Journalism & Media Studies

Journalism & Media Studies
140 7th Avenue South
St. Petersburg Florida 33701
Phone: 727-873-4850
Fax: 727-873-4034

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Welcome to the Department Of Journalism and Media Studies

If you're looking for a vibrant, exciting place to learn, collaborate, and create your own path to a career in journalism or media, you've come to the right place.

At the USF St. Petersburg Department of Journalism and Media Studies, we’re dedicated to educating journalists who can report and interpret the news with skill, responsibility and social consciousness. We stress innovative, community-oriented coverage of public life, seeking out news and issues that relate to and touch the lives of ordinary citizens.

Our graduate and undergraduate programs allow for individually tailored approaches to journalism studies to accommodate the backgrounds and interests of our students. Professors with media experience teach in small, seminar-style classes.

Debbie with students
USFSP faculty member Debbie Wolfe (right) assists a student in producing a multimedia news story.
The full-time faculty includes journalism practitioners and media scholars with national and international reputations. Each of the faculty regularly author books and write articles on journalism and media, while staying up to date on contemporary trends.

Adjunct professors and visiting lecturers come from the ranks of the Tampa Bay journalism community, including the Poynter Institute and the St. Petersburg Times.

We, as a faculty, take pride in our personalized approach to each and every student's education in journalism and media studies. Faculty are readily accessible to answer your questions, mentor you through course work, projects, internships, and independent research. You will work collaboratively with your fellow students and faculty in a community of professional journalists and media scholars.

The department is one of USFSP’s four “Programs of Distinction,” and was chosen for this honor on the basis of past performance and the promise for greater success. We are proud to be nationally accredited by ACEJMC, the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, which assures the highest standards of classroom instruction.

Neighborhood News Bureau

The Neighborhood News Bureau is a unique venture in Midtown St. Petersburg that allows students to write, report, edit, and photograph stories from an urban community. Read More

Our Visiting International Journalists Program is another unique feature of our program. Read More

In addition, we bring other visiting professionals to campus, including journalists from NPR, NBC, and Sports Illustrated to speak in classes and to the community. Read More

The Department of Journalism and Media Studies at USF St. Petersburg offers the following degrees

M.A. in Journalism and Media Studies
B.A. in Mass Communications with a Journalism and Media Studies Concentration

For more information about our program, please contact

Bridget Nickens, office manager
Department of Journalism and Media Studies
University of South Florida
140 Seventh Ave. S., FCT 204
St. Petersburg, FL 33701-5016
Phone: 727-873-4850
Fax: 727-873-4034
E-mail: mnickens@mail.usf.edu


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