Why Study Journalism at De Anza College
Our Journalism and Mass Communication Department supports De Anza's core competencies in the following ways:
- Communication and expression: Students learn new rhetorical strategies and use their First Amendment rights to create and publish a newspaper, website and associated media.
- Information literacy: Students study and practice media literacy.
- Physical/mental wellness and personal responsibility: Students work cooperatively in deadline situations and take on leadership roles
- Global, cultural, social and environmental awareness: Students learn to interview diverse people, interpret cultural and environmental issues and present their ideas clearly.
- Critical thinking: Students analyze ideas, create and test models, solve problems and evaluate alternatives as they work hands-on to produce print, digital and video content.
La Voz Weekly, our award-winning student newspaper, serves as a way for students to get involved on campus, as a reader and/or contributor. Write a letter to the editor. Join the editorial staff. Become an editor. See how.