In terms of preparing the quality and caliber cream of the crop of aspiring journalists goes, wonder where that bastion of "mainstream" academic journalistic excellence Florida A&M ranks.... My guess, somewhere between 500-1000. :up:
The Best Journalism Schools In The Country: NewsPro Magazine Ranking
Updated: 12/23/2013 5:10 pm EST
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/22/best-journalism-schools-newspro-ranking_n_4490649.html
We're pretty sure the Mizzou grads in our newsroom will be happy about this one: the University of Missouri at Columbia's got the best journalism school in the country.
That's according to NewsPro magazine's ranking in their December issue.
Following close behind Mizzou is another Midwestern college with Northwestern University ranked as runner up. The ranking of the top 10 schools was decided according to a survey of 1,321 members of the Radio Television Digital News Association.
Check the complete top 10 ranking* of best journalism colleges in the list below:
10. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
10. University of Maryland, College Park
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Philip Merrill College of Journalism
10. Lyndon State College
Electronic Journalism Arts Department
9. University of Montana
Julia Cummings School of Journalism
8. University of Florida
College of Journalism and Communications
7. Ohio University
E.W. Scripps School of Journalism
5. Columbia University
Graduate School of Journalism
5. Arizona State University
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
4. Syracuse University
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
3. University of Georgia
Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
2. Northwestern University
Medill School of Journalism
1. University of Missouri at Columbia
Missouri School of Journalism
**There are multiple schools listed for No. 5 and No. 10 due to ties in the ranking.