Multimedia Journalism Major
The Multimedia Journalism major prepares students to tell powerful, accurate, and engaging stories across today’s diverse media landscape. This 37-credit program blends strong writing and reporting foundations with hands-on experience in digital, broadcast, and print journalism. Students learn how to research, interview, and craft compelling stories for newspapers, magazines, television, radio, and online platforms while gaining technical skills in multimedia production, photography, and website design.
In CAMS, journalism students work with industry-standard tools such as Adobe Creative Cloud and video/audio editing software while developing an understanding of the ethical, legal, and aesthetic dimensions of media. They learn to produce content that informs, inspires, and connects communities building both creative and critical thinking skills essential for the profession. Classroom learning is complemented by real-world experience through practicums, internships, and collaborations with NMU’s student media, including Public Eye News and WUPX Radio X.
Graduates are well-prepared for careers in news reporting, editing, photojournalism, feature writing, multimedia production, public information, and digital communication. Many go on to work for news outlets, production companies, marketing agencies, and nonprofit organizations or to pursue graduate study in journalism, media studies, or communication.
Multimedia and Journalism Minors
Journalism Minor
The Journalism minor is a 20-credit program that prepares students to report, write, and tell stories that inform the public across print, digital, and emerging news platforms. Students develop strong reporting, interviewing, research, and ethical decision-making skills while learning to produce accurate, compelling content for careers in newspapers, magazines, online news, corporate communications, public affairs, and related writing professions.
Multimedia Journalism Minor
The Multimedia Journalism minor is a 16-credit program that equips students with the creative and technical skills to tell stories across today's evolving media landscape. Through hands-on experiences in digital storytelling, audio and video production, web design, podcasting, broadcasting, and media literacy, students learn to create engaging multimedia content while adapting to emerging communication technologies. This minor complements a wide range of majors by preparing graduates to communicate effectively through multiple media platforms.
Student Run Newspaper: The North Wind
The North Wind is NMU’s award-winning, independent student newspaper, providing daily digital coverage of campus and community news since 1972. Fully student-operated and partially funded through the Student Activity Fee, The North Wind gives students hands-on experience in reporting, writing, editing, photography, and design while maintaining editorial independence from the university.
From its early days as The Northern News to its current digital-first format, The North Wind has been a vital platform for student voices and a training ground for future journalists, editors, and media professionals. Alumni credit their newsroom experience with shaping careers in journalism, marketing, public relations, and digital media carrying forward a 50-year legacy of storytelling, accountability, and civic engagement.
Real-world Media Experience
Multimedia Journalism students at NMU bring their classroom learning to life through real-world media opportunities in radio, television, and digital production. Students write, report, and produce stories for Public Eye News, NMU’s student-run television newscast; host live shows and interviews on WUPX Radio X; and collaborate with professionals at WZMQ-TV 19, Marquette’s CBS affiliate, and WNMU-TV PBS, the region’s public broadcasting station. These experiences help students understand that strong writing and reporting are the foundation of compelling production—whether crafting a news package, anchoring a live segment, or developing a documentary. Through these opportunities, students gain the storytelling, technical, and ethical skills essential for success in today’s fast-paced media environment.
Michigan Association of Broadcasters Awards
Each year, CAMS students compete in the Michigan Association of Broadcasters (MAB) Student Awards, showcasing their talent in categories such as play-by-play production, writing and announcing. NMU has proudly participated in the MAB for more than 20 years, earning recognition across multiple broadcasting fields. Students travel to Lansing each March for the Great Lakes Broadcasting Conference and Expo, where they network with industry professionals, attend workshops, and celebrate their achievements among peers from across the state.
Our Alumni
Graduates of NMU’s Multimedia Journalism program go on to shape the stories that inform and inspire communities across the globe. Our alumni work as political reporters, investigative journalists, editors, digital strategists, and content creators leading in print, broadcast, and online media with integrity, creativity, and curiosity. Whether covering breaking news or managing media teams, they bring to their work the critical thinking, storytelling skill, and ethical foundation developed through the CAMS journalism experience.
Stacks of North Wind papers
Student producing radio show
All kinds of media
Proofing Copy
Writing script for a TV show
Students holding a press meeting
Students at end of the year department party.
Student travel to Detroit for MAB awards.
Top graduating students getting their certificates and chords.
Journalism grad working in Washington, D.C.
Megan O'Connor works as an anchor for TV6 Morning News.