Multimedia Journalism
Practice your reporting skills on one of our two student-led journalism outlets, The Lantern newspaper and The Grizzly magazine. These publications and the classes you take offer you the same skills required to write for industry digital and print outlets. You immediately receive hands-on training as a freshman to build your portfolio.
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Your Journalism Career Starts Here
Our magazine and newspaper are both award-winning publications. When we compete, Butler students often beat out four-year university student work. We've won for overall publication and individual student work in design, story writing and photography,
Butler's student magazine The Grizzly is a full-color, high-gloss publication that comes out three to four times during the academic year. Our students have earned multiple Journalist of the Year, two-year colleges awards and other recognitions from Kansas Collegiate Media (KCM).
The Lantern, our student newspaper, is the largest circulating community college newspaper in Kansas. Our team holds a reputation for engaging editorial content and accurate reporting.
You gain experience in many industry journalism skills. Learn more about these skills below.
- writing
- reporting
- photography
- management
- layout/design
- budgeting
- web formatting
- web publishing
- web management.
Build Your Journalism Skills
From interviews to drafting to publishing, you gain experience for your career. You collaborate in a professional setting with mentors and peers to effectively revise and edit each contribution. You graduate prepared for a career in positions like publication editing and reporting, public relations, digital and social media publishing, education and marketing communications.
University Transfer and Future Career Options
Our program is designed to introduce you to the fundamentals of a Multimedia Journalism career. Once you earn your associate degree, you have transfer options to build on your Butler experience.
Your Multimedia Journalism education can lead you to a future in careers like:
- Digital and print journalist
- Public relations
- Magazine editor
ADMC Scholarships
You can apply for our books and in-state tuition scholarships, no matter your degree major.
Classes You'll Take
These are some examples of courses in our Multimedia Journalism program.
- Photojournalism
- Broadcast Reporting
- Introduction to Film Theory
Multimedia Journalism (Associate of Arts)
Additional Information
Check Out Our Student-Led Media Outlets
Butler Radio KBTL 88.1 FM
The Grizz is our student-run radio station for the college and surrounding communities. We flavor our Rock-Jazz format with a wide variety of specialty music and talk shows.
The Lantern Newspaper
The Lantern is the largest circulating community college newspaper in Kansas, known for its thorough coverage of campus and community news, thought-provoking op/ed page and accuracy in reporting.
The Grizzly Magazine
The Grizzly is dedicated to multimedia storytelling, examining all aspects of campus and community life in greater depth than you have with other media platforms.
Arktos Moving Images
Arktos is THE source for award-winning student video programs, including traditional entertainment and informative television shows, as well as cutting-edge digital projects.
