Content Creation Program

The Bachelor of Arts in Content Creation program at St. Bonaventure prepares students to thrive in today’s digital-first communication world. You’ll learn to craft compelling stories, manage online communities, and produce multimedia content that informs, entertains and inspires.

The Content Creation major joins seven other Jandoli School of Communication majors, which are accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.

Why Study Content Creation at St. Bonaventure?

Hands-on learning from day one.
Work with campus media outlets, student-run agencies and real clients to build a professional portfolio before graduation.

400 hours of internships.
Gain significant industry experience through 400 hours of required internships in roles such as content creator, social media coordinator, or digital marketing intern.

Faculty who know the industry.
Learn from professors with professional experience in journalism, marketing, public relations and multimedia production. You’ll be mentored by experts dedicated to helping you grow as a creator and communicator.

Modern tools for digital storytelling.
Produce and edit your work using the Jandoli School’s state-of-the-art studios, video labs and creative collaboration spaces.

Bona alumni as your magnetic force forward.
St. Bonaventure alumni include Pulitzer Prize winners and Emmy, Sports Emmy, duPont-Columbia, Edward R. Murrow, George Polk and Peabody award honorees, plus a National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame inductee, a three-time National Sportswriter of the Year and a three-time New York Sportswriter of the Year.

Internships equip you to meet a fast-evolving marketplace.

The creator economy is surging: full-time digital creator jobs in the U.S. soared from approximately 200,000 in 2020 to 1.5 million in 2024 — a 7.5 × increase — according to a recent report by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and Harvard Business School.

As content creation and visual storytelling become central across industries, this program positions you directly for that growth.

In our BA in Content Creation, you will complete 400 hours of internship experience — a requirement consistent across all majors in the Jandoli School. The school’s dedicated internship coordinator will guide you in securing meaningful placements both on campus and off. Meanwhile, you’ll also gain hands-on opportunities through our many campus media outlets.

Learn more about Jandoli School internship requirements.
Learn about opportunities with campus media.

Program Information

Bachelor of Arts in Content Creation

Bachelor of Arts in Content Creation

Required Courses 38 credits
Major Electives 6 credits
TOTAL in the major: 44 credits

Out of Major Requirements:
Foreign Language* 3 credits

Gen. Ed. Requirements 37 credits

General Electives 36 credits
TOTAL: 120 credits

*The foreign language must be at the 202 level and may be modern or classical (Latin). Students not prepared to begin at this level will need to take additional courses. Those additional courses will count as general electives.

**The Jandoli School of Communication requires MATH 107 or MATH 135 to satisfy the University’s Quantitative Literacy General Education Requirement.

NOTE: Students must complete internship requirements totaling 400 hours either on- or off-campus under the guidance of the Jandoli School internship coordinator. Transfer students must complete 100 hours for each year they are on campus.

Required major courses
JMC-101 COMMUNICATION TODAY
JMC-110 PROFESSIONAL WRITING I
JMC-111 PROFESSIONAL WRITING II
SC-220 DIGITAL CONTENT & ENGAGEMENT
JMC-245 VIDEO STORYTELLING
JMC-251 INTRO TO GRAPHIC DESIGN
JMC-261 PHOTO STORYTELLING
JMC-300 MEDIA LAW AND ETHICS
SC-303 DIGITAL MARKETING
SC-304 SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY & ENGAGEMENT
JMC-400 ETHICS, EQUITY AND EMPATHY IN PRACTICE
SC-470 ADVANCED DIGITAL CONTENT CREATION
JMC-499 COMPREHENSIVE EXPERIENCE (2 credits)
38 credits

Video Courses
Choose two from the following:
JMC-340 BROADCAST REPORTING
JMC-343 FIELD PRODUCTION
JMC-344 STUDIO PRODUCTION
JMC-345 ON-AIR ANNOUNCING
JMC-348 MOBILE JOURNALISM
JMC-442 POST PRODUCTION
JMC-445 DOCUMENTARY
6 credits

Communication minor

Requirements for a Communication minor

Learning objectives

About the Jandoli School

WKBW’s Specht honored with prestigious duPont Award for reporting on diocese scandal

Dec 11, 2019, 12:15 by Tim Geiger

St. Bonaventure alumnus Charlie Specht, Class of 2010, was honored today with a 2020 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for his investigative reporting into the sex abuse scandal in the Diocese of Buffalo.

Specht’s reporting over the last year on the mishandling of the crisis ultimately led to last week’s resignation of Buffalo Bishop Richard Malone. Specht is the chief investigative reporter at WKBW-TV, the ABC affiliate in Buffalo.

Columbia’s announcement lauded Specht’s reporting: “The searing compilation of investigative reports took clergy sex abuse and cover-up by the Catholic Church, and revealed hidden, long-standing problems within the diocese in Buffalo.”

On Twitter, Specht lauded those who came forward to give credence to his reporting.

“Thank you to the survivors and also to Siobhan O’Connor and Fr. Ryszard Biernat, two devout Catholics who gave up their careers and so much more to expose truth in the Buffalo Diocese. This is a tribute to you,” he wrote.

The Alfred I duPont-Columbia Award is considered the Pulitzer Prize of broadcast journalism, said St. Bonaventure’s Aaron Chimbel, dean of the Jandoli School of Communication.

“Charlie’s work represents the best ideals of the Jandoli School and its founder, Dr. Russell Jandoli,” Chimbel said. “This dogged, important reporting and willingness to confront a powerful institution and leader shows why thoughtful journalism is so important.”

Columbia Journalism School announced the 16 winners, who will be awarded their Silver Batons at Low Memorial Library at the university on Tuesday, Jan. 21, in a ceremony hosted by CNN’s Christiane Amanpour and Michael Barbaro, host of the New York Times podcast, The Daily.

The Alfred I duPont-Columbia Awards uphold the highest standards in journalism by honoring winners annually, informing the public about those journalists’ contributions and supporting journalism education and innovation, thereby cultivating a collective spirit for the profession.

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