The Taylor media communication major will give you the skills you need to communicate stories and ideas in a variety of media with writing as the foundation. Writing also can stand alone as a vocation.
Maybe you’ve written for your school paper or for a personal blog. You are a storyteller, a crafter of words, whether in print (through newspaper or magazine), on the web, or through script writing. You’ll receive an understanding of various writing techniques: hard news, features and profiles—and film and audio scripts. You will work on website writing and learn how to set up a professional blog.
Writing opportunities come outside the major through working for the Echo, Taylor’s weekly, student-run newspaper, writing online stories for the Taylor website, or spending a semester in Washington, D.C. to experience journalism in action. Read some students' reflections on their internship experiences.
Our program isn’t words-only. You will take classes in design and production to learn how to best communicate your message. Ask our graduates—if you want to be prepared for today’s writing industry, you’ve got to be a writer as well as someone knowledgeable in every media type. Read about the new photojournalism class.