Why study MA Multimedia Journalism at BU?
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Using our professional standard studios and newsrooms, you’ll learn technical skills for video, audio and the web and receive guidance from lecturers with years of experience as professional journalists
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You’ll be empowered to take on leadership roles, acting as editors, online editors, presenters, and reporters
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Teams who can hit their deadlines will have their work featured on The Breaker, the award-winning news website run by BU’s MA students
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Gain an in-depth understanding of media regulation, issues with press and broadcasting freedoms and approaches to the role of journalism and journalists, along with ethical dilemmas and professional codes of conduct
- Produce a portfolio of eye-catching, strikingly original stories to present to potential employers
- Benefit from BU’s close industry links through a three-week work placement with a major news organisation.
Course accreditation
This course is accredited by the Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC), the UK’s largest industry-backed higher education training body for multiplatform, broadcast and mobile journalism.
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Key information
Next start date:
September 2023, January 2024, September 2024
Location:
Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus
Duration:
1 year full-time with compulsory 3-week placement (September start), 16 months full-time with compulsory 3-week placement (January start)
Accreditations:
Broadcast Journalism Training Council
Entry requirements:
A Bachelors Honours degree with 2:2 in any subject. For more information check out our full entry requirements.
International entry requirements:
If English is not your first language you'll need IELTS (Academic) 7.0 with a minimum of 6.5 in writing and 5.5 in each component of speaking, listening and reading. For more information check out our full entry requirements.