E. W. Scripps School of Journalism
| Established | 1924 |
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| Founder | George Starr Lasher |
| Director | Robert K. Stewart |
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Academic staff
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30+ |
| Students | 820 students (approximate) |
| Location | Athens, Ohio, USA |
| Buildings | Schoonover Center, Scripps Hall, Sing Tao Center, Radio-Television (RTV) (WOUB) |
| Website | http://scrippsjschool.org/ |
The E.W. Scripps School of Journalism is part of the Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University.
Founded in 1924, the school has been recognized by The Associated Press and U.S. News & World Report for excellence in instruction and research in the fields of journalism and mass communications. The program was recently recognized as a Center of Excellence by the Ohio Board of Regents, and has attracted more than $54 million in grants, awards and investments. The School of Journalism is accredited by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
The school's current director, Robert Stewart, has been a professor at the school since 1987.
The new curriculum at the school features two tracks in the Bachelor of Science, Journalism degree:
Each track requires candidates to enroll in prerequisite journalism courses ("core" classes) and track-specific skills classes. Students, however, must also specialize in electives outside the school of journalism, and each student must complete an advisor-approved internship before graduating. Students may also build their own coursework through the "Carr Van Anda" Program.
The school offers Master's of Science programs in Journalism and a Ph.D. in Mass Communication. Many students work toward their Ph.D. in mass communication with an emphasis in either Media Studies or Journalism. Scripps students often publish their work in academic journals or present papers at academic conferences, such as the annual convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
In August 2014, seven graduate students are scheduled to present 11 papers at the AEJMC annual convention.
The E. W. Scripps School of Journalism, together with the Scripps College of Communication, 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 communication programs.
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