The E. W. Scripps School of Journalism is one of five schools in the Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Its director is Thomas Hodson, who is also an associate professor within the school.
Admission to the school is selective, requiring a score of at least 25 on the ACT or 1140 on the SAT standardized tests, as well as being in the top 15 percent of one's high school graduating class.[1] Its students choose from six sequences within the Bachelor of Science in Journalism: advertising, broadcast news, public relations, magazine journalism, news writing and editing and, of recent addition, online journalism. The school also offers a Master's of Science in Journalism and a Ph.D. in Mass Communication.
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Scripps Howard relationship
The E. W. Scripps School of Journalism, and the Scripps College of Communication within which it based, is funded in part by numerous grants from the Scripps Howard Foundation. To date, the foundation has given approximately $20 million in funding to Ohio University's communications programs.[2]
The foundation also funds the Scripps Howard Visiting Professionals program, which brings in well-known journalists to teach at the school. Recent visiting professionals have included Pulitzer Prize-winning Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts, former New York Times editor Mark Prendergast, and former Forbes senior editor Mark Tatge, who is also a regular financial commentator on the Fox Business News Network. [1] Some notable alumni include Today Show's Matt Lauer and Austin Davidson.
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Scripps Hall[3] at Ohio University, which is home to the journalism school, features graphics labs, classrooms and a 90-seat auditorium. It also houses the Lasher Learning Center, a media library. The Bush Research Center, also located within the building, issues nationally distributed surveys published by the Scripps Howard News Service. The building is located across the street from the John Calhoun Baker University Center and 35 Park Place, home of the Honors Tutorial College.
All undergraduate students within the school are required to complete an internship prior to graduation. Many media outlets -- such as The Today Show and the Scripps Howard News Bureau (whose associated foundation helps to fund the school) -- offer exclusive internships to the JSchool's students.
The Institute for International Journalism is housed within the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism, and is currently headed by Yusuf Kalyango, an assistant professor in the school. The institute administers the John R. Wilhelm foreign correspondence program, which has placed more than 240 JSchool students in international internships in 30 countries since 1970. The school awards endowed scholarships to those chosen for the internships, paying for food, lodging and airfare. Interns are selected by a committee of Scripps faculty.[4]
During his tenure as a visiting professor, former Forbes Senior Editor Mark W. Tatge taught and established the first business writing classes at the school. Scripps is now one of a handful of schools nationally that teach students how to write about business and economics at the undergraduate level. Longer term, Scripps is working toward establishing an endowed professorship in business journalism and expanding the program.
Many JSchool students work for Athens, Ohio's student-run independent newspaper, The Post, as well as the university's TV and radio station WOUB. Speakeasy, a student-produced online magazine, has more than 100 staff members.
Communication-related student organizations at Ohio University include: All Campus Radio Network (ACRN), Association for Women in Communications, Black Student Communication Caucus, Forensics Team, Online Journalism Student Society, OU Advertising Association ("Ad Club"), Public Relations Student Society of America, the Radio-Television News Directors Association and the Society of Professional Journalists.
Each summer the school hosts a workshop for high school journalists, led by faculty from the Scripps School and area high schools. High school journalists are part of a "news team" and are responsible for creating a newspaper or TV broadcast by the end of the three-day workshop.
References
- ^ "Admission criteria for undergraduates". E. W. Scripps School of Journalism. August 2001. http://scrippsjschool.org/about/admission.php. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
- ^ "Scripps Howard Foundation gives $15 million to Ohio University's College of Communication". Scripps Howard Foundation. April 2006. http://foundation.scripps.com/foundation/news/releases/06april04.html. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ^ "Scripps/Facilities". E. W. Scripps School of Journalism. August 2008. http://scrippsjschool.org/about/facilities.php. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
- ^ "John R. Wilhelm foreign correspondence program". Institute for International Journalism. August 2008. http://www.scrippsjschool.org/iij. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
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