<p>@Nauidiver,</p>
<p>I always wondered if the other programs at USC were highly ranked. I’d like to see where these other programs are ranked.</p>
<p>@ Bluejay</p>
<p>I won’t knock on Northwestern, but I spoke with professors at Cleveland State about USC and they had good things to say. Of course, that didn’t stop one of my professors from trying to talk me into Missouri. Maybe I should reconsider and have Missouri as a possibility.</p>
<p>However, the comments you made about USC may not be dead eye accurate, if accurate at all. The Annenberg School for Communication has an outstandng reputation for educating students on new media technology. They actually have a multimedia bootcamp for students enrolled in Specialized Journalism (M.A. program). Curiously, you did not mention that. Maybe you did not know. They have connections with the Los Angeles Times, ESPN, NBC, and Walt Disney. I’m sure there are several other big names they connections with, but these are a few. And USC Anneberg has a huge alumni base that can pay millions of dollars, perhaps close to a billion dollars in donations. That will help them improve the journalism programs in such a short period of time. The funding the alumni give them is out of this world. If we do that at Cleveland State, then Cleveland would be known for something again besides being a top health care city and national headquarters for Keybank. I have worked at Cleveland State’s Department of University Advancement and I can tell you for a fact we could never get that kind of funding in a hundred years. One year of funding at USC is like a hundred or more to Cleveland State.</p>