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USF System: Digital Masters
| USF St. Petersburg
A new, fully-online master's degree program at USFSP meets the needs of established and budding journalists and other communication professionals by addressing the growing demand for online and digital media skills.
The master's degree in Digital Journalism and Design offers journalists and other communication professionals courses to develop their web publication, audio visual production and photography skills while integrating them with foundational journalistic principles. Students will also explore the evolving ethical and legal aspects of digital media.
"No other degree program that we are aware of integrates digital technology as deeply into the practice of journalism as this one does," says Mark Walters, director of the M.A. in Digital Journalism and Design. "This program will build a community of thinkers, learners and doers steering the direction of online information and news delivery."
Courses include multimedia reporting, digital media technology, entrepreneurial journalism, photojournalism, audio and video production, visual information design and more.
"This degree prepares communicators to deliver content in the engaging ways news consumers are seeking," says Frank Biafora, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. "Students will find the relevance of this degree program essential for the development of their careers in journalism and other communication professions."