International Journalism

Entry requirements

You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Journalism remains a crucial part of democratic public life. This innovative, intensive MA’s global focus guides you as you learn to research and write news and features, creating and adapting news stories across platforms.

This course focuses on developing the practical skills and the critical knowledge to help you to reflect on your professional practice in an international context. You’ll learn to:

• understand and debate the broader issues driving news organisations across the world
• be knowledgeable about the functions of journalism in a contemporary environment
• produce copy for a range of platforms including print, online, radio, tv and social media
• critically evaluate and analyse a range of journalistic outputs and their characteristics.