Introduction:
This course prepares you to work in an editorial team to supply material across a multi-platform newsroom. You will seek out original stories, conduct incisive interviews and produce crisp and engaging copy. You will train to be what Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez calls the best job in the world – a journalist.
You will be taught by staff with extensive experience in news journalism with input from leading journalists and editors from publications across the country going from news novices to multi-skilled, multi-platform, social media savvy and highly employable 21st Century journalists.
Our agreement with the Nottingham Post gives students the opportunity to learn journalism skills on the job. Our students gain invaluable first-hand experience working in the industry and it gives the Post an opportunity to spot the best talent which is great for their newsroom but also for the city as skilled graduates are retained.
Study in the industry standard Centre for Broadcasting and Journalism facility set in the heart of the city centre.
Careers and employability
Graduates with MA in News Journalism have gone on to work for the BBC, ITN, Sky News, and national and regional newspapers across the country. As well as working as newspaper reporters, news editors, broadcast journalists and sub-editors, many graduates have secured media-related positions in PR, marketing, promotions and advertising.
Graduates of this course have progressed to roles in organisations including:
- Content Editor - Reachplc Google Showcase Team
- Facebook Community Reporter - Facebook
- Head of News and Features - Nursing Standard
- Health Correspondent - Press Association
- Commissioning Editor, Health - Mail on Sunday
- Senior Reporter/SEO writer for Nottinghamshire Live, Derbyshire Live and Lincolnshire Live
- Local Democracy Reporter - NottsTV
- News Reporter - NottinghamshireLive
- Life Writer - NottinghamshireLive
- Social Media Producer - NottinghamshireLive
- News Reporter - DerbyshireLive
- Senior Lecturer in Journalism - Nottingham Trent University
- Sports Writer - The Athletic
- Digital Sports Journalist - Sky Sports
- News Reporter - PlymouthLive
- Digital Development Editor - BirminghamLive
- Editor - The Shetland Times Ltd
- Media Officer - British Red Cross
- Senior Media Relations Officer - South Yorkshire Police
- PR Manager - Slimming World
- Senior Editor - The Wall Street Journal
- PR and Marketing Manager - The Parks Trust
- Senior News Reporter – NME
- Public Relations Officer - University of Derby
- Digital Sports Journalist - Sky Sports
- Senior Media Officer - The Terrence Higgins Trust
- Reporter/Sub Editor - Press Association
- PR Consultant - Eden Public Relations
- Senior Reporter - Johnson Press PLC
- Digital Journalist - The Sun's dreamteamfc.com
- Sports Writer - Leicester Mercury
- Content Producer - BBC
- Broadcast Journalist - BBC News Online
- Communications Officer - East Midlands Ambulance Service
- Social Media Editor - Derby Telegraph
- Production Editor - Future PLC
- Freelance Digital/Video Sports Journalist - The Times, Guardian, Independent
- Freelance Contributor/Features Writer - Bristol Post, BBC Radio Five Live, TalkSport Radio
What you’ll study
You will be taught the essential skills of reporting, interviewing and researching, video filming and editing, and using social media as a journalist.On news days you will work to tight deadlines not only reporting, but managing multi-platform news output for our in-house media brands. You will be video and audio trained to help you produce engaging stories for our website. You’ll also explore the best ways to use social media to both find and promote them.
You will gain a solid grounding in media law, public administration and ethics and regulation. You will develop your shorthand skills to the NCTJ standard. By the end of the course, you will be ready to work in a newsroom producing sophisticated and engaging multimedia journalism.
Modules
Core modules
- News Journalism Skills and Digital Production
- Media Law and Ethics
- Public Affairs for Journalists
- Transnational Media Governance
- Dissertation (MA route only)
- Multi-platform Project - News Journalism
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