Journalism

Program description - January 2025

Factual reporting plays a critical role in society today. In Conestoga College's two-year Journalism program, you will learn the fundamentals of research, interviewing, and writing with the legal and ethical standards required to reveal the truth within a story. This program will allows you to develop the technical skills needed to excel in digital news reporting and storytelling across traditional, online and mobile platforms. You will work within the Conestoga College's digital news environment Spokeonline.com, reporting stories from your community. In addition to first-hand experience with the challenges and deadlines of real-world production cycles, you will receive in-depth training in story development, live reporting, feature reporting, opinion writing, photojournalism and long-form reporting approaches, such as documentary production and magazine writing. You will be exposed to multiple traditional and emerging career avenues that rely on strong journalism skills, and develop the advanced skills needed to create trusted news content.