Top U.S. Investigative Journalism Schools

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1. University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
2. University of Georgia, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications
3. University of Missouri, Missouri School of Journalism
4. Syracuse University, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
5. St. Bonaventure, The Russell J. Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass Communication
6. Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism
7. Northwestern University, Medill
8. UNC-Chapel Hill, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
9. Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University
10. The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
11. Arizona State University, The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
12. University of Florida, College of Journalism and Communications
13. University of Maryland, Philip Merrill College of Journalism
14. Ohio University, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism
15. University of Oklahoma, Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communications
16. University of Wisconsin, School of Journalism & Mass Communication
17. George Washington University, School of Media and Public Affairs
18. Middle Tennessee State University, School of Journalism
19. University of Houston, Jack J. Valenti School of Communication
20. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, College of Journalism and Mass Communication
21. University of Southern California, USC Annenberg School for Communication
22. Washington State University, Edward R. Murrow College of Communication
23. University of Kentucky, School of Journalism and Telecommunications
24. Iowa State University, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication
25. Ball State University, Department of Journalism

This is according to Jeremy Porter of Journalistics.com, an awesome blog on journalism and public relations issues. Check it out here.

Here are my additions (with a brief annotation) for journalists interested in an early exposure to real world stories and hard core investigative journalism skills of the sort it takes to make it in tough reporting environments in Africa.

1. Brandeis University, Schuster Institute of Investigative Journalism 

Brandeis does a lot of work with veteran journalists focusing on human trafficking and modern slavery. They also have an Innocence Project, under which journalists probe the judicial system for wrongful conviction cases. One of their latest stories appeared in the Boston Globe here.