Recent News
'Alexa, play KCPR.'
May 7, 2019
After KCPR’s 50th anniversary in fall of 2018, the student-run radio station experienced some exciting changes, making the station’s content more accessible and diverse than ever before.
Support Quality Journalism
May 7, 2019
Now, more than ever, teaching a new generation of journalists is important work. It’s a mission we embrace at Cal Poly. Our Learn by Doing approach empowers graduates to tackle the challenges increasingly faced by the profession. Through their experiences here, students learn to uphold values like accuracy, impartiality and humanity, while they master the latest storytelling technologies.
Department Advisory Board Welcomes Five New Members
May 7, 2019
Learn more about the five new members of the Journalism Advisory Board.
Alumni Updates
May 7, 2019
Check out the latest accomplishments, awards and news from Journalism Department alumni.
Cal Poly Student Media Wins 46 Awards
Mar 6, 2019
SAN LUIS OBISPO — Every platform of Mustang Media Group, the Cal Poly Journalism Department’s student-run media organization, received national recognition last weekend from three of college media’s most distinguished organizations—California College Media Association (CCMA), Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) and College Media Business and Advertising Managers (CMBAM).
Scholarship in memory of Cal Poly student Jordan Grant awarded to two journalism students
Dec 12, 2018
(From left to right: Lucas clark, becky grant, james grant, cassandra garibay, aidan mcgloin, and aja goare | photo by yasel hurtado)
The family of Cal Poly student Jordan Grant have funded two $5,000 journalism scholarships in his honor. Jordan was a first-year Cal Poly computer engineering student who was killed October 7, 2018, in a motorcycle crash on Highway 101.
Cal Poly’s Mustang Media Group Wins 17 National College Media Awards
Dec 3, 2018
SAN LUIS OBISPO — Mustang Media Group, the Cal Poly Journalism Department’s student-run media organization, received national recognition last month from two of college media’s most distinguished organizations — Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) and College Media Association (CMA).
Join Our Campaign
Nov 19, 2018
The Centennial Campaign is about making it possible for students to thrive — and lead — in a rapidly changing media world. At its core is the Journalism Endowment, a grassroots fund supported by individual contributions.
New Scholarships and Awards in Journalism Department
Nov 19, 2018
The Journalism Department awarded two new scholarships and an award in 2018, thanks to the generosity of our alumni and friends.
Patti Piburn Returns to Journalism Department
Nov 19, 2018
Patti Piburn has returned to the Journalism Department as the adviser to Cal Poly’s student-run radio station, KCPR. She had previously worked as KCPR adviser and a full-time lecturer for the department before taking a two-year leave of absence from Cal Poly to work on her doctorate at the Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Arizona State University.