City College of San Francisco Journalism

  • A program that focuses on the theory and practice of gathering, processing, and delivering news and that prepares individuals to be professional print journalists, news editors, and news managers. Includes instruction in news writing and editing; reporting; photojournalism; layout and graphic design; journalism law and policy; professional standards and ethics; research methods; and journalism history and criticism. Find colleges offering journalism degree.
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    • Job Description
      Use verbatim methods and equipment to capture, store, retrieve, and transcribe pretrial and trial proceedings or other information. Includes stenocaptioners who operate computerized stenographic captioning equipment to provide captions of live or prerecorded broadcasts for hearing-impaired viewers. Read more about court reporters in our career profile section.
    • Job Description
      Teach courses in communications, such as organizational communications, public relations, radio/television broadcasting, and journalism. Read more about postsecomdary communications teachers in our career profile section.
    • Job Description
      Analyze, interpret, and broadcast news received from various sources. Read more about broadcast news analysts in our career profile section.
    • Job Description
      Collect and analyze facts about newsworthy events by interview, investigation, or observation. Report and write stories for newspaper, news magazine, radio, or television. Read more about reporters & correspondents in our career profile section.
      Salary and Wages

      Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division

      • Total Employment: 530
      • Average Annual Salary: $45,370
      • Average Hourly Rate: $21.81

      San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division

      • Total Employment: 750
      • Average Annual Salary: $55,250
      • Average Hourly Rate: $26.56
      Projections
      • Total Employment (2008): 61,600
      • Total Employment Projected (2018): 56,900
      • Percent Job Growth: -4.7%
    • Job Description
      Perform variety of editorial duties, such as laying out, indexing, and revising content of written materials, in preparation for final publication. Read more about editors in our career profile section.
      Salary and Wages

      Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division

      • Total Employment: 890
      • Average Annual Salary: $48,500
      • Average Hourly Rate: $23.32

      San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division

      • Total Employment: 1,690
      • Average Annual Salary: $66,400
      • Average Hourly Rate: $31.92
      Projections
      • Total Employment (2008): 129,600
      • Total Employment Projected (2018): 129,200
      • Percent Job Growth: -0.4%
    • Job Description
      Write advertising copy for use by publication or broadcast media to promote sale of goods and services. Read more about copy writers in our career profile section.
      Salary and Wages

      Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division

      • Total Employment: 290
      • Average Annual Salary: $75,100
      • Average Hourly Rate: $36.11

      San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division

      • Total Employment: 920
      • Average Annual Salary: $68,370
      • Average Hourly Rate: $32.87
      Projections
      • Total Employment (2008): 151,700
      • Total Employment Projected (2018): 174,100
      • Percent Job Growth: 22.50%
    Awarded Degrees and Program Completion Details
    Journalism
     TotalCertificateAssociate
    Overall
    All Students22-
     
    By Gender
    Male11-
    Female11-
     
    By Race
    Non-Resident Alien---
    American Indian---
    Black---
    Asian---
    Hispanic11-
    White11-
    Unknown---
     
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