Overview

Digital, mobile and social media have transformed the Journalism business. This professionally-accredited course is primarily focused on your employability and aims to provide you with skills and techniques necessary to make your mark in any area of the journalism and communications industry.

Course information

Our accredited* BA Journalism degree develops graduates who can operate across multiple platforms, are context-aware and equally comfortable in a traditional journalism environment as they are working with disruptive forms of media practice.

The focus is on news-gathering and storytelling, which will provide a wealth of transferable skills including self-confidence, excellent written and verbal communications and technical skills that can be applied to other areas of the communications industry.

Coventry is ranked the 2nd best university in the country for ‘Journalism, Publishing and Public Relations’ (Guardian University Guide 2021) and here, you’ll be taught by journalists and academics with experience across print, digital and broadcast around the globe.

You’ll also have the opportunity to apply for industry placements (subject to application, availability, additional costs and meeting applicable VISA requirements). Previous students have secured placements at Sky, the BBC, ITV, Coventry City football club, heat magazine and the New York Times amongst many others.

We regularly invite guest speakers to our university and recently, students have heard from a Channel 4 documentary producer/director, a BBC6 Music DJ, the diplomatic correspondent of the Times, a producer for Sky Sports, the head of Instagram and Snapchat for LADbible and a literary agent.