{"id":172,"date":"2025-09-30T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ydyf\/?page_id=172"},"modified":"2025-09-30T12:02:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T16:02:21","slug":"journalism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ydyf\/journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Bachelor of Journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold 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wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ydyf\/get-experience\/\">Get Experience<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ydyf\/next-steps\/\">Next Steps<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    \n    <dl class=\"cu-description cu-component-updated\">\n        \n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-journalism\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    Journalism\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-journalism\">\n            \n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;Skills and&nbsp;knowledge you may gain from your program:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Communicate information and ideas clearly and confidently using the full range of media formats under a tight deadline<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Apply appropriate journalistic techniques to ensure the production of relevant and engaging stories<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assess the credibility and accuracy of collected information through fact-checking, verification and evaluation of potential biases<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Critically analyze a story for accuracy, balance and personal bias<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Edit written work to ensure information is presented coherently using language that is appropriate for the subject matter and audience<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Develop powerful and compelling interview questions to gain sought-after information from sources<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Produce journalism \u2014 utilizing text, video, audio, still images, data visualizations \u2014 for a variety of audiences, from traditional readers and viewers to digital users<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Apply Canadian professional standards of journalism to careers in journalism or related fields, at home or abroad<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Careers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul 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