Based on a “learn by doing” approach, Stephens’ Film and Media department prepares students for a career in the innovative world of converged media.

QUICK FACTS

• Complete a required internship such as working for AOL, Marie Claire, MTV Studios, or the Austin Film Society
  
• Help develop and produce Citizen Jane Film Festival, Stephens’ annual international women’s film festival, and participate in the True/False Film Festival
  
• Combine study in Business, Graphic Design, Creative Writing, or Event Planning
  
• Consider the related majors of Digital Filmmaking, one of the few hands-on production programs in the Midwest, and Fashion Communication, which prepares students to become fashion journalists
  
• Apply your media skills while studying or interning abroad as you create outreach materials for social change
  
• Gain experience and class credit by producing Stephens Life, the College’s award-winning newspaper; working at Columbia Access Television; or hosting your own radio show or KWWC, our student-run radio station
• Earn a Master of Business Administration or a Master in Strategic Leadership in as little as one additional year through our Plus One Bachelor's + Master's Program.
  

B.S. IN INTEGRATED MEDIA
In Stephens’ Integrated Media program, students are prepared to become proficient communicators who can effectively tell compelling message across various media platforms. You will explore the quickly changing field of online media that includes social media like blogs and podcasts, while learning traditional media skills in print writing, and television and radio production.

Students are prepared for success in today’s media industry through a mix of hands-on production courses, media studies theory classes; and real-world projects. You’ll gain experience in online media, digital video production, graphic design, PR writing and photography. In your senior year, you’ll integrate the media skills into a cohesive project with work on an online news magazine.

FACILITIES
Stephens students hone their journalisms skills as staff members of Stephens Life, the College’s award-winning newspaper. They also work as on-air hosts for KWWC, the student-run radio station. In the newly renovated Patricia Berry Studios, students create their own television content that reaches an audience of more than 50,000 on Columbia Access Television. Students have access to the latest and most innovative digital equipment, including HD, in Stephens’s G5 Mac lab.

ALUMNAE
Stephens alumnae include successful professionals such as Lindsey Trosper ’00, account director, Barkley Evergreen & Partners Public Relations; Gayla Daugherty ’94, Anheuser-Busch account executive; Wendy Parish Anderson ’92, former Austin Film Society public affairs director; former TV producer Lyah LeFlore ’91, author of the books “Cosmopolitan Girls,” and “Last Night a DJ Saved My Life”; Susan Keaton ’81, Chicago Tribune West Suburban bureau chief; Anne-Louise Wallace ’82, “Today Show” stage manager; Paula Zahn, former CNN news anchor; and Jenny Stahl ’05, AOL corporate events manager.

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