The School of Journalism & Media Studies at San Diego State University has opened a state-of-the-art digital media lab for its students.

The new learning space is part of the School’s strategic initiative to further both the School’s and the University’s reputation as the region’s leading innovator in digital and social media education and training. (more…)

Platinum Equity Group, former owner of The San Diego Union-Tribune, has donated $300,000 to SDSU’s School of Journalism & Media Studies. The gift will create the Platinum Project in Digital News Literacy and will help support instruction in digital and social media for undergraduate SDSU students and for professionals in the community.

The Platinum Project will help address the critical need to enhance digital media literacy among media professionals, audiences and students. (more…)

The School of Journalism & Media Studies is now offering JMS students a full range of elective, one-unit courses in digital and social media skills. Up to three units of these courses may count toward your major.

By collaborating with the SDSU College of Extended Studies, the School is offering the courses for an additional fee to matriculated JMS students, who register through a special process. (more…)

San Diego State University recently announced the launch of the SDSU Digital and Social Media Collaborative, a unique joint effort to foster a multimedia-savvy work force in the San Diego region.

The collaborative is the collective brainchild of three campus units: the College of Extended Studies, the School of Journalism & Media Studies, and the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts. It has been designed to expand upon academic, professional and community services provided through the university’s highly successful digital media certificate program, now entering its fifth semester. (more…)