Ohio University E.W. Scripps School of Journalism

Degrees offered

The school, part of the Scripps College of Communication, offers undergraduate journalism degrees and a Ph.D. program in which doctoral students serve as instructor of record for a course each term rather than as teaching assistants.

Programs and emphasis

The school has attracted more than $54 million in grants, awards, and investments, and houses the Institute for International Journalism, which administers the John R. Wilhelm foreign correspondence program that has placed more than 250 students in international internships across 30 countries since 1970. The Scripps Survey Research Center, co-founded by Distinguished Professor Guido Stempel and Thomas K. Hargrove, distributes student-conducted public opinion polling results worldwide.

History

Raymond Slutz offered Ohio University's first journalism courses in the English department in 1923; George Starr Lasher was hired as director of the new Department of Journalism in 1924. In 1982, a $1.5 million endowment from the Scripps Howard Foundation led to the school's renaming as the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. The school moved into the renovated Scripps Hall in 1986 and relocated again in 2013 to the Schoonover Center for Communication.

Key faculty and leadership

Hans Meyer: Director since June 2025, previously the school's assistant director for undergraduate studies.
Eddith Dashiell: Director from approximately 2020 to 2025, the first woman and first African American to hold the position, inducted into the Ohio Communication Hall of Fame in March 2025.

Location and contact info

Address
Schoonover Center 200
20 E. Union St.
Athens, OH 45701
Phone
740.593.2590
Website
https://www.ohio.edu/scripps-college/journalism