Journalism Master of Arts - MArt (Hons)

Learn how to find, publish and create your own stories across a multitude of platforms, including web, TV, radio and social media, ensuring you gain the essential skills and knowledge to become a top-class multimedia reporter or producer.

Course description\
Why study this course?

* State of the art facilities\
Teaching takes place in our flagship Social Sciences building, the Wave. You’ll have access to a range of industry-level equipment and facilities including TV galleries, radio and podcast studios as well as a green room and news rooms.

* Learn from seasoned professionals\
Our teaching staff are all qualified journalists with long, established careers and real-world newsroom experience and insights. Through our Industry masterclasses, you’ll learn directly from some of the UK’s top journalists - helping to build your professional network before you even graduate.

* Impactful, ethical reporting\
You will learn how to uncover powerful stories and report on them in a responsible and impactful way that drives real conversation.

* Shaped by industry leaders\
Our curriculum doesn’t just look at the industry, it's actively shaped by it. Guided by an Advisory Board of media experts, our course evolves alongside the rapidly changing news landscape, ensuring you graduate with the in-demand skills the industry is looking for.

* Industry networking trip to London\
Take part in a paid for three-day field trip to London, attend networking sessions with current journalists from across the industry and get the opportunity to witness newsrooms in action.

Our alumni are highly successful journalists who excel at all forms of multi-platform digital storytelling, including TV, radio, podcast, web and social media content. 

Journalistic reporting and storytelling requires expertise in creating and publishing multi-platform content, alongside a solid grasp of traditional skills and knowledge - take this degree and you’ll develop both. 

You will harness your knowledge in our newsrooms and out in the city during our production news days. You'll also work with a team to publish your content on Sheffield Wire – a real, public-facing news website with its own social media channels.

You'll apply your learning in a huge variety of ways: news writing, web publishing, shorthand, social media management, audio, podcasts, short-form and long-form video production and broadcast presentation skills alongside media law and ethics - all in the process of hunting down and creating and producing stories to meet real-time deadlines with your team.

As well as the core reporting skills required by employers, you’ll also be exposed to innovative journalism techniques, including ethical and appropriate use of AI, which will put you a step ahead when it comes to landing your first job.

The course is accredited by the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) and is renowned within the industry as one of the best in the UK. Our course provides you with optionality within this NCTJ accreditation. We'll give you access to international, national and regional news providers across a myriad of platforms, including news, features and broadcast, during both teaching sessions and through exciting work placements.

Our alumni are highly successful journalists who excel at all forms of multi-platform digital storytelling, including TV, radio, podcast, web and social media content.

Accreditation

Accredited by the National Council for the Training of Journalists

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