Digital Storytelling Graduate Certificate (Online)

The Digital Storytelling Graduate Certificate equips you with the journalistic foundation and digital production skills to craft and distribute compelling narratives across today’s media landscape, including video, audio, photography, and interactive formats.

Designed for professionals seeking to deepen their storytelling capabilities, this fully online certificate gives you the flexibility to build expertise on your schedule — with a curriculum that bridges core journalism practice and digital communication.

Through the Digital Storytelling Graduate Certificate, you’ll learn to:

• Apply fundamental journalism skills, including interviewing, reporting, and narrative development.
• Produce digital content using video, audio, photography, and visualization tools.
• Develop and distribute stories across platforms such as social media, podcasts, and multimedia channels.
• Analyze trends in digital storytelling, including branding, freelancing, and media innovation.
• Create engaging narratives using a range of digital formats and interactive techniques.

Demand for professionals who can create and distribute compelling digital content continues to grow as organizations invest in multimedia storytelling across platforms. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects steady growth in media and communication occupations, reflecting the increasing importance of digital storytelling, content creation, and audience engagement in today’s media landscape.

The Digital Storytelling Graduate Certificate includes four online courses:

• 2 journalism courses
• 2 digital communication courses

Selecting courses. Multiple course options are available during fall, spring, and summer terms. Offerings vary by term. Explore current options in the DCE Course Search & Registration platform.

Stackable credentials allow you to earn multiple credentials by completing courses that meet overlapping requirements.

If you pursue a master’s degree in one of the following fields, you can earn this graduate certificate along the way by completing courses that fulfill both certificate and degree requirements.

• Master’s degree in journalism
• Master’s degree in museum studies

This approach allows you to develop storytelling and media production skills while making measurable progress toward your graduate degree.

Learn how to plan a stackable credential pathway.

If you take two courses per semester, you can complete your certificate in 8 months. If you prefer a more flexible pace, you have up to three years to finish.

There is no formal application required. You simply register for each course.

To meet the requirements for the certificate:

• Complete the four certificate courses for graduate credit.
• Earn at least a B grade in each course.
• Complete all courses within three years of starting your first eligible certificate course.

Learn more about pursuing a certificate and the process of requesting your certificate.