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The Journalism minor at Boston College is an interdisciplinary program that brings the liberal arts into direct, ongoing conversation with the wider contemporary world. Open to undergraduates from all across the university, the program is designed expressly as a minor in a liberal-arts setting, providing craft skills and a critical understanding of the history and traditions of journalism to students in all majors and schools.

The six-course minor includes a required Introduction to Journalism course, four electives, and concluding capstone seminar. Course offerings reflect our shifting technological and media climate while continuing to develop bedrock reportorial and writing skills: identifying and acquiring reliable information; making analytical, ethical, and technical choices about how best to turn that information into news; presenting the news in useful, compelling ways. As the program continues to develop the possibilities of its Boston location, forging fresh links between the Boston College campus and the city’s international public culture, students will also have more and more opportunities to work with the city’s deep roster of talented professional journalists, venture out to do original reporting, and intern at an array of media outlets.

News & Notes

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Journalism faculty member, Janelle Nanos, has been nominated for a Pulitzer for feature writing.

Janelle Nanos was named a Pulitzer finalist in feature writing for her story about a woman's journey in proving the abuse she suffered from her father.

Timmy Facciola ‘20 wrote an article titled “Bowman, counterprotesters drown out GOP rally to support Trump”

Timmy Facciola was covering the April 4th Trump rally headlined by the U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. In doing so, he encountered Congressman Jamaal Bowman.

Maria Clara Cobo ‘20 wrote a piece in The New York Times titled “‘Phantom’ Ends. For Musicians, So Does the Gig of a Lifetime”.

Maria Clara Cobo writes about how Broadway’s longest running musical, The Phantom of the Opera, is set to close next month, and how this change is affecting orchestra members who have worked on the show for many years.

Timmy Facciola ‘20 wins a Pulitzer Prize.

Timmy Facciola won a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service journalism coverage of the Coronavirus by the New York Times.

Professor Angela Ards wrote a piece titled “A letter to my fellow Black Texans about Juneteenth”

Professor Angela Ards writes about the history of Juneteenth, and how its symbolism and meaning has changed over the years.

Professor Carlo Rotella has a piece out on the New York Times titled “Remaking Country’s Gender Politics, One Barroom Weeper at a Time”

Professor Carlo Rotella writes about Shane McAnally, one of the few out gay men in the country music industry.