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COMMUNICATIONS & NEW MEDIA

Participation in the Graduate Gate-way Communications and New Media program facilitates building valuable connections and helps you prepare students for a master’s degree in communications or public affairs and entry to the professional world of strategic communications.

Develop a conceptual and practi-cal understanding of the use of new media and strategic communication.

Gain access to communication experts and journalists participating in the dramatically changing world of media. Apply and test your knowl-edge in real-world environments through an internship, an interactive seminar, and a choice elective course.

Experience Washington from the inside.

COMPONENTS

AND ENJOY

3 DAYS / WEEK: Media & Communications Internship in Washington, DC

3 CREDITS: Graduate Seminar in Advanced Washington Media

3 CREDITS: Graduate Elective Course in AU’s School of Communication

Instruction by faculty holding academic

appointments in the School of Communication

Option to live in university-sponsored

housing on Capitol Hill

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THE PROGRAM

THE SEMINAR

Combine our traditional academic setting with valuable first-hand insights from the journalists who cover Washington and are driving changes in media.

This unparralleled experiential model affords a fuller understand-ing of the future of new media.

Gain hands-on knowledge.

Making the Internet Credible - The explosion of online media, the blogo-sphere, and core principles of journal-ism in the new media.

Write Well and Get Published - Advanced writing training for any medium, how to get published and hired.

The Washington Beat System - From speechwriters to think tanks: the Wash-ington beat reporter system and inside-the-Beltway journalism.

Politics, The Press, The Power Strug-gle - Power to Truth: the never-ending struggle between politicians and the Washington press corps and how to break into this competitive media niche.

TV In the Age of Twitter - Reporters are expected to do it all: work their own cameras, report and film their own stories, and serve as on-air talent.

Reporting on Inflammatory Issues - Where should journalists draw the line between covering the news and telling people how to think?

The Purpose of Journalism in the Digital Age - From Evan Thomas to Bob Schieffer (both frequent guest speakers) top journalists assert a healthy democracy cannot exist without jour-nalism.

SAMPLE SEMINAR TOPICS

INTERNSHIPS

ABC News

American Association of Political Consultants

CNN

Embassy of France, Press and Communications

Eurovision Washington

WTTG - Fox 5 News

The Hill Newspaper

MSNBC

National Geographic Society

WRC - NBC 4 News

Voice of America

Peace Corps, Press Office

USA Weekend Magazine

Washington Post Express

WTOP Radio

We pride ourselves on the profes-sional internships Graduate Gateway Program students obtain. You’ll have access to our extensive internship database available only to program participants.

Your internship will help you build your résumé, network with profes-sionals in your field, and provide valuable experience to make you stand out in today’s challenging job market.

SAMPLE INTERNSHIPS

ELECTIVES

SAMPLE ELECTIVES

Backpack Video Journalism

Entertainment Communication

Legal Aspects of Communication

Media Relations

Social Marketing

Follow your passion and spur critical thinking in your field. Every student holds unique areas of interest, so choose an elective course from the wide array of graduate courses offered by American Univer-sity’s School of Communication.

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