Majors
Creative Media
From creative fiction and documentaries to hard-hitting news and sports, learn the skills you need to tell stories that affect people.
News Media
Study the ways news and information are produced, from the traditional news outlets to the emerging world of media start-ups.
Graduate Program
Work with award-winning faculty to study the principles and practices of journalism and scholarly inquiry. Students choose between a professional, one-year option or a two-year, research option.
Minors
Creative Media
News Media
Sports Media
Advising
All C&IS undergraduate students receive academic advising through Tisch Student Services. You should meet with your academic advisor at least once per semester to review your academic progress, degree requirements and involvement opportunities.
Funding
C&IS empowers students to write, speak, design, film and explore through scholarships and awards.
Get Involved
Sharpen your skills and expand your circle by joining student organizations.
Rising Tide Film Festival
Rising Tide Film Festival empowers young filmmakers across the nation, giving them a platform to showcase their passion projects.
Office of Student Media
Gain industry experience with publications like Alice, The Crimson White and Nineteen Fifty-Six.
New Internship Listings
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WKRG-TV News 5: Spring 2025 Internships
WKRG-TV News 5 is currently accepting applications for a limited number of Spring 2025 Internships. Applications will close on or before January 24, 2025.
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Huntsville City Football Club: Communications Intern (Spring 2025)
Huntsville City Football Club is hiring Communcations Interns for Spring 2025! Huntsville City FC is looking for highly motivated individuals interested in being a part of the Major League Soccer team in Huntsville. Applications close December 13th.
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WIAT-TV (CBS 42) Internships
WIAT-TV in Birmingham, Alabama is looking for interns for fall, spring and summer semesters. The unpaid internship is offered to those currently enrolled in institutions of higher learning and must be receiving college credit. Interns will experience different phases of a television station’s day-to-day operations as a supplement to their academic curriculum.
More Internships
For more information on internships, reach out to Mark Mayfield for news media, Maya Champion for creative media or Teresa Gawrych for production.
Digital Media Center
C&IS’s most cutting-edge facility, the Digital Media Center (DMC) is a state-of-the-art teaching facility, and production house located in Bryant-Denny Stadium. The DMC is home to Alabama Public Radio, the Center for Public Television & Radio, Crimson Tide Productions and WVUA 23.
The Holle Awards
The Holle Awards for Excellence in Creativity and Communication is one of the nation’s most prestigious celebrations of creativity in communications, honoring innovative, out-of-the-box work from students, faculty and communication professionals.
Scholastic Journalism
JCM is home to the Alabama Scholastic Press Association and the National Elementary Scholastic Press Association. Through these organizations, the Department supports K-12 newspaper, yearbook, news magazine, literary magazine and broadcast staffs around across the state and nation.
Equipment Checkout
Students enrolled in specific Journalism & Creative Media courses are eligible to check out cameras, sound, lighting/grip, and other equipment for use in partial completion of course assignments.
Links
- Film-Alert listserv
- Media Writing Center
- Screen-L listserv
- ScreenLex
- ScreenSite
- Shot Logger
- Screenpedia
News
Office: Reese Phifer Hall, Room 490
Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 A.M. – 4:45 P.M.
Phone: 205.348.7155