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Gain the skills, strategies and theoretical understanding for a career in journalism and digital communications.
Our International Multimedia and Journalism MA is a practice-focused, theory-informed course.
This journalism Master's provides an international context. It is suitable for students from across the globe.
You'll have the opportunity to learn alongside and collaborate with professional journalists. We work with a range of organisations to support high-quality journalism. Experts and innovators in journalism provide a series of challenging:
You'll explore advances in journalism. You'll experiment and develop new ways to do journalism.
You can take part in projects to expand your knowledge and skills. Such projects include our Civic Journalism Lab collaboration with the BBC.
The course covers key areas which reflect the way journalists work today. However, journalism’s role in society, its methods, and careers are all constantly changing. This course is a ‘laboratory of inquiry’ that will prepare you to negotiate these changes through your career.
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