University of Montana School of Journalism

The University of Montana School of Journalism is located at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana, and is one of the oldest accredited journalism programs in the United States.HistoryFounded in 1914 with eight students, the school originally operated out of a number of army surplus tents on the university grounds, then moved to a bicycle shed before finally settling in a newly built wooden building. The next journalism building was completed in 1936. In June 2007, the journalism program relocated again to the newly constructed Don Anderson Hall.StudiesThe j-school offers both undergraduate and graduate level studies in five main areas: print reporting and editingbroadcast reporting and editingphotojournalismRadio-TV productionMaster's in Environmental Science and Natural Resource Journalism The program is accredited and is in partnership with the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.