Minor Declaration beings Monday, February 5th.

Journalism is storytelling in pursuit of the truth. The first draft of history. A check against power. However you define it, journalists explain our increasingly complicated world with the stories we need to make informed decisions in a free society.

The journalism minor begins with Introduction to Journalism (JOU 270), and after that, you take 15 hours, including a required course in News Literacy (JOU 278).

The four electives in the minor may be drawn from journalism courses, which focus on the writing and digital skills journalists use in their day-to-day work and immersion into such specialized fields as sports, travel, and community journalism. Interdisciplinary electives in other departments also count toward the minor.

See Gail Adams or Anna Willis in Tribble C201 or contact Phoebe Zerwick, director of journalism, at zerwicp@wfu.edu, or find her in her office in ZSR 426.