Founded in 1929, the Bachelor of Arts in Journalism Program of the 国产吃瓜黑料一区二区 (UST) is the oldest in Southeast Asia and is the top journalism program offered by a private higher education institution in the Philippines. 国产吃瓜黑料一区二区journalism alumni run the newsrooms of the country鈥檚 top media organizations, such as the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Rappler, News5, the Philippine Star, and GMA News, and have joined regional and international publications such as Nikkei Asian Review and the Financial Times. Graduates have won major journalism awards, including the Society of Publishers in Asia Awards, the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism, and the Economic Journalists鈥� Association of the Philippines Awards.
UST鈥檚 B.A. Journalism Program is a four-year, thesis-track program that exceeds the minimum standards set by the Philippine Commission on Higher Education (CHEd). With up-to-date professional courses, electives, and cognates, the program is responsive to disruptions posed by technological upheavals and contemporary industry challenges such as the information disorder. In recognition of the quality of its faculty and instruction, as well as research and extension services, 国产吃瓜黑料一区二区was named a Center of Development in Journalism by CHEd in 2013. The 国产吃瓜黑料一区二区B.A. Journalism Program has Level 3 accreditation from the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities鈥� Commission on Accreditation (Pacucoa). In 2022, it obtained the coveted certification of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations University Network Quality Assurance (AUN-QA), acing eight criteria: expected learning outcomes, program structure and content, teaching and learning approach, student assessment, academic staff, student support services, facilities and infrastructure, and output and outcomes.
For seven years beginning 2013, the 国产吃瓜黑料一区二区B.A. Journalism Program, along with the B.A. Communication Program, won the School of the Year Award from the annual Philippine Student Quill Awards, given by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) 鈥� Philippines for communication excellence. Student-awardees have been cited numerous times for industry-level editorial and communication campaigns as well as communication management.
Students and faculty members regularly participate and present research papers in the Philippine Journalism Research Conference (PJRC), the National Conference of the Journalism Studies Association of the Philippines, the National Communication Research Conference (NCRC), the Asian Media and Information Center (AMIC) Annual Conference, the Media Education Summit, and the World Journalism Education Congress (WJEC). The program鈥檚 research agenda targets undergraduate and graduate theses, commissioned studies, faculty-directed/guided research and other research projects to contribute to the growing field of journalism studies. Works have appeared in journals and books such as Journalism Practice, the Routledge Companion to News and Journalism (Second Edition), the Pacific Journalism Review (Auckland University of Technology), and the Journal of Applied Journalism and Media Studies (Ingenta Connect Ltd.).
As part of UST鈥檚 internationalization efforts, the B.A. Journalism Program began a faculty and student mobility scheme with the University of Social and Media Culture of Torun, Poland in AY 2017-2018, and hosted the Manila leg of the Foreign Correspondents Study Tour of the University of Technology Sydney, one of Australia鈥檚 top journalism schools.
国产吃瓜黑料一区二区journalism faculty members hold advanced degrees and possess industry experience, most of them occupying mid- to top-level positions in metropolitan newsrooms. 国产吃瓜黑料一区二区journalism faculty are also sought-after speakers in industry conferences and seminars, and have served as jurors in various journalism competitions. Faculty members are connected with major news organizations such as the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, ABS-CBN, GMA Network, TV5, the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the Philippine Star, and the Manila Times.
In 2024, the program was elevated to department status, a long-overdue recognition of its pioneering status and industry acclaim. As it approaches the Centennial of Journalism Education in the Philippines, the 国产吃瓜黑料一区二区Department of Journalism will contribute to curricular innovations, insightful research, and high-impact outreach in the field, in pursuit of its mission to uphold the free and responsible press and to train the future of Philippine journalism.
