Journalism Program 
Welcome
The UNH journalism program is known nationwide for turning out well-trained journalists. Founded in 1963 by legendary writer Donald Murray, the program is taught by journalists in a small classroom setting (no more than 20 students per class). We emphasize hands-on training with a strong liberal arts foundation. From the first week of your first journalism course, you’ll be out reporting and writing. The day you graduate, you’ll be ready to work.
We invite you to sit back and enjoy the slide show. Then keep exploring the journalism links at the right for program info, career resources, and news about our talented alumni and the five Pulitzer Prizes they've won. You can also read about Michael Kelly ’79, the first American journalist to die covering the war in Iraq. Journalism students can apply for a scholarship established in his name.
Where can journalism take you?
Thinking of Majoring in English/Journalism?
Whether you’re shopping for a college or you’re already at UNH and looking for a major, this is the place to start finding out about the journalism program. Journalism isn’t easy, but it’s a license to learn, a guarantee that you will meet new people and explore new ideas every day of your working life. How cool – and how rare -- is that?
News is all about change, and right now everything about the news business is changing fast. Today’s journalism students will determine the future of news. Democracy cannot function without information; for journalists, providing that information is a sacred trust. So whatever form news may take in the future, there will always be a need for journalists who can recognize what’s important, report deeply, behave ethically, and write clearly and compellingly. The road to all that learning . . . starts right here.