- Students have the ability to absorb large amounts of information quickly, to relate facts to the bigger picture, and to work to deadline.
- Students are excited at the prospect of learning how to tell stories across a range of platforms from social to mobile to broadcast.
- A niche of journalism can be found to suit most interests.
- In all areas of life, from business to politics, from culture to religion, from sports to lifestyles, the public looks to journalism for context.
- Students aim will be to inform, but can also be to entertain or educate.
- DCU’s Journalism degree focuses on three essentials: practical skills such as video, audio and writing for different platforms (digital, social, print and broadcast; knowledge of people, institutions and ethical principles needed as context; and academic studies of law, politics and society to sharpen your critical thinking.