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Qualification
MA - Master of Arts
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Location
Staffordshire University (Stoke-on-Trent Campus)
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
26-SEP-22
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Duration
13 months
Course summary
Score yourself a winning career with our Sports Journalism MA. Our News Days and work placement opportunities will give you the skills necessary to launch your broadcasting career.
On our Sports Journalism MA, you’ll work with a team of top journalists and academics. You’ll learn how self-shoot and edit a TV package, how to write and present on television and radio and how to operate as a multi-media journalist. Not only this, you’ll learn the advanced theory that underpins journalism, so you’ll always be a step ahead of the game.
Our teaching staff have many years’ experience of working in newspapers, online journalism, radio and television. Also, you’ll have access to cutting-edge equipment throughout your studies.
You’ll undertake a fully assessed work placement and have an opportunity to visit several leading London newsrooms, including Sky News, Sky Sports News, ITV News and The Daily Telegraph, which is included in the course fees.
On successful completion of study, we will issue the following award: MA Sports Journalism
Work placements
You have the option to choose your own work placement.
To help you out, we have connections and work placement arrangements with many leading companies such as:
- Manchester United TV
- Eurosport
- BBC Sport
- Sky Sports News
- Birmingham Mail
- Express & Star
- The Stoke Sentinel
Assessment
There are two types of assessments: practice (also called formative) or formal (also called summative).
Practice assessments do not count towards your final mark. These are your chance to test your understanding and learn how to improve for the real thing.
You’ll have formal assessments at the end of each module. These could include essays, exams, or portfolios.
Careers
After completing the Sports Journalism MA, you will be equipped to take enter the world of sports broadcasting for companies such as BBC, Eurosport, ITV, Sky Sports, in journalistic areas such as:
- Photojournalism
- Communications
- Sports journalism
- Sports presenting
- Foreign correspondence
- Video production
- Newspaper reporting
- Magazine editing
- Sports commentating
- Public relations
- Social media
- Investigative journalism
- Editing
Eager for more knowledge? Upon completion, you will be ideally placed for further academic study at PhD level.
Modules
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Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.
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