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    MA 13 months full-time

Course Description

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.

Entry Requirements

You’ll usually need a minimum 2:1 BA honours degree, but candidates with a 2:2 may be invited to interview.

Mature students can be considered based on experience.

This course requires IELTS 7 (with 6.5 in each band) or equivalent for students whose first language is not English.

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Fees

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Student Destinations

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

Module Details

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