Television Journalism MA

Key information

Find your path into the television journalism industry with our unique Television Journalism MA. You will learn practical skills and develop vital knowledge from seasoned professionals and through work placements.

Course overview

Benefits of this course

Our course covers far more than general television presenting. We equip you with the skills to write, create and report visual journalism, both for yourself and for others to present.

You will learn practical multimedia skills through weekly news days. This involves researching, writing, interviewing, presenting, reporting, self-shooting and editing content.

Your work will be supported by core journalism principles. In the final term you will make a 28-minute documentary in a team of three.

Our productions have won industry awards and been reworked for broadcast on BBC Newsnight.

Award

You can select to apply for one of the available exit points for this course.

Master of Arts (MA)

Who is this course for?

If you want to become a strong and versatile visual journalist capable of working in newsrooms, producing documentaries and current affairs programmes, this programme will give you the foundation you need.

You will have an active interest in video and television, and a wide general knowledge covering lifestyle, sport and politics.

Communicating stories with moving pictures is likely to be your passion.

Elements of the programme are accredited by the Professional Publishers’ Association (Magazine Journalism) and the Broadcast Journalism Training Council (Broadcast Journalism and Television Journalism).

Career

Here at City we have an alumni network that is second to none in UK television journalism.

As one of our graduates you will have among the best employment opportunities of any journalism graduate in the UK.