News directors were asked to name the college program they considered tops in preparing students for careers in television news. Missouri and WSU are the only two schools named among the top ten in similar surveys conducted in 1976 and 1984. WSU moved up a notch from fifth to fourth place. Others in the top 10 were Syracuse, Brigham Young, Ohio University, Columbia, Bowling Green and Texas. A lot of the credit goes to the faculty and particularly Glenn Johnson, who directs our broadcast news sequence.
Students get professional experience while attending classes.
Broadcasting is the largest program within the Murrow school, with 200 students majoring in the sequence.