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News is a 24/7 business, with reporters, editors and bloggers telling stories across media platforms including websites, blogs, social networking channels, podcasts newspapers, magazines and broadcast programs. A journalism career provides a chance to experience the world unlike any other.

In addition to our individual course offerings, the UCLA Extension Journalism Certificate is a six-course program covering:

  • Multimedia writing and communication
  • Investigative and reporting techniques
  • Complementary skills for navigating a dynamic media environment

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Have a career above the fold

News is a 24/7 business, with reporters, editors and bloggers telling stories across media platforms including websites, blogs, social networking channels, podcasts newspapers, magazines and broadcast programs. A journalism career provides a chance to experience the world unlike any other.

In addition to our individual course offerings, the UCLA Extension Journalism Certificate is a six-course program covering:

  • Multimedia writing and communication
  • Investigative and reporting techniques
  • Complementary skills for navigating a dynamic media environment
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Specialized Journalism Certificate Programs

For students seeking to develop specialized skills via extended study, we offer program concentrations as three-course add-ons to the core certificate.

Take advantage of the opportunity to network for professional growth and development with our expert instructors.

 

Journalism

Programs

A certificate offers an in-depth study of a professional field. A specialization is a short series of courses to quickly gain knowledge in a focused area of study.
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Journalism

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Journalism

certificate Develop the investigating, reporting, and audio-visual storytelling skills needed for a multifaceted career in modern journalism and related professions in communication.

Develop the investigating, reporting, and audio-visual storytelling skills needed for a multifaceted career in modern journalism and related professions in communication.

Journalism

Courses

JOURN X 439

The Art of the Interview

This course develops the research, interviewing, analysis, and writing skills necessary to generate the data, anecdotes, and character details necessary to tell compelling stories.
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JOURN X 440.3

The Modern Media World

Examine various media contexts, emerging platforms, AI, and challenges to the journalism profession, common career trajectories, and new specializations

 
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