Journalism at Clackamas Community College

Studying journalism at CCC can prepare you for a wide variety of careers in writing, gathering information and communication. Journalism careers include reporting, editing, publishing, public relations, advertising, newspaper, television and radio, newsletters and corporate publications, screenwriting, writing books, and more.

Clackamas offers great opportunity for students to get hands-on experience during their coursework. Student journalists at Clackamas Community College write, edit, shoot video and take photographs for student newspaper, The Clackamas Print and for the TV station, CCCTV. Student editors can even qualify for free tuition at Clackamas for the work they do on The Print. Students write articles, and shoot digital images, run a website and produce slideshows and podcasts for The Clackamas Print. Back issues of The Print from 1976 through 2011 are digitized through the Historic Oregon Newspapers archive at the University of Oregon.

Clackamas students have interned for Martha Stewart Living, Nike, The Oregonian, John Canzano's radio show and Willamette Week.