University of Nebraska-Lincoln's College of Journalism and Mass Communications

— -- The University of Nebraska, chartered in 1869, is a land-grant research university and was the first institution west of the Mississippi River to award doctoral degrees. It is the state's only public university and includes four campuses, the largest being the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with nearly 23,000 students.

Journalism became part of the curriculum in 1917, and the School of Journalism was established in 1923 to include advertising as well as news-editorial courses of study. Broadcasting courses were added in 1937, and the school became the College of Journalism and Mass Communications in 1993.

The primary mission of the College is to graduate highly competitive young professionals who have acquired communication and critical thinking skills appropriate to the practice of journalism across all communications platforms. Because a viable career in media professions requires graduates to understand changes in society that make differences in people's lives, journalism education includes many courses in the liberal arts and sciences at UNL.

The university is a participant in the Carnegie Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education and maintains several international partnerships, including those in Kosovo and Ethiopia.