Academic Resources

Students majoring in Journalism at St. John's benefit from internationally acclaimed faculty with extensive contacts in New York City's multi-faceted newspaper, magazine, broadcast and communications industries.

These professors — along with St. John's alumni who are leaders in the field — provide Journalism majors with outstanding internship and job placement opportunities with newspapers, magazines, radio stations and other media throughout the New York metropolitan area.

Students also gain an academic and professional edge by joining any of St. John's more than 180 student clubs and organizations. Clubs that may be of special interest to Journalism majors include these:

  • The Torch: Weekly student newspaper (Queens campus)
  • Storm Front: Weekly student newspaper (S.I. campus)
  • Communications Club
  • Communication Arts Film Society
  • St. John's University Television Club (WRED)
  • WSJU-Radio
  • Advertising Society
  • Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture

Journalism majors also may apply to a variety of honor societies, including The College of Professional Studies Honor Society, which recognizes undergraduates for academic excellence and demonstrable involvement in their churches and communities.

Of course, students also benefit from outstanding University-wide facilities and resources for which St. John's is widely known. For example, new students receive their own wireless laptop computers with full access to St. John's award-winning wireless network.

Facilities include high-tech classrooms, up-to-date computer and science laboratories and a 1.7 million-volume University Library. Our new D'Angelo Center is a five-story, 127,000-square-foot University and Student Center with classrooms, lecture halls, a Starbucks Café.

Students take advantage of St. John’s location in dynamic New York City. Our faculty and Career Center have strong ties to employers and other professional and educational resources throughout the New York area. Students also make New York their classroom through innovative courses like Discover New York.

Students also benefit from St. John's focus on an international academic experience. The University offers extensive study abroad courses during the academic year as well as the winter and summer semesters. Students can live and learn at St. John's Rome, Italy, campus and Paris, France, location.