University of Washington Journalism and Public Interest Communication

Degrees offered

The University of Washington no longer has a standalone journalism school. Journalism is taught as the Journalism and Public Interest Communication (JPIC) program, an undergraduate option within the Department of Communication.

Programs and emphasis

JPIC trains students in multiplatform, rigorously reported storytelling, with core courses such as News Lab and Media Responsibility in a Diverse Society, and upper-division electives in visual storytelling, data reporting, and narrative journalism. The broader Department of Communication also offers a combined M.A./Ph.D. in Communication and a Communication Leadership master's program, and houses the Center for Journalism, Media and Democracy.

History

UW's journalism instruction dates to a School of Journalism (records from 1911-1950), which became the School of Communications in the 1950s and later the Department of Communication. The department's journalism sequence was subsequently rebranded as the Journalism and Public Interest Communication (JPIC) program.

Location and contact info

Address
Department of Communication, Box 353740
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
Phone
(206) 543-2660
Website
https://com.uw.edu/