Digital Media
Learn journalistic standards of reporting and develop important news to be delivered across the web, video, podcast, and social media to shape other’s worlds.
Get hands-on experience in our new TV studio and learn the latest digital storytelling trends. From your first year forward, you'll film, edit and direct using cameras in the field and a three-camera set-up in the studio with a control room, just like the pros use.
Our curriculum is grounded in industry standards and reflects the skills and qualities alumni and employers have found valuable and necessary to be competitive in today’s workplace. You will build an e-portfolio to exhibit your tech savvy talent across a variety of mediums.
Career Path
- Video Production
- On Air Talent
- Reporter
- Social Media Manager
- Management (corporate and nonprofit)
- Graduate school for careers in law, counseling, higher education, business, politics, and health care
What You'll Study
Major
Get hands-on experience in our new TV studio and learn the latest digital storytelling trends. From your first year forward, you'll film, edit and direct using cameras in the field and a three-camera set-up in the studio with a control room, just like the pros use. Learn journalistic standards of reporting and develop important news to be delivered across the web, video, podcast, and social media to shape other’s worlds. Your e-portfolio will exhibit your tech savvy talent across a variety of mediums.
Minor
A Communication Studies minor is a terrific complement to any major. After all, communicating well with others is key to success, regardless of the field you enter. To earn this minor you'll need six classes. Two of the classes will be Introduction to Communication Studies and Public Speaking, and you can tailor the remaining four courses to fit your interests.
Courses
Designed to empower students to lead and innovate in today’s evolving communication fields, our curriculum combines research, theory, cutting-edge technology and best practices.
In the News
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Travis Lyles ’15
Rotunda Outstanding Young Alumni Award
A Closer Look
Volunteer roles at VP Debate lead two Longwood students to an even bigger stage: the Super Bowl
Vice Presidential Debate volunteers Allyson Stone '17 and Ryan Carey '17 left an impression on Fox News producer Pete Flores. Now working on the Super Bowl, Flores knew he needed additional hands he could count on and called up Stone and Carey.
“I knew right away that I had a great group of student volunteers for the debate who really went above and beyond,” said Flores, who co-lead production at the Super Bowl in Houston, February 2017.