新闻业是为不断发展的大众媒体提供内容（主要是新闻）的工作。记者负责收集信息，分析和编辑给大众，并使用某种形式的媒体平台分发。分发的方法越来越复杂，但是记者的基本任务仍然是不变的：通过查找，定义，编写和编辑信息为公众服务。西方的新闻学“PublicRelations专业在文科环境中研究理论和实践传播。学生将在Western屡获殊荣的学生媒体上获得实践经验，专业还将参加报纸，杂志，广播电台，公共关系机构和其他专业组织的现场实习。公共关系课程的课程遵循新闻编辑的重点，增加了对这个快速增长领域的职业至关重要的
Journalism is the work of supplying content, primarily news, for the ever-expanding world of mass media. Journalists are responsible for gathering information, analyzing and editing it for a mass audience, and dispensing it using some form of media platform. Increasingly the methods of distribution have become more complex, but the basic mission of a journalist remains the same: to serve the public by finding, defining, writing, and editing information. Journalism - Public Relations majors at Western study theoretical and practical communications in a liberal arts setting. Students gain practical experience on Western's award-winning student media, and majors additionally take field internships with newspapers, magazines, broadcast stations, public relations agencies, and other professional organizations. Courses in the Public Relations sequence follow the News-Editorial emphasis, adding communication skills important for careers in this rapidly growing field.