Journalism – BA (Honours)
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At a glance
Learn from award-winning journalists with a wealth of experience and strong links with the industry on this practical journalism course. You build core skills gathering and presenting information to a professional standard before specialising in two out of three distinct pathways – print journalism, magazine journalism and broadcast journalism. We also focus on digital technologies ensuring you can understand and use the latest journalism tools.
Key Points
• Learn from award-winning journalists with a wealth of experience and strong links with the industry.• Choose between two out of three journalism pathways – print, magazine and broadcast journalism, all complemented by online …
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At a glance
Learn from award-winning journalists with a wealth of experience and strong links with the industry on this practical journalism course. You build core skills gathering and presenting information to a professional standard before specialising in two out of three distinct pathways – print journalism, magazine journalism and broadcast journalism. We also focus on digital technologies ensuring you can understand and use the latest journalism tools.
Key Points
• Learn from award-winning journalists with a wealth of experience
and strong links with the industry.• Choose between two out
of three journalism pathways – print, magazine and broadcast
journalism, all complemented by online skills.• Gain
practical experience through professional work tasks, such as
creating a live online newspaper.• Previous students have
worked at the London Olympics in 2012, the Beijing Olympics and the
Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
What is journalism?
Journalism has been called ‘the first draft of history’ and in
broad terms it is the collection and broadcast of news and current
affairs to an audience. There are many types of journalism but
increasingly journalists are multi-skilled professionals working
across a range of media platforms – print, online and
broadcast.
Whether you regard journalism as a trade or profession it is a varied, ever-changing and rewarding career for anyone with a talent for writing and breaking the news.
This course
During the course you learn how to gather, organise, write and present information to a professional standard across a variety of platforms such as print, magazines, online, radio and TV. You are also introduced to specialist areas of expertise needed by journalists working in areas such as sport, travel writing, investigative and consumer journalism.
We are pioneers in teaching digital journalism and place great emphasis on encouraging students to utilise new technology as a tool for news gathering, and on developing skills like blogging and social media.
Our students create their own online newspapers and magazines and publish live to the public in the third year of the course, utilising the latest social networking tools to reach their audiences.
The course is delivered by a team of award-winning journalists with extensive newsroom experience and a strong commitment to practical journalism teaching. Our teaching team include journalists with both recent and current experience working for BBC News, BBC Radio 4, ITV regional news, Radio 5 Live, Yorkshire Post and Sheffield Star. This enhances our ability to offer work experience opportunities for our students.
Our students have gained professional experience working at the London Olympics in 2012, the Beijing Olympics and the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.We also have a guest speaker programme that has included visitors from Sky News, the political editor from The Independent, and a former News of the World journalist, as well as editors and writers from some of the UK’s best-selling consumer, business-to-business and customer magazines.
Alongside practical skills, the course also examines the ethical, legal and regulatory context in which journalism is practised. Theoretical content deepens your understanding and critical awareness of on-going debates about the economic and political role played by journalists and news organisations in modern societies.
We work closely with the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) and the Periodicals Training Council (PTC) to ensure a strong vocational focus on the core personal, practical and professional skills required for a career in journalism. These include the ability to write fluently and clearly in plain English, shorthand, applied media law, knowledge of the political process and the ability to use the latest digital technology to communicate successfully.
The course is a member of the Association of Journalism Educators (AJE). This ensures our teaching team are at the cutting edge of the latest developments in best practice for a rapidly changing industry.
Print pathway
The print pathway develops the skills to operate effectively as a
news journalist. This means learning how to identify what makes a
good news story, how to conduct an effective interview and how to
work to strict deadlines to produce a tightly written news
story.
Magazine pathway
The magazine pathway develops the skills needed to work in the
magazine industry. These include how to source and write lively and
creative features, edit copy and write attention-grabbing headlines
and coverlines, and how to design and layout out your magazine.
Broadcast pathway
The broadcast pathway focuses on developing your radio and TV
broadcasting skills. You produce radio and TV packages in a
dedicated TV/radio studio and two dedicated newsrooms.
Key areas of study
Key areas include • print • broadcast • digital journalism •
writing and presentation skills • professional practice • ethical,
legal and regulatory context.
NCTJ Diploma
This course enables you to sit the NCTJ Diploma exams as an
optional extra if you wish to pursue a career in news
reporting.
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