Well, heck, Void, if you're here in Texas, you should go to UT-Austin where I went. Excellent school. Good writing programs of all kinds. But there are plenty of good ones in other areas, too. The University of North Texas in Denton has a great journalism program and a good creative writing program in its English department, too. U of Houston is good. UT-Arlington. As a Texas Ex, I can't in good conscience recommend anyone go to Texas A & M, but there are people who believe it's a good school. (It's better for sciences than liberal arts.)

As far as ethics and politics go, sure, they cover that stuff when you're studying journalism. But so many reporters and magazine or Web journalists cover general news, features and human-interest stories that political reporting/writing is just one comparatively small area. There's much more to journalism than political news, which is a good thing, if you ask me. I never was interested in covering politics. Take some writing classes and see what you think. And don't be surprised if your initial impression is that writing's not your "thing" after all. The truth is, the fun lies in having written, not in the actual writing process itself, which can be a brain-draining hassle. But once you've finished something and published it or seen it in print, that's a cool feeling.

Above all, if you want to be a writer, the best thing in the world you can do is read, read, read, which you may already do. Reading helps shape your style and stoke your verbal furnace. Helps you see the difference between good writers and bad ones. Helps you generate ideas for your own stories. OK, I'll shut up now.