新闻很重要。新闻业的核心技能，收集信息并以令人信服的方式组织新闻故事比以往任何时候都更为重要。尽管消费和交付方式几乎每天都会变化以获取信息，但是新闻业以前所未有的形式存在。广播，数字，在线，多媒体，印刷-新闻业很重要。对于老少皆宜的受众，对信息混合感兴趣的受众，对利基市场或特定信息感兴趣的受众-新闻业都很重要。新闻事业之所以重要，是因为基于事实的信息服务符合公共利益。该专业的目标是为学生提供批判性思维，道德，法律和专业技能，使他们能够进入新闻​​业的各个领域。
The goal of the major is to provide students with the critical thinking, ethical, legal and professional skills that will enable them to enter positions in all areas of journalism. <br>Journalism matters. The core skill set of journalism, gathering information and organizing it to tell a story in a compelling fashion, matters more than ever. While consumption and delivery methods change almost daily for information, journalism exists in more forms than ever before. Broadcast, digital, online, multimedia, print journalism matters. For audiences old and young, for audiences interested in a mix of information, for audiences interested in niche or specific information journalism matters. Journalism matters because the fact-based approach to information serves the public interest.