Webster University

A successful broadcast journalist goes beyond looking or sounding the part.

The job requires developed skills in reporting, writing, editing and producing — all skills taught in the undergraduate program at the School of Communications.

The program cultivates broadcast journalists though a hands-on approach. Students, including freshmen, work in a professional-grade studio that utilizes digital equipment found at major national networks and smaller stations across the nation.

Students use the studio to produce news programs for Gorlock TV, the campus television station. They also produce “The Weekly Report,” a news program that airs on a St. Louis local cable-access channel.

Most students also take on an internship during their time at the School of Communications. In the past, the university has enjoyed partnerships with ABC's “The View;” Cool Fire Media; and, radio and television stations in St. Louis, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

The School of Communications also maintains an active chapter of the Radio Television News Directors Association.

Companies where you can find Webster graduates with a degree in Broadcast Journalism, and the positions they hold, include:

• WGEM-TV, the Quincy, Ill., NBC affiliate, morning producer
• WXIX-TV, the Cincinnati, Ohio, Fox affiliate, reporter
• KRCG-TV, the Jefferson City, Mo., CBS affiliate, reporter/weathercaster
• KSFY-TV, the Sioux Falls, S.D., ABC affiliate, weekend sports anchor