Butler University Eugene S. Pulliam School of Journalism and Creative Media

Degrees offered

The school offers undergraduate majors in Journalism, Sports Media, Creative Media and Entertainment, Music Industry Studies, and Web Design and Development within Butler's College of Communication.

Programs and emphasis

The Sports Media major is the only degreed program of its kind in Indiana and one of a small number of degreed sports-media programs in the Midwest, combining sports journalism with digital sports production. The Journalism major covers news writing, multimedia storytelling, and investigative reporting.

History

The school is named for Eugene S. Pulliam, the newspaper publisher who led the Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis News, and Arizona Republic. Its academic home, the Fairbanks Center for Communication and Technology, opened on Butler's campus in 2001 to house the university's journalism, communication studies, media arts, and computer science programs.

Key faculty and leadership

Lee Farquhar: Director of the Eugene S. Pulliam School of Journalism and Creative Media and associate professor of Journalism and Sports Media.
Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh: Professor of Journalism who directed the school from 2016 to 2021 before serving as interim dean of Butler's College of Communication.

Student-run media

The Butler Collegian, established in 1886, is the university's student-run newspaper. It has won the Associated Collegiate Press's National Pacemaker Award and been named the Society of Professional Journalists' Best All-Around Non-Daily Newspaper.

Location and contact info

Address
Fairbanks Building, Room 118C
4600 Sunset Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46208
Phone
(317) 940-3280
Website
https://www.butler.edu/communication/journalism-creative-media/