Journalism (Digital and Broadcast) | Undergraduate

Howard University Journalism students are ethically and rigorously trained in digital and broadcast journalism for wide-ranging careers in the convergent world of media and news.

Our Story

journalism student reporting on set with camera

Our students are multimedia journalists -- reporters, editors, producers and content creators who write, edit and produce thought-provoking enterprise stories of people and communities of color. The journalism program has been recognized as a top institution for journalists by USA Today, College Factual, U.S. News & World Report and National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). The student chapter of the NABJ at Howard was named Student Chapter of the Year in 2021.

Our curriculum offers tracks in Digital and Broadcast Journalism. Classes include Multimedia Storytelling, Investigative Journalism and Copyediting.

The program won three National Academy of Arts & Sciences Student Production Awards, or Student Emmys, in 2023 for Best Newscast and Serious News Report. Our program has also received multiple awards in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

Student Work

Read latest stories from our Digital Journalism students published by the award-winning Howard University News Service

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Journalism student in library at HBCU Science Journalism Fellowship — Mykal Bailey at HBCU Science Journalism Fellowship

Our journalism students Mykal Bailey and Sabrina McCrear were selected by the HBCU Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT to participate in a new fellowship that provides students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities with training, mentorship, and early career support to do reporting on science, health, and environmental issues.

Watch stories produced by our Broadcast Journalism students in NewsVision - the capstone broadcast class - on the Howard University News Service

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Program Highlights

Associate Professor Jennifer C Thomas, Assistant Professor Dr. Christine McWhorter, and three student journalists – Skyler Winston, Trinity Kinslow and Trinity Webster-Bass covered the DNC Convention in Chicago. Their stories are being picked up by Black newspapers around the country.

HU Faculty with CBS News anchors Gayle King, Nate Burleson and Vladimir Duthiers

More than 30 journalism students and four faculty returned to the Big Apple for the annual New York City Media Tour. The group spent two days visiting media outlets including Hearst, ABC News and Complex. The group also visited the campuses of Columbia University, the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and New York University.

Photo: CBS News Anchors Gayle King, Nate Burleson and Vladimir Duthiers, HU Professors Dominic McKenzie and Ericka Blount with journalism students

Students in the 2024 cohort pose for a photo after their graduation from the program

Open to high school students and recent high school graduates, the Multicultural Media Academy at Howard University was founded in 1975. Student journalists learn how to report and write news stories about health disparities in the District of Columbia. Assistant Professor Dominic McKenzie is director of the program.

Photo: High School students in the 2024 cohort celebrate their graduation in June

Professor Yanick Rice Lamb sits at desk with laptop — Prof. Yanick Rice Lamb. Photo by John Ledbetter.

"As we approach the presidential election season, it’s crucial to ensure our newsrooms accurately reflect our nation’s demographics." by Professor Yanick Rice Lamb

accepted an invitation to deliver the keynote address at the State Department's International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) on New and Traditional Broadcast Media. The address was titled 'It's Now or Never: The Fundamentals of a Free Press to a Democratic Society.'

was invited to return as Judge in the Press Association of Jamaica awards, the premier honor given to Jamaica's best journalists. He will judge the Young Journalist of the Year category.

released a children's book 'Not My Cat', published by Simon and Schuster. The book chronicles a cat who follows a homeowner who is too busy to adopt an animal -- until the cat adopts her.