Kingston University · Full-time
Journalism
Reasons to choose Kingston - Kingston is the only university in London to offer the NCTJ diploma alongside an MA news journalism degree. The diploma, highly regarded by employers, is a passport to a wide range of journalism jobs. - 93% of our Class of 2021 are…
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Reasons to choose Kingston - Kingston is the only university in London to offer the NCTJ diploma alongside an MA news journalism degree. The diploma, highly regarded by employers, is a passport to a wide range of journalism jobs. - 93% of our Class of 2021 are in journalism and related careers, at employers including Sky News, the Daily Express and LBC. - This is a very hands-on course with field trips to places, including the BBC and the Houses of Parliament to help prepare you to work as a journalist. About this course This course offers professional skills such as news and feature writing, the latest digital techniques, broadcast journalism, media law and shorthand. You will be taught by practising journalists and have access to a newsroom with industry-standard software. Working for a live news website, the Kingston Courier, you will produce and edit multimedia content on everything from news to sports. You will also design and produce a newspaper supplement. Example modules - Journalism in Context: Law, Ethics and the Industry - Broadcast Journalism - Feature Writing For a full list of modules please visit the Kingston University course webpage.
Getting in
As the university states it
We normally expect candidates to have: a 2:1 or above honours degree or equivalent in an essay-writing subject, demonstrating high standards of literacy; and/or evidence of substantial and demonstrable professional commitment to journalism.
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