Journalism Department

Students in the reporting and writing courses gain practical experience by writing and editing the Tyler Junior College News. They have opportunity to gain skills by taking three writing/reporting courses:
Comm 2311C News Gathering and Reporting
Comm 2315C General Reporting
Comm 2309C Editing

Each course builds on skills learned in the previous class and provides new opportunities for more advanced writing, editing and publishing experience. Students in these classes write for the Tyler Junior College News.

Our broadcast journalism courses include:
Comm 2331 Radio Television Announcing
Comm 2332 Radio and Television News Writing

Advertising is another journalism career path. Students begin their study with:
Comm 2327 -- Introduction to Advertising. This course introduces students to advertising in print, broadcast and other media. Students learn how advertising is created and how it works. They complete an advertising campaign including print, broadcast and other media.

Practical experience courses:
Comm 2189 Academic Cooperative in Communications
Students in this course work as interns for a print or electronic media operation. They complete their internship supervised by the operations manager of a radio or television station or by the managing editor of the newspaper. This can be an excellent opportunity to see and be part of the day-to-day work in a media operation and help students decide where they best fit in the broad field of journalism careers.

Journalism department faculty work with media professionals to help students find jobs at radio and television stations, local and area newspapers or other media outlets.

Students who transfer to major universities find their Tyler Junior College journalism credits merge into university degree plans and enable them to complete their degrees quickly. They usually avoid the long-wait to gain a seat in the entry-level courses at large universities.

Scholarships: The Journalism Department offers strong scholarship support to students who pursue journalism degrees at TJC. Three presidential scholarships have been established for journalism majors:
T. B. Butler Presidential Scholarship
Blanche Prejean Presidential Scholarship
Billie Pye Presidential Scholarship

Other scholarships for journalism majors include: Tom Anderson Jr. Journalism Scholarships, Margaret Hercules Journalism Scholarship, Carl and Mary Wallace Journalism Scholarship, Virginia Pitman Yale Journalism Scholarship and Sarah McClendon Journalism Scholarship.