Post-Secondary Program Journalism - Programa en Periodismo

In Centennial College´s three-year Journalism program, you gain the skills you need to navigate and succeed in a changing industry. By going from the classroom to the newsroom, you come to understand the multifaceted and fast-paced journalism industry, which focuses on interesting people, places and things.

In this advanced diploma program you:

Cover a variety of topics while developing the critical foundation skills you need for the industry.
Apply your newsroom skills to an award-winning community newspaper, a news website and radio-television news, all of which makes you versatile and industry-ready as soon as you graduate.
Develop new multiplatform skills for the evolving world of news reporting.
From covering breaking news to exploring human interest stories, as a journalist you will be responsible for reporting events, interviewing newsmakers and examining the issues of our times.

Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, or mature student status (19 years or older)
English Grade 12 C or U, or equivalent (minimum grade required) or take the Centennial College English Skills Assessment for Admission (score of 170 or 171 required)

Additional Requirements
Attending a program admission session where you will learn more about the program is highly recommended.

Semester 1
Media: Theory, Workplace and Issues
Tools and Processes for Communicators
College Communications 2
General Education Elective
Reporting 1

Semester 2
Visual Storytelling: Photography
Global Citizenship: From Social Analysis to Social Action
Reporting 2
Journalism Law and Ethics
Editing & Curating

Semester 3
College Communications 3
Reporting 3
Multiplatform Design
Advanced Visual Storytelling: Photography & Video
Interactive Journalism
The Business & Future of Media

Semester 4
General Education Elective
Advanced Interviewing Techniques
Opinion Writing
News Laboratory 1
Radio News
Personal Branding And Freelancing

Semester 5
Entrepreneurial Project
News Laboratory 2
Television News
Journalism Career Management
Storyworks

Semester 6
Field Placement

Reporter
Photographer
Writer
Editor
Producer
Layout artist