Join the ranks of the journalism industry’s most revered professionals by launching your career as an investigative journalist. The Media School’s M.S. concentration in journalism offers specialized training in watchdog reporting with hands-on opportunities to produce meaningful public service journalism as a fellow in the Michael I. Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism.
This program focuses on multiplatform investigative reporting, including courses in data analysis, visual communication and media law.
You'll learn the history, philosophy and methodology of investigative reporting, including techniques for developing sources and obtaining and analyzing public information.
Dive into social science principles like measurement, sampling, statistical inferences, research design and more, applying those concepts and their scientific viewpoints to the field of journalism.
Master the advanced skills you'll need for your Arnolt Center practicum: sourcing, records requests, fact checking and more.
Master journalistic visual communication skills and learn to craft a compelling story through photography, design and video.
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The Michael I. Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism teaches and produces top-tier investigative journalism covering the state of Indiana and beyond. As a student in the journalism M.S. concentration, you’ll earn 9–12 credit hours working as a fellow in the center.
Learn more about the Arnolt CenterStudents in The Media School’s Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism were part of a team that created the first nationwide county-by-county coronavirus tracker.
The students worked with Arnolt Center partner Gray Television to track COVID-19 cases.
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Work alongside faculty members with extensive experience in public affairs and investigative journalism. Your professors will include former journalists from CNN, Reuters, the Associated Press, the Tampa Bay Times and other prominent news organizations who have won prestigious national awards such as the Pulitzer Prize and the Peabody Award.
The investigative journalism M.S. concentration will prepare you for a job as a multiplatform investigative reporter. Whether you apply your skills at a newspaper, TV station, website or documentary production company, you’ll be trained to produce thoughtful, thorough and ethical journalism.
I landed my dream job thanks to the M.S. program in The Media School.
Daniela Molina, MS'21, investigative producer at Gray Television
