Welcome to the CSUN Department of Journalism, a nationally accredited program that is home to seven award-winning, student-run contemporary and digital news media operations as well as public relations.

Converging newsrooms include the award-winning Daily Sundial, the bilingual multimedia outlet El Nuevo Sol, the mobile Pop-Up Newsroom and cloud-based Scene magazine, plus the broadcast programs, Valley View News, On Point public affairs and KCSN HD2, the Golden Mike awarding-winning newscast heard on the campus-based public radio station housed in the Valley Performing Arts Center.

As one of 110 programs accredited by the National Accrediting Council of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, the CSUN Journalism department is distinguished by:

• Nearly 800 undergraduates and 40 graduate students, making it one of the largest in California.
• Six active campus student chapters of professional organizations, including the CSUN Latino Journalists, National Association of Black Journalists, National Press Photographers Association, Public Relations Student Society of America, Radio Television Digital News Association and the Society of Professional Journalists.
• Strong links to professional internships and jobs at national-level media outlets throughout Southern California and across the country, including the Los Angeles Times, the Daily News, Times Community News, the Ventura County Star, La Opinión, as well as NBC, ABC, CNN, KTLA, KFWB, NPR, ESPN, Univisión, Hispanic Link, Warner Music Group, Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures and the Los Angeles Clippers.
• More than a dozen scholarships, including the $25,000 Flip Wilson Memorial Scholarship, which funds tuition/fees, room and board, plus books for a student’s senior year.
• Close ties to regional high schools and community colleges as well as nearby universities.