In state, William Paterson has produced many a journalist.
Check all the NJ publics. It’s mid size.
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Right now, rather than journalism, if you want a job, you need to combine digital media (with a technical component) and a content major (a major in the Humanities or Social Science where you read/write a lot, a major related to a topic such as Environmental issues, Community Health, Film/Television/podcasts aka media studies..). The profession is in flux so all these elements matter and they may or may not be part of a journalism major so your best bet is solid content you can rely on - so you can offer specialist content, regional content, film/edit/write on your own, etc. A certificate or mixrocredential in Business may also add something to your resume.
Then, add externships or internships with real newspapers as well as with your student paper.
Not sure that’d be of interest but what about American University/Howard in DC, Drexel/ St Joes in Philadelphia?
And definitely look into Denison - a reach but generous financial aid and topnotch for journalism, especially long form/podcast.
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Denison will be too far based on the Geneseo comment - but how about a Dickinson or F&M ? Are there closer LACs with writing strength that meet transfer need ? We don’t know if they have need, of course.
There is a bus to Willimantic and from the bus terminal it’s within walking distance of the Eastern Connecticut State University campus. Traveling all the way by bus, but getting a ride to White Plains to catch a train to Hartford and then a bus to Willimantic would be very doable from northern New Jersey.
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I agree that Marist would be a great choice, depending on the budget of course.
Two colleges mentioned here, Mt Holyoke and Ithaca, are #8 and #9 on the Princeton Review’s list of best college newspapers. Also on that list at #23 is Fordham. Enrollment on the Rose Hill campus in the Bronx is similar to TCNJ and to New Paitz.
I’m also thinking of schools like Seton Hall and Rowan in NJ, and Fairfield and Quinnipiac in Connecticut, all of which have good journalism programs.
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All these are great - but budget dependent - they might be $60K. That’s why I put E Conn at $31K. That might even be too much.
OP can’t get narrowed down on that now - but at some point, their parents will need to - and this is why they better put the lowest cost school on the list, sounds like Ramapo, even if they have to live home - given that budget is unknown. William Paterson is likely also commutable worst case.
And why I put Rowan, a state school, in there.
I agree with and endorse everything you said.
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If he lives by ramapo Rowan is a hike.
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