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News is a 24/7 business, with reporters, editors and bloggers telling stories across media platforms including websites, blogs, social networking channels, podcasts newspapers, magazines and broadcast programs. A journalism career provides a chance to experience the world unlike any other.

In addition to our individual course offerings, the UCLA Extension Journalism Certificate is a six-course program covering:

  • Multimedia writing and communication
  • Investigative and reporting techniques
  • Complementary skills for navigating a dynamic media environment

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Specialized Journalism Certificate Programs

For students seeking to develop specialized skills via extended study, we offer program concentrations as three-course add-ons to the core certificate.

Take advantage of the opportunity to network for professional growth and development with our expert instructors.

 

Journalism

Programs

A certificate offers an in-depth study of a professional field. A specialization is a short series of courses to quickly gain knowledge in a focused area of study.
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Journalism

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Journalism

certificate Develop the investigating, reporting, and audio-visual storytelling skills needed for a multifaceted career in modern journalism and related professions in communication.

Develop the investigating, reporting, and audio-visual storytelling skills needed for a multifaceted career in modern journalism and related professions in communication.

Journalism

Courses

JOURN 707

Interviewing real human beings in the age of social media and AI

From breaking news to awards shows, from full-time to freelance: Interviewing real human beings in the age of social media and AI: According to a December survey from S&P Global Market Intelligence Kagan, Gen Z Americans spend more than five hours a day on social media - nearly double the amount of time as millennials. According to Deloitte's 2026 AI report, worker access to AI rose by 50% in 2025. Our digital landscape of rabbit-hole algorithms and artificially generated words and images is all-consuming. More than ever, journalists today must tap into their inner human soul and strength as interviewers, separating themselves as trustworthy storytellers and purveyors of individual experience.
This xOpen deep-dives into skills needed to effectively interview a human subject, from on-the-ground reporting during breaking news emergencies such as fires and earthquakes to in-depth interviews with leaders to quick savvy interviews with artists and celebrities at entertainment and arts events such as the Oscars, Grammys, Sundance Film Festival, Coachella Music and Arts Festival and Frieze Los Angeles.
 
JOURN X 462

Media Law and Ethics

Analyze the rights and responsibilities of media professionals in the age of artificial intelligence.
JOURN X 440.1

Professional Approaches to Journalism

Explore issues facing professional journalists, past and present, and the practices that have come to define the field.
JOURN X 439

The Art of the Interview

This course develops the research, interviewing, analysis, and writing skills necessary to generate the data, anecdotes, and character details necessary to tell compelling stories.
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