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In the Professional Concentration, a combination of training in the classroom and work experience outside prepares graduates for careers as reporters and editors at newspapers, magazines, online publications and in the broadcast media.

The Research Concentration generally attracts experienced journalists who would like to develop a specialty within their field, or who hope to branch off into other career pursuits, such as teaching or writing books. At Northeastern, you would have time to develop a specialty—politics, education, religion, law, cinema studies, social welfare reporting, demographics reporting and medical reporting to name a few. It can also provide you with a chance to focus on a specific topic, and also provide you with career advancement.

The Journalism and Public Policy Concentration provides students a chance to learn about the complex world of public policy and public policy reporting from public policy experts in the social sciences and from skilled journalists.