Journalism & Creative Media

Home to award-winning journalists, producers and creatives, the Department of Journalism and Creative Media (JCM) empowers students to become skilled storytellers who use media to lead and inspire.

Become a media expert who understands the social and critical underpinnings of your work, with the technical and leadership skills to adapt to the professional landscape.

Journalism & Creative Media

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

Rising Tide Film Festival empowers young filmmakers across the nation, giving them a platform to showcase their passion projects.

Alice; Vol. 2, No. 3

Office of Student Media

Gain industry experience with publications like Alice, The Crimson White and Nineteen Fifty-Six.

New Internship Listings

  • 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.

  • UA Student Life Communications: Video Production Intern

    The Communications and External Engagement Team in UA’s Division of Student Life is hiring a Video Production Intern.

  • SoulGrown: Content Creator Internship

    SoulGrown is looking for a creative individual who wants to capture the beauty of our state, owns a camera or iPhone, has an eye for high-quality visual storytelling through photography and videography, and is a self-starter. Applications are due December 1, 2024.

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

Alabama Public Radio
Crimson Tide Productions
WVUA 23

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

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.

Office: Reese Phifer Hall, Room 490
Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 A.M. – 4:45 P.M.
Phone: 205.348.7155