Journalism (Graduate Certificate)
Program Overview
Humber’s Journalism graduate certificate program will immerse you in advanced research, writing and interview practices, data mining techniques, and a range of storytelling approaches for work within a multiplatform journalistic or information-gathering environment. You will also have the opportunity to pursue discipline-specific reporting in areas such as science, business, sports and the arts.
Using the latest technologies, the program will focus on training graduates for the field of journalism with an emphasis on digital journalism. Graduates will be able to function in a digital/online environment including social media and data-based journalism. An emphasis will be placed on providing you with opportunities to practise and develop your journalism skills through coverage of live field events.
Upon successful completion of the program, a graduate will:
Select relevant content and credible sources to create complex news reports.
Assess socio-political and historical context, platform requirements, and audience needs when producing news reports.
Use data gathering, mining and visualization and presentation tools to identify and report stories hidden in big data.
Assess industry trends to inform professional journalism decisions and develop implementation strategies.
Conceptualize, produce and manage the implementation of multi-platform digital content using a variety of content management systems and industry-related technologies.
Manage a project in collaboration with other media professionals as part of a news production process in an integrated, multi-platform digital environment.
Comply with and support others to work in accordance with industry, professional, legal and ethical standards of practice.
Develop, implement and evaluate strategies for personal, career and professional development to enhance work performance and maintain currency with industry.
Establish and maintain strategic relationships with a diversity of stakeholders to achieve business goals and strategic objectives.
Work Placement
You'll gain valuable first-hand experience through a mandatory work placement, usually unpaid, in the final semester of your studies.
Industry partners include but are not limited to CBC (TV News, Radio News, Talk Radio, Online and Podcasts), CTV (News Channel, Toronto Bureau, Ottawa Bureau, CTVNews.ca), CP24, Global TV News, TV Ontario, CityNews, 680 News, Toronto Star, National Post, Toronto Sun, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press, The Waterloo Region Record, The Hamilton Spectator, Maclean’s, MSN, Yahoo, TSN, Sportsnet 590 THE FAN, Rogers Sports, The Hockey News, MLSE, Metroland Newspapers, the Ontario Community Newspaper Association, The Canadian Daily Newspaper Association, The Institute for Investigative Journalism, Complex Canada, ThinkData, The National Student Investigative Reporting Network, Urbanology, The Pointer, Canadian Geographic, Entertainment One, MTV Canada, Cityline, etalk and ET Canada.
The Humber Advantage
Provincial Election Day Coverage
Watch this video of Humber students covering the 2018 Provincial Election.
StoryLab is commited to data-driven storytelling. It fosters multidisciplinary opportunities for Humber staff, students, and industry partners, including Data-Driven--a data journalism symposium for coders, investigative reporters, developers and data advocates--and collaborative journalism projects such as Surviving Hate.
The Faculty of Media & Creative Arts HD TV Mobile is a multi-camera television facility used for remote broadcast television production. The mobile contains all the high definition broadcast television equipment found in a television studio, but has the ability to travel to an event to cover it live.
It is a complete broadcast facility on wheels, with 6 HD broadcast television cameras, production switcher, audio console, camera control, digital recording and non-linear editing, slow motion replay and 3D graphic generator. It has the ability to record an event, or feed live to web stream, with satellite or terrestrial transmission.
The HD Television Mobile offers a “real-world” broadcast production experience for students, using “state-of-the-art” equipment found in similar industry facilities. Students learn and practice the exact skills that they will need after graduation.
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Expert Faculty
Rob Lamberti
An awarding-winning newspaper and multi-media journalist in Ontario with 30 years of experience in writing news, photography, videography, editing, and assigning. Holds Journalism Diploma, Humber College; B.A. Political Science, York University; and Master of Communication Management, McMaster University.
Mike Wise
Mike Wise is a journalism professor and program co-ordinator at Humber College in Toronto. Before joining Humber, Mike spent almost 32-years working for CBC Television, most recently as the anchor of the local 11:00 newscast in Toronto. Mike started working at CBC when he was just 17 and still in high school. One of his first behind-the-scenes responsibilities was to work on a federal election broadcast special, even though he wasn't legally old enough to vote.
Mike is married and has a teenage daughter. He holds an honours degree in Political Studies from Queen's. While at Queen's, he served as the executive producer of Studio-Q, the weekly student-produced campus TV show. Mike is currently working on his master's degree in communication and technology from the University of Alberta.
Your Career
Graduates will emerge with media business skills that can be directly applied to work within established news agencies or as media entrepreneurs and freelance journalists across both traditional media industries and in emerging multiplatform settings.
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Thu, April 15, 2021
Xana Mills is a graduating Bachelor of Digital Communications student. We caught up with Xana via email to hear more about her business and how it developed over her time at Humber.
Grad Feature: Alfredo Films - Alexander, Holly and Shivam
Wed, April 07, 2021
Alexander Henry, Holly Rowden, and Shivam Pandya graduated from the Bachelor of Film and Media Production in 2016.
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Senior Dean Update: Media & Creative Arts Anti-Racism Action Plan
Fri, October 15, 2021
In June 2020, I committed the FMCA to seven action items to address the attitudes, behaviours and structures that act as barriers for students from Indigenous and equity-deserving communities.
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Post-Admission Requirements
Once you have been accepted, and have confirmed your offer, you may need to complete a further set of requirements related to your program (Post-Admission Requirements).
Fees
The 2021-2022 fee for three semesters was:
- domestic: $5,796.48
- international: $18,048.00
Fees are subject to change.
Scholarships
Humber Scholarships
Find out more about scholarships and bursaries that you may be eligible for, visit Student Scholarships. International students can visit International Student Scholarships.
Humber Bursaries
Bursaries are available for Certificate, Diploma and Degree programs primarily based on financial need, visit Humber Bursaries.
External Awards, Bursaries & Scholarships
Find out more information about external scholarships and bursaries, visit External Awards.
Indigenous Student Awards, Bursaries & Scholarships
Humber offers a variety of bursaries and scholarships for Indigenous students, visit Indigenous Student Awards.
Pathways
Pathways are academic routes that students can take to move from one credential to another.
PATHWAYS OUT TO ANOTHER PROGRAM:
TO A PARTNER INSTITUTION
MA Journalism
Humber Graduates who have successfully completed the Humber College Journalism (Graduate Certificate) and who have achieved an overall Grade Point Average of 2.3 or 64%, will be granted Advanced Standing into the Sunderland Programme MA Journalism. Any Humber student wishing to apply to a Sunderland Programme must apply for the Sunderland Programme through UCAS or directly to the University via online.
Admission to the academic programs listed is at the sole discretion of the partner post-secondary institution.
Please contact the institution for detailed admission requirements.
MA Broadcast Journalism
Humber College and Nottingham Trent University (NTU) have entered into an agreement to facilitate the progression of Humber's Graduate Certificate in Journalism students to enter one of the following NTU School of Arts and Humanities programmes:
Entry is for:
- Candidates that hold a Bachelor’s Degree and successfully complete the Humber College Graduate Certificate in Journalism
- Candidates that do not hold a Bachelor’s Degree and successfully complete the Humber College Graduate Certificate in Journalism with an overall Grade Point Average of 65%
See Application Form and related Guidance Notes.
Humber graduates going to NTU benefit from:
- an automatic £2500 discount on fees
- the ability to apply to other NTU scholarships*
To find out more about NTU please see our International Student Guide – and check out our Virtual Events page for live chats and Q&A sessions.
Admission to the academic programs listed is at the sole discretion of the partner postsecondary institution. Please contact the institution for detailed admission requirements.
* If a student is successfully awarded a scholarship, only the greater of the two fee reductions will be awarded (i.e. either the scholarship, or the £2,500 discount)
For further information, please contact Tee Dymond, Sr Global Partnerships Manager:
NTUGlobal@ntu.ac.uk / teresa.dymond02@ntu.ac.uk
MA Documentary Journalism
Humber College and Nottingham Trent University (NTU) have entered into an agreement to facilitate the progression of Humber's Graduate Certificate in Journalism students to enter one of the following NTU School of Arts and Humanities programmes:
Entry is for:
- Candidates that hold a Bachelor’s Degree and successfully complete the Humber College Graduate Certificate in Journalism
- Candidates that do not hold a Bachelor’s Degree and successfully complete the Humber College Graduate Certificate in Journalism with an overall Grade Point Average of 65%
See Application Form and related Guidance Notes.
Humber graduates going to NTU benefit from:
- an automatic £2500 discount on fees
- the ability to apply to other NTU scholarships*
To find out more about NTU please see our International Student Guide – and check out our Virtual Events page for live chats and Q&A sessions.
Admission to the academic programs listed is at the sole discretion of the partner postsecondary institution. Please contact the institution for detailed admission requirements.
* If a student is successfully awarded a scholarship, only the greater of the two fee reductions will be awarded (i.e. either the scholarship, or the £2,500 discount)
For further information, please contact Tee Dymond, Sr Global Partnerships Manager:
NTUGlobal@ntu.ac.uk / teresa.dymond02@ntu.ac.uk
MA Magazine Journalism
Humber College and Nottingham Trent University (NTU) have entered into an agreement to facilitate the progression of Humber's Graduate Certificate in Journalism students to enter one of the following NTU School of Arts and Humanities programmes:
Entry is for:
- Candidates that hold a Bachelor’s Degree and successfully complete the Humber College Graduate Certificate in Journalism
- Candidates that do not hold a Bachelor’s Degree and successfully complete the Humber College Graduate Certificate in Journalism with an overall Grade Point Average of 65%
See Application Form and related Guidance Notes.
Humber graduates going to NTU benefit from:
- an automatic £2500 discount on fees
- the ability to apply to other NTU scholarships*
To find out more about NTU please see our International Student Guide – and check out our Virtual Events page for live chats and Q&A sessions.
Admission to the academic programs listed is at the sole discretion of the partner postsecondary institution. Please contact the institution for detailed admission requirements.
* If a student is successfully awarded a scholarship, only the greater of the two fee reductions will be awarded (i.e. either the scholarship, or the £2,500 discount)
For further information, please contact Tee Dymond, Sr Global Partnerships Manager:
NTUGlobal@ntu.ac.uk / teresa.dymond02@ntu.ac.uk
MA News Journalism
Humber College and Nottingham Trent University (NTU) have entered into an agreement to facilitate the progression of Humber's Graduate Certificate in Journalism students to enter one of the following NTU School of Arts and Humanities programmes:
Entry is for:
- Candidates that hold a Bachelor’s Degree and successfully complete the Humber College Graduate Certificate in Journalism
- Candidates that do not hold a Bachelor’s Degree and successfully complete the Humber College Graduate Certificate in Journalism with an overall Grade Point Average of 65%
See Application Form and related Guidance Notes.
Humber graduates going to NTU benefit from:
- an automatic £2500 discount on fees
- the ability to apply to other NTU scholarships*
To find out more about NTU please see our International Student Guide – and check out our Virtual Events page for live chats and Q&A sessions.
Admission to the academic programs listed is at the sole discretion of the partner postsecondary institution. Please contact the institution for detailed admission requirements.
* If a student is successfully awarded a scholarship, only the greater of the two fee reductions will be awarded (i.e. either the scholarship, or the £2,500 discount)
For further information, please contact Tee Dymond, Sr Global Partnerships Manager:
How to Apply
Applications to Humber are made through ontariocolleges.ca. Be sure to submit your application by the equal consideration deadline of February 1. You may apply after February 1, however, post-February 1 applications will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis depending on the availability of the space in the program. To check program availability refer to the Campus/Availability listing on Humber's program pages or ontariocolleges.ca.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
If you’re an international student, you can apply directly to Humber via our International Centre.
