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In the 2009-10 academic year, the J-School will be celebrating 100 years of journalism education at MSU.  The first class was in the Agriculture College. We formally became a School of Journalism in 1929-30.

We will be celebrating throughout that year with lectures, visits by alumni, a special homecoming celebration, and a dedicated effort to raise our endowments to support students, faculty research efforts (creative, professional and scholarly), training and technology.

Welcome to Journalism@MSU


We’re known as the J-School. Take some time and explore this web site. It contains gigs of information about the J-School, resources, scholarships, programs, our students and faculty.
Keep up on J-School news and events on this website and on my blog.

Now more than ever, journalism is, to me, the most exciting and dynamic career available. It’s more than just a job, it’s a calling. The news industry is undergoing a tsunami of change. How folks consume news and information has changed radically from the days of print and broadcast only. Today’s college students will be tomorrow’s innovators and leaders in reinventing the news business.

Newspaper circulation is declining and audience share for broadcast has dropped, but new opportunities abound. The method of delivery is certainly in flux, but the demand for reliable news and information has never been higher, and the need for quality journalism has never been greater. The future of this nation depends on journalists doing our constitutionally protected watchdog role.

Storytelling is now done in a variety of formats using text, photos, video, sound slides, hyperlinks, graphics, maps, databases and more. Deadlines are 24/7, 365 days of the year. J-School students are learning the skills needed to thrive in this warp speed news environment. We call it Journalism 3.0. They are in high demand as both interns and in the job market after graduation.

We invite you to contact us if you have any questions about the MSU School of Journalism or the many opportunities available to jump start you on a career in media. We can be reached via email at jrn@msu.edu or by telephone at (517)353-6430.


Jane Briggs-Bunting
Director and Professor of Journalism

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