St. Bonaventure University
Jandoli School of Communication
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An ACEJMC accredited program
The Jandoli School is one of just 16 private university journalism and mass communication programs in the United States accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.This accreditation, based on such standards as curriculum and instruction, faculty, scholarship, facilities, student services and cultural proficiency, is outside evidence of the strength of our programs and recognition of the work we have been doing for more than 75 years.
8 'working' majors for undergraduate students
The hallmark of our undergraduate programs is experiential learning. Each major requires 400 hours of internships.
- ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
Learn how organizations build trust, shape their reputation and connect with audiences through strategic communication. Students explore branding, media planning, public relations, digital marketing and campaign development while gaining real-world experience that prepares them for careers across the communications industry. - BROADCAST JOURNALISM
Develop the skills to report, produce and deliver compelling stories across television, streaming and digital platforms. Students gain hands-on experience covering news, conducting interviews and creating multimedia content while learning how journalism continues to evolve in a rapidly changing media landscape. - COMMUNICATION, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ADVOCACY
Discover how communication can inspire meaningful change within communities and organizations. This program examines the role of advocacy, public engagement and ethical leadership while preparing students to work with nonprofit organizations, community groups, government agencies and mission driven initiatives. - CONTENT CREATION
Bring ideas to life through engaging digital content designed for today's audiences. Students combine storytelling, visual communication, multimedia production and social media strategy to create content that informs, entertains and connects across a wide variety of platforms. - JOURNALISM
Learn how to research, report and tell stories that inform the public with accuracy and integrity. Students strengthen their interviewing, writing and multimedia reporting skills while exploring the important role journalists play in serving communities and promoting informed decision making. - MEDIA STUDIES
Examine the influence of media on culture, politics, business and everyday life through an interdisciplinary curriculum. Students analyze emerging technologies, media trends and audience behavior while tailoring coursework to match their individual academic and career interests. - SPORTS MEDIA
Turn your passion for sports into professional communication skills by exploring sports broadcasting, reporting, storytelling and digital media. Students gain experience covering athletic events and producing sports focused content while preparing for opportunities throughout the sports industry. - VIDEO PRODUCTION
Transform creative concepts into professional visual stories using industry standard production techniques. Students develop skills in directing, filming, editing and post production while creating video content for entertainment, marketing, education, corporate communications and digital media.
Elevate your passion
Anthony DaSilva, '25, a Broadcast Journalism major in the Jandoli School of Communication, elevated his passion for storytelling at the Chautauqua Institution.
3 fully online graduate programs
- MASTER'S IN MARKETING COMMUNICATION
Master the art of strategic storytelling and creative thinking while demonstrating strength in strategic planning and campaign analysis. Specialize in content marketing or integrated marketing communication.
- MASTER'S IN DIGITAL JOURNALISM
This program prepares you to be competitive in today's modern news landscape by equipping you with the skills to develop original stories for traditional and digital media, based on the highest journalistic standards. You will learn to connect with audiences on a wide range of platforms by incorporating photography, video, design and audio. Students take part in Master Class sessions with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and accomplished Jandoli School alums.
- MASTER'S IN SPORTS JOURNALISM
Learn the skills necessary to become a modern-day sports journalist, combining traditional news reporting with a wide variety of digital competencies, including social media and storytelling, podcasts, and mobile experiences. Students take part in Master Class sessions with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and accomplished Jandoli School alums.
Early assurance programs
Qualified high school seniors can earn guaranteed placement, as incoming freshmen, in one of two master's degree programs.
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Early Assurance Journalism
Qualified high school seniors are guaranteed placement in either of two online graduate programs:- M.A. in Digital Journalism
- M.A. in Sports Journalism
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Early Assurance Marketing Communication
Qualified high school seniors are guaranteed placement in our M.A. in Marketing Communication program.
It's your game plan
We provide the instruction, mentoring and opportunity, you carry the ball from there. Our students demonstrate time and time again that they have the talent and tenacity to succeed.
Our grads are skilled, knowledgeable, in demand
Above all, our students learn to write well, the foundation on which every successful communication career is built.
As a student in the Jandoli School, you will learn how to gather, analyze and communicate information, skills valued by virtually every occupation. We teach these skills within the context of a broad liberal arts background, and, in keeping with our Franciscan tradition, we pride ourselves in weaving ethics into each of our courses.
It's no surprise, then, that our graduates work in a variety of professions: journalism, public relations, advertising, sports media, broadcasting, corporate communications, law, government and more. Our professors have hundreds of years of experience in these areas and others.
It's no surprise, then, that our graduates work in a variety of professions: journalism, public relations, advertising, sports media, broadcasting, corporate communications, law, government and more. Our professors have hundreds of years of experience in these areas and others.
Experiential learning: Put your education to work
From a 400-hour internship requirement for all Jandoli School majors, to numerous opportunities to work in campus media, to a course in which students serve as a marketing communications consultancy with real local business clients, experiential learning has long been a hallmark of a communications degree from St. Bonaventure.Students run a highly ranked campus radio station, publish weekly print and daily online newspapers, broadcast a weekly news program, cover SBU athletics on campus, and publish the oldest consecutively published student literary magazine in the country.
A record of accomplishment
New York Times columnist Dan Barry (right), a 1980 SBU graduate, says every time he sits down to write, one of his former SBU professors has his ear, "urging me to find a better word ... to seek the electricity that can be sparked by language."Our graduates work in a variety of professions and have won many of journalism's highest honors. In addition to five Pulitzer Prize winners, we have duPont, Peabody, Emmy, Sports Emmy and Edward R. Murrow award winners, a National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame inductee, and National and New York Sportswriter of the Year winners.
We have more winners than any other school in the Jim Murray Memorial Foundation Scholarship essay contest, which invites participation from only the strongest journalism programs in the nation.
A degree from the Jandoli School of Communication means not only that you have learned from the best, but that you're prepared to claim your spot among them.
About the Jandoli School of Communication
Meet Aaron Chimbel, dean of the Jandoli School, and read about our mission, our learning objectives, and our promise to our majors.Plus, learn about:
- Innovation: The Jandoli School digital magazine
- Jandoli School scholarships, events and awards, including the prestigious Mark Hellinger and Woman of Promise awards
- The Jandoli Institute, created in 2019 to explore today's media landscape in an effort to help ensure that media continues to play a constructive role in our nation's democracy
Siena/SBU Annual Sports Fanship Survey
St. Bonaventure University’s Jandoli School of Communication and the Siena College Research Institute again teamed up to conduct the popular “American Sports Fanship Survey.” Findings from the three-topic nationwide survey were released earlier this year. Each title below links to its full report.
March Madness – March 16
Sports Betting – April 13
Sports Fanship and Issues in Sport – April 20
SBU panel explores AI, human dignity and the pursuit of truth
Nov 4, 2026 | What does Pope Leo XIV have to say about artificial intelligence, and how can his insights help inform a St. Bonaventure education? These and other questions took center stage at a panel of students and professors on Wednesday, Oct. 21.
SBU introduces new Certificate in Investigative Reporting
Oct 23, 2026 | The Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University is introducing a new undergraduate Certificate in Investigative Reporting for students who want to develop advanced skills in deeply reported journalism.
SBU ranks No. 15 among nation’s best Catholic colleges
Oct 14, 2026 | St. Bonaventure University has been named one of the nation’s leading Catholic institutions, ranking No. 15 in Niche’s 2027 Best Catholic Colleges in America list and No. 2 among Catholic colleges in New York.
Contact Us
Aaron Chimbel
Dean, Jandoli School of Communication
Professor of Journalism
Plassmann Hall - Dean Suite 124
Ashley Childs
Administrative Assistant to the Dean
Jandoli School of Communication
Plassmann Hall - Dean Suite 124