Story Published: Feb 1, 2012 at 12:55 AM PDT
Story Updated: Feb 1, 2012 at 12:55 AM PDT
NewsPro magazine rated the journalism program among the top 25 in the nation and the Radio Television Digital News Association ranked the broadcast journalism sequence among the top five in the United States.
While Dean Lawrence Pintak mainly credits the faculty and facilities as the reasons the college remains top-notch, he says the rich legacy of Edward R. Murrow leaves the program reaching for higher standards.
"Yes, it's the hands-on skills our students are learning, but it's also the ethics, the values, the Murrow legacy," said Dr. Lawrence Pintak, Dean of Murrow College of Communications at WSU. "It's not a coincidence that Edward R. Murrow's name is on this college, and we're very proud of that. And so we train our journalists just not to do the reporting, but to think what would Murrow do? What are the ethics, what are the values I'm bringing to my journalism?"
Dean Pinktak says the college teaches a multi-platform approach to journalism. He points to the many Murrow graduates now working professionally as proof the program deserves its place among the elite.
