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Top 10 Reasons to Join the CCOM community<\/h2>\n

Of course, there are many more reasons to join our robust community of creative artists, communicators and scholars, but here is a fun Top 10 list!<\/p>\n

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  1. Dynamic, interdisciplinary majors.\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. A diverse group of students and faculty who will challenge you to be your best.<\/li>\n
  3. Opportunities at WMSC Radio<\/a>, The Montclarion<\/a> newspaper, Hawk Communications<\/a> PR and Strategic Communications Agency,\u00a0the Red Hawk Sports Network<\/a>, Hawk+<\/a> Digital Streaming Network, News Lab<\/a>, and the Center for Cooperative Media<\/a>, which serves the public by working to grow and strengthen local journalism.<\/li>\n
  4. Student organizations such as our Public Relations Student Society of America<\/a> (PRSSA) and Society of Professional Journalists<\/a> chapters.<\/li>\n
  5. Participation in industry conferences and competitions, such as PRSSA’s Bateman Competition<\/a>\u00a0and Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  6. Guest speakers at The Film Institute at 麻豆传媒在线.<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Internships at TV studios, Fortune 500 companies, advertising and PR agencies, sports teams and many more.<\/li>\n
  8. Developing an “e-Portfolio” and resume through our Career Services team<\/a> for self-assessment and job search.<\/li>\n
  9. Participate in special programs such as our partnership with NBCUAcademy<\/a> and hands-on learning experiences in news gathering and reporting<\/a> over spring or summer break.<\/li>\n
  10. Coursework and hands-on learning in facilities and classrooms that are second to none.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Top 10 Reasons to Join the CCOM community Of course, there are many more reasons to join our robust community of creative artists, communicators and scholars, but here is a fun Top 10 list! Dynamic, interdisciplinary majors.\u00a0 A diverse group of students and faculty who will challenge you to be your best. Opportunities at WMSC […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":209466,"parent":0,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211360,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/211360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}