Program Overview
The Sports Journalism certificate program from the Mayborn School of Journalism enhances students' skills in writing, reporting, and broadcasting for a career in sports journalism. Students explore various journalistic aspects, including ethics, entertainment, business, and societal impact of sports. The program boasts strong industry connections in the DFW market, providing graduates with internship and networking opportunities.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Sports Journalism certificate program is designed to enhance writing, reporting, broadcast and multimedia skills for a career in the field of sports journalism. Students learn all aspects of sports reporting, writing and photojournalism for the web, broadcast and print, including column writing, ethics in sports journalism, sports entertainment, sports business and the impact of sports in society.
Teaching:
The program teaches sports reporting, feature writing, column writing and visual news storytelling for web, broadcast and print. Students also study the impact of sports in society, sports as entertainment and business, and the ethics of sports journalism.
Careers:
The DFW market is a rich location for sports media professionals, fielding professional teams in every major sport. Mayborn graduates currently work at every regional professional sports franchise, including the Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers, Dallas Stars, Texas Motor Speedway, Frisco RoughRiders, the Dallas Mavericks and FC Dallas. Certificate graduates have the opportunity to benefit from many Mayborn professional relationships and opportunities to learn through internships and networking.
Other:
The certificate is not a separate major track, but rather an extension of the standard required coursework offered by the Journalism major. To qualify, students must have Journalism major status and meet specific departmental requirements. Sports-specific professional internships and practicum opportunities are also available. The Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas has been a major provider of professionals and academics for all forms of media, profit and non-profit communication organizations since 1945. UNT is located in the nation's fifth largest media market, allowing access to hundreds of companies with internship opportunities. Internships allow you to earn valuable work experience and possibly academic credit while earning your degree. Students have the opportunities for supervised, intensive practical experience covering news or sports events on a daily basis, including interviewing, writing, reporting, shooting, editing reports for the North Texas Daily and other web, broadcast and print venues.
