Publish from day one
Mustang Media Group is staffed and run by students, and its managers hire every semester.
Mustang Media Group
It’s one award-winning program, but there are many ways to get involved. From the broadcast studio to the website, many students work for more than one platform before they graduate.
Mustang News
Cal Poly’s award-winning newspaper publishes monthly and offers opportunities to report in-depth on stories, edit copy, shoot photos and design layouts.
MustangNews.net
Having a fully integrated platform for news, arts, sports and opinion means you are never limited to one format. A story might be written, photographed, recorded or visualized. And deciding which approach it needs is part of the job. You also see how audiences respond in real time, a skill in itself.
Mustang News Television
An on-campus broadcast lab producing two live 15-minute newscast every week. You rotate through every role: producing, anchoring, reporting, shooting, editing and the control room. It is also the backbone of the Advanced Broadcast Journalism Practicum course. Live television teaches faster than any classroom assignment can.
Mustang News Public Relations
MNPR is a student-managed public relations firm that works with real clients, budgets and deadlines. Students develop strategy, conduct research, execute campaigns and evaluate the results. Run through the public relations senior project course, the capstone experience results in a campaign delivered for a real client.
KCPR 91.3 FM
KCPR is an FCC-licensed station that broadcasts 24 hours a day across San Luis Obispo County and streams at kcpr.org. Students program the music and produce daily newscasts, all while learning about announcing and reporting in associated courses.
Clubs
PRSSA
Our chapter has run since 2006, bringing working communicators in for workshops and sending members to national conferences. The real value is the network: PRSSA is where you could potentially meet the person who refers you for your first job. The club is open to anyone, not just public relations students.
Journalists of Color Club
The Journalists of Color club is open to every major and every background. The club aims to create community and support for journalists of color at Cal Poly.
Experience it Live
We provide tours of the Journalism Department—both virtually and in person. One-on-one meetings are led by current students and faculty members who are excited to tell you all about Cal Poly's Journalism Program.