Bachelor of Arts in Journalism
Get the grounding, and hands-on experience, to work as a professional journalist on our renowned BA Journalism degree. You’ll learn how to tell a great story, and get it ready for publication, across a range of different platforms. Journalism is “the best job in the world”, according to Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez. It’s a job Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya also refers to as “[the act of describing] the life around us for those who cannot see it for themselves". On this course you will learn to do just that – telling the fascinating stories of our constantly changing world to an audience that could be as a small as a village, or as big as mankind. We’ll work with you to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to become a multimedia journalist. Learning to produce different types of stories, from breaking news to investigative reports, you will explore writing in different contexts, from local newspapers to national magazines, and radio to social networks. Over your three years, you will delve into different thematic areas of journalism, such as politics, sports, music, travel and international news. You will study how journalism helps to shape public opinion and popular culture; and analyse the political, economic and legal conditions in which journalists produce their stories. We’ll also look at the structure of the media industry, and current trends and developments in our profession. The course is taught by experienced academics who have worked as journalists for the BBC, The Guardian, Reuters and the Financial Times. We have two well-equipped multimedia newsrooms, where you’ll get first-hand experience of working in a fully functioning and richly creative professional environment. Alongside this, you will have the chance to hone your skills with work experience in London’s huge media hub. You’ll be encouraged to apply your skills in a real work setting, build a strong CV and make key industry contacts. There’s also the option to learn shorthand and a foreign language as a part of your degree.
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