Media Opportunities The school takes full advantage of its proximity to Denver, a major media market. Distinguished media professionals regularly serve as adjunct faculty at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Hundreds of Denver and Boulder area media organizations provide wide-ranging internship and career opportunities. Students consistently are offered highly competitive internships at leading Denver television and radio stations, newspapers, advertising agencies, public relations firms and government, nonprofit and corporate public information offices. Internships are available in communities throughout the state — including Colorado's mountain resort areas — and across the country.
		Facilities and Equipment Students obtain hands-on experience in the school’s labs and studios. All lab courses — reporting, editing, advertising, radio, television, new media and photojournalism — contain no more than 18 students. Broadcast students use some of the latest electronic tools including digital video cameras and computer- based editing systems. Computer labs have the latest editing and graphics software. The school subscribes to Associated Press, CNN Satellite News Service and other online news sources.

The importance of the media and their messages is growing at an unprecedented rate. However, as mass communication technology delivers new career opportunities it also presents the challenges of reaching increasingly overwhelmed audiences and understanding the implications of this information deluge.

Small class sizes in a big-university setting 40 minutes from downtown Denver provide students with the skills to excel in the job market and also the intellectual and conceptual background to help shape the future of both new and traditional media.

The school is actively committed to helping media organizations reflect the diversity of the communities they serve. It does this through focused recruitment and retention efforts aimed at preparing underrepresented students with the skills and support to excel as media professionals.

With a history of journalism instruction that dates back to 1909, the school provides a sound liberal arts foundation and solid professional preparation. Students receive education aimed at disciplined, critical thinking and analysis through the study of media history, law, ethics, writing and social processes.

Faculty
School faculty members have major-market experience in TV, radio, newspaper, magazine and advertising. Among the faculty are leading researchers on communication policy, technology and social change, media, religion and culture, marketing and visual communication, international media development, audience behavior and mass media law. The dean is Paul S. Voakes.

Technology
The school is a leader in applying the latest mass communication technology. Students learn digital video and audio recording and editing, new-media design, efficient strategies for conducting online research and how to create advertising using the latest software.

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