The bachelor of arts degree in journalism offered by the Brooklyn College Department of English provides superb professional preparation. Intensive training is given in the techniques of news gathering, writing, and editing. Students also consider the issues confronting reporters - the ethics of journalism, the limits of objectivity, and libel law among others - and learn the history of journalism. Classroom study is combined with practical experience alongside the working press. In the News Lab, students with Brooklyn News Service credentials apply the lessons they have learned in the classroom to the practice of journalism, covering stories in the City of New York, the media capital of the world. Teaching these courses are former newspaper reporters and editors with long experience covering the arenas of news making, from the streets and neighborhoods of New York City to the courtrooms and to the corridors of political power. The focus on the fundamentals of journalism is complemented by the requirement of 12 credits in another field of study, which deepens the student's knowledge in a news-related subject area.