BA (Hons) Multimedia Journalism (Full Time)

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BA (Hons) Multimedia Journalism (Full Time)

Southampton Solent University
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The Multimedia Journalism degree at Southampton Solent University trains you in all areas of multi-platform journalism, enabling you to produce stories for the web, print and broadcast media. The emphasis is on your practical skills, writing stories, recording and editing interviews – being a journalist from day one.

Journalism is about telling stories, but it is also about changing the world around you. The skills on this course are underpinned by current multimedia theory and critical analysis, so when adapting your practical skills you are able to produce relevant professional content in a deadline-driven environment and build your reputation as a journalist.

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The Multimedia Journalism degree at Southampton Solent University trains you in all areas of multi-platform journalism, enabling you to produce stories for the web, print and broadcast media. The emphasis is on your practical skills, writing stories, recording and editing interviews – being a journalist from day one.

Journalism is about telling stories, but it is also about changing the world around you. The skills on this course are underpinned by current multimedia theory and critical analysis, so when adapting your practical skills you are able to produce relevant professional content in a deadline-driven environment and build your reputation as a journalist.

Students on this degree are also fully prepared to undertake the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) preliminary examinations, giving added professional recognition to your studies.

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Industrial focus

Benefiting from strong regional and national media links, your progress and development as a working journalist are enhanced by real live briefs from industry and publishing assignments to ensure that the skills you are learning and using are relevant and meet industry demand.Solent Creatives, our professional agency at Southampton Solent University, gives you the opportunity to realise your potential. Working on live journalism projects breeds confidence, builds your portfolio and makes you even more employable.

Students on this course can go straight into employment as journalists in the regional and national press, local, national and international broadcasters and digital radio stations. The skills you learn can also lead to a wide range of career options involving production, editing and writing.

Course content

Year 1

Six core units:

  • The Write Approach
  • Introduction to Audio
  • Creating the Thinking Journalist
  • Writing Development
  • Introduction to Photography and Video
  • Law and Ethics.

Year 2

Four core units and four option units:

  • Producing the Package
  • Who’s the Boss
  • Sub-Editing and CMS
  • From Concept to Commission.

Options:

  • Photography Practice
  • Persuasion and Propaganda
  • Layout and Design
  • Making Magazines
  • Fashion in Film and Fiction
  • Global Affairs
  • The Body, the Magazine and Difference
  • Fashion and Visual Merchandising
  • Work Placement
  • Health Journalism
  • Education Journalism
  • Magazine Production
  • Music and Society
  • Styling
  • Presenting Skills
  • Lifestyle Journalism
  • Introduction to Fashion and Styling
  • Music Journalism.

Year 3

Three core units and two option units:

  • Major Project: Multimedia Package
  • Multimedia Logic
  • The Convergence Toolkit.

Options:

  • Fashion and Editorial Styling
  • Digital Photography
  • Reporting Politics
  • Fashion and Difference
  • Buying, Forecasting and Trend Analysis
  • The Fame Game
  • Life as a Freelance
  • The Title Race
  • Advanced Visual Merchandising
  • Advanced Technology
  • Key Characters in Journalism
  • Science and Technology Journalism
  • Journalism in Film
  • Business Journalism
  • Travel Journalism
  • Changing the World
  • Writing the Criticism
  • Investigative Journalism
  • Fashion and Styling
  • Creative Entrepreneurial/Freelance Practice.

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Why choose Solent?

Modern-day journalism needs multi-skilled journalists who are able to work across all types of media. The BA Multimedia Journalism degree at Southampton Solent University offers an unrivalled combination of multi-platform theoretical and practical skills, together with the opportunity to study for your National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) qualifications.

  • If you want to be a journalist, look no further. The skills on this course are exactly what editors want. You can work in print, broadcast and online areas of the journalism industry.
  • Practical skills and theoretical discussion are balanced to allow you to understand your role as a journalist and to become the objective and ethical journalist that can be trusted by the public.
  • International study trips to Paris (Year 1) New York (Year 2) and Beijing/Tokyo (Year 3).
  • Links with more than 30 work placement partners, including Sky, the BBC, Daily Mail, Sunday Times, Daily Express, Grazia, Now and Vogue.

Assessment

Course assignments, essays, portfolio building, live projects, presentation and final-year project.

Projects/work experience

Students work with the Solent Creatives agency on live projects, building their portfolios whilst they study.

Key career skills

Creative thinking, writing, production skills, presentation, teamwork, IT, analytical skills.

Student quote

Mara Petrescu

“On this course we get to act like real journalists. We have had several guests visiting our course, including journalists Richard Cartridge (BBC) and Pete Clifton (MSN UK), who talked to us about what it means to be a journalist and what to expect out of it. The lecturers make every seminar and lecture an opportunity for us to ‘go out there’ and be where the story is, which is great.

“I chose to study this course at Solent because you get the chance to know all the areas that journalism and media have to offer. You study a bit of everything including magazine journalism, writing for a newspaper, radio broadcasting, television and photography, which helps you to choose which area to work within in the future.

“I would recommend this course to all students who want to explore journalism in its complexity. You get to work with genius lecturers who are still working journalists, meet all sorts of brilliant, famous people working for the BBC, Sky or well-known publications and start practising the actual job as a journalist from the very beginning.”

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