ethical principles in the analysis and production of journalism and media projects;

  5. Formulate and apply critical thinking skills to written verbal and visual storytelling to journalism and digital media projects.


Laboratory Opportunities

As a part of the Journalism and Digital Media program, students will produce content for print, web, and broadcast. The program publishes The Collegian, a regional award- winning bi-weekly newspaper and the AU-Live on-line site from its digital campus newsroom. Our national award-winning university radio station WRDL broadcasts http://www.ashlandcollegian.com daily student-produced programming on our 3kw FM (88.9) radio station serving Ashland and surrounding counties. Television programming is broadcast to campus and to the Ashland Community via Armstrong Cable on the national award-winning AUTV-20 and JDM-created sports broadcast programming is telecast on Sports Time Ohio. Television content is produced from the High Definition digital television studio and post-production facility in the Center for the Arts. The Journalism and Digital Media program offers a variety of unique, practical, and converged media experiences for future storytellers. Students are encouraged to get involved as freshmen and continue through their senior year. Program alumni have worked at a number of media outlets and organizations locally, regionally, and nationally, including NBC New York, Fox Sports Ohio, Sports Time Ohio, the Cleveland Indians, WJW-TV Cleveland, HLN, Sirius Satellite Radio, Sinclair Broadcasting, the Columbus Dispatch, the Toledo Blade, and ESPN.


Student Honorary

Journalism and Digital Media majors and minors are eligible to join The Society for Collegiate Journalists, which is the national honor society for collegiate journalists and digital media students. Student must have at least a 3.0 GPA and completed 12 hours of JDM courses to qualify for membership.


JDM Courses and Descriptions

See Course Descriptions section of catalog.