(University of Kansas) Journalism Degree, Program Information at University of Kansas

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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Court Reporters
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.
Important Abilities
- Oral Comprehension
- Written Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Selective Attention
- Near Vision
- Speech Recognition
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary
Job Description
Teach courses in communications, such as organizational communications, public relations, radio/television broadcasting, and journalism.
Important Abilities
- Oral Comprehension
- Written Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Written Expression
- Deductive Reasoning
- Inductive Reasoning
- Speech Recognition
- Speech Clarity
Broadcast News Analysts
Job Description
Analyze, interpret, and broadcast news received from various sources.
Important Abilities
- Oral Comprehension
- Written Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Written Expression
- Originality
- Problem Sensitivity
- Deductive Reasoning
- Inductive Reasoning
- Information Ordering
- Category Flexibility
Reporters and Correspondents
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.
Projections
- Total Employment (2006): 59,212
- Total Employment Projected (2016): 59,921
- Percent Job Growth: 1.20%
Important Abilities
- Oral Comprehension
- Written Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Written Expression
- Problem Sensitivity
- Inductive Reasoning
- Near Vision
- Speech Recognition
- Speech Clarity
Editors
Job Description
Perform variety of editorial duties, such as laying out, indexing, and revising content of written materials, in preparation for final publication.
Salary and Wages
Lawrence, KS
- Total Employment: 40
- Average Annual Salary: $44,310
- Average Hourly Rate: $21.30
Projections
- Total Employment (2006): 121,511
- Total Employment Projected (2016): 124,275
- Percent Job Growth: 2.27%
Important Abilities
- Oral Comprehension
- Written Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Written Expression
- Fluency of Ideas
- Originality
- Near Vision
- Speech Recognition
- Speech Clarity
Copy Writers
Job Description
Write advertising copy for use by publication or broadcast media to promote sale of goods and services.
Projections
- Total Employment (2006): 135,246
- Total Employment Projected (2016): 152,552
- Percent Job Growth: 12.80%
Important Abilities
- Oral Comprehension
- Written Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Written Expression
- Originality
- Near Vision

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Awarded Degrees and Program Completion Details

Journalism

	Total	Bachelor	Master
Overall
All Students	307	288	19

By Gender
Male	84	77	7
Female	223	211	12

By Race
Non-Resident Alien	3	2	1
American Indian	3	3	-
Black	5	5	-
Asian	3	3	-
Hispanic	14	13	1
White	275	259	16
Unknown	4	3	1