Bachelor [Journalism - Radio-Television] From University of Missouri

This interest area prepares students for a career in sports journalism. Covering sports today requires not only knowing the games, but also knowing the larger financial, legal and ethical issues in sports. Students in this interest area work across media platforms in covering games, finding in-depth issue and feature stories and covering breaking news in sports. Students choose a core course of study in the radio-television journalism emphasis area. Students then pick from a wide range of electives to round out their skills and work in other media. Electives include everything from advanced reporting and editing to business journalism, to social media techniques and community outreach.

This interest area is for journalism students interested in learning the skills of investigative and computer-assisted reporting for radio and television news. Students choose their core course of study in radio-television journalism. The interest area builds student skills in investigative reporting and using data analysis in reporting. It also encourages, but does not require students to use elective coursework to develop a specialty area such as business news, health care or religion reporting. Through this interest area, students will gain the skills to work as an investigate reporter or producer in radio or television news.