Center for Communications and Journalism

Center for Communications and Journalism Small Learning Community Mr. Webster Langhorne, Academy Leader Mrs. Jean Hill, Academic Dean Mrs. Kaye Boykin, Counselor

The School of Communications and Journalism is a broad-based, focusing on a wide range of traditional and alternative media and new communication technologies. Students are provided with theoretical and practical frameworks for understanding media development, production, distribution, and its multiple social, political, cultural, and cognitive effects domestically and globally. The schools focuses on enhancing student's abilities to write, speak, and think critically about differing media and modes of communication while recognizing quality in written, visual, and multimedia texts. These broad-based, flexible skills enrich students' lives and offer them the tools that they need to thrive in a profession revolutionized by rapidly evolving communication technologies.

The School of Communications and Journalism:

Creates Lifelong Opportunity

Significant job growth
Career opportunities: journalist, marketing manager, media buyer, editor, videographer, camera operator

Supports Local and Social Interest

Builds national and local opportunities

Provides diverse educational to ensure multiple post-secondary options

Many career pathways
Develop media and production techniques
Extensive internship/opportunities