The Crest
The Crest is the student-run news outlet for the university. It is a national leader in all-digital college journalism and winner of a National Online Pacemaker Award.
Agents for change
Department of Emerging Media
Evolving with Technology
The Department of Emerging Media at the University of St. Thomas prepares students to respond to a rapidly changing media environment. The department places an emphasis on good writing and storytelling, while recognizing that technology continuously impacts how we interact in the workplace and in our daily lives.
Today it is increasingly important that we keep learning as technology evolves. Whether producing an interactive story, developing a social media marketing campaign, or creating audio-visual content, you will learn from instructors who are well-versed in the latest industry trends and techniques. While contemporary storytelling often relies on technology, it is equally important to understand the theoretical and ethical considerations of digital media arts, journalism and strategic communication.
Emerging Media Degrees Prepare You for a Changing Future
Through technique, inspiration, and maker initiative, the Digital Media Arts program offers classes in audio, visual, and interactive media. The Journalism program emphasizes responsible story-telling in a wide range of media. The Strategic Communication program is designed for professional training in advertising, public relations and digital communication under an integrated approach.
Related Programs
Our majors and minors pair well with a number of others at the university.
Department Highlights
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Pulitzer Prize Winners
We have two alumni who have won the Pulitzer Prize in the last five years: Jeremy Olson ’94 and Art Cullen ’79.
Scholarships
We award scholarships for incoming first-year students, as well as current students with a declared major in either journalism, digital media arts or strategic communication.
Application deadline for incoming students: March 6, 2025
ThreeSixty Journalism
ThreeSixty Journalism uses the principles of writing and reporting to empower diverse high school students to share and amplify their stories, to help create a more inclusive worldview for all.
A Loudspeaker for Underheard Voices
ThreeSixty Journalism is leading the way in developing multicultural storytellers in the media arts industry. Our program is a loudspeaker for underheard voices, where highly motivated students discovered the power of voice and develop their own within ThreeSixty's immersive college success programming. Each year, ThreeSixty Journalism awards one of its students a four-year, full-tuition scholarship to study emerging media at St. Thomas.
Ayo Olagbaju, ThreeSixty Alumna
"I will never forget the way the ThreeSixty Journalism program helped me find and refine my voice as a young Black woman and a developing writer."
Zekriah Chaudhry, 2018 ThreeSixty Scholar
Zekriah Chaudhry spent a full semester studying abroad in the Rome Empower Program and traveling in Europe. He has interned at Pioneer Press and Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, and reported for TommieMedia.
Lujain Al-Khawi, ThreeSixty Alumna
"ThreeSixty was a big part of why I obtained my past and current jobs. My ThreeSixty experience continues to open so many doors for me."
Faculty
Our faculty are active scholars that are eager to engage with you inside and outside of the classroom. Here is what a few have been up to lately.
Dr. Peter Gregg
Dr. Gregg is an award-winning researcher and media producer. His scholarship focuses on the formation of attitudes and beliefs via media consumption, including prejudice and stereotyping, media literacy and appeals to tradition in baseball.
Dr. Peter Gregg
Dr. April Eichmeier
Dr. Eichmeier blends practical communication experience, earned while working in marketing communications for more than a decade, with theoretical perspectives from science communication, political communication and quantitative methods.
Dr. April Eichmeier
Greg Vandegrift
Greg Vandegrift loves teaching journalism. He joined St. Thomas in 2008, bringing 25 years of award-winning reporting to the classroom, and he still freelances to keep curriculum current. Greg teaches the multimedia reporting classes and is an adviser for the student-run media organization, The Crest.
Greg Vandegrift
Contact us
Have questions about our programs? We’d love to hear from you.
Tel: (651)-962-5250
Email: emedia@stthomas.edu
Mailing Address
Department of Emerging Media
SCC 209
2115 Summit Ave
St. Paul, MN 55105
Campus Location
The department of Emerging Media is located on the second floor of the Schoenecker Center (SCC), room 209.