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City College’s award-winning students
Journalism Department students, many of whom have won awards for their work, posing alongside Department Chair Juan Gonzales at City College of San Francisco. Photo by Don Collier
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he journalism department at City College dates back to 1935. For more than 80 years, hundreds of our students have pursued successful careers in the news media. Many of them got their start on our award-winning campus publications. Our students consistently do well in statewide journalism competitions, which speaks to the quality of the education that they receive here. The campus newspaper and magazine have won numerous awards for writing, editing, photography and publication design. They have been recognized by the Journalism Association of Community Colleges’ as among the top student publications in the state. News Writing and Reporting, Feature Writing, Photojournalism, and Contemporary News Media are among some of the courses offered in our program that will earn you a degree or certificate in journalism. There are also courses like Newspaper Laboratory (Jour 24), Editorial Management (Jour 25) and Magazine Editing and Production that lead to work on the campus newspaper The Guardsman and Etc. Magazine. Additionally, introductory courses in Copy Editing (Jour 23), Fundamentals of Public Relations (Jour 26), Data and Multimedia Journalism (Jour 35), Investigative Reporting (Jour. 36), and Internship Experience (J31) bolster specialized journalistic training.
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Questions? Contact Juan Gonzales 415-517-4426 415-239-3446 jagonzal@ccsf.edu Illustration by Cindy Chan
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