Journalism

Humber College is a publicly-funded college located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1967 and offers a range of certificate, diploma, and degree programs in a variety of fields, including business, technology, health sciences, media, and more. The college has a diverse student population, with over 33,000 full-time and part-time students enrolled each year, including international students from over 138 countries. Humber College has a strong focus on experiential learning, offering students opportunities for hands-on learning through co-op programs, internships, and work placements. The college has partnerships with over 500 employers, providing students with access to a range of job opportunities and real-world experience. Humber College is known for its state-of-the-art facilities, including its Centre for Trades and Technology, which offers training in a variety of skilled trades, and its Barrett Centre for Technology Innovation, which provides students with access to cutting-edge technology and equipment. The college is also committed to sustainability, with a number of initiatives in place to reduce its environmental impact and promote sustainable practices.

Humber’s Journalism advanced diploma program is designed to produce dynamic storytellers who are immediately ready to work in a variety of media platforms as reporters, broadcasters, editors, producers and digital content managers. Our program is also ideal for those looking to go into communications or public relations. As a journalism student, you’ll gain hands-on skills that are at the forefront of today’s journalism industry including reporting the news, creating broadcast stories, writing feature articles, capturing high quality images and creating compelling digital presentations. You will learn how to report on equity-deserving communities, how to use data to inform news, and choose from electives in your third year that will allow you to focus on radio, TV, magazine, print, online or investigative journalism. You will also have to option to work with industry partners on data-informed and/or investigative journalism projects through Humber’s StoryLab. Our program features: courses with a focus on digital media, online publishing and developing web content including social media entrepreneurial skills advice for today’s highly competitive media communications market experienced faculty working in industry bringing extensive and exclusive media connections hands-on technical and production training including broadcast equipment, digital prepress, TV production and multimedia management real-life experience working on our online news site humbernews.ca, Humber Et Cetera campus news online, Radio Humber 96.9 FM, Humber TV and magazine productions valuable industry exposure and contacts through work placements that help you build your network and resumé