Who is it for?

• This course is suitable for students from any degree background with an interest in current affairs.

• Students will have a keen interest in the media, specifically in news and/or features in print and/or online journalism.

Objectives

• The course has an exceptional reputation and an outstanding graduate employment record. The degree has been helping aspiring journalists into employment since 1982.

• The course combines professional skills training in reporting, interviewing, writing, editing, research and newspaper production (in print and online) with a concern for professional standards and critical and ethical reflection.

• Many studentsÊundertake work placements in their chosen field, taking advantage of ourÊÊlocation, usually arranging them for the winter and/or spring break.

• The department includes former Managing Editor ofÊThe Times, Professor George Brock; Professor David Leigh ofÊThe Guardian; ITNÕs chief lawyer, John Battle; and award-winning Freedom of Information expert, Heather Brooke.

• We have been running Journalism courses at City since 1976. In the years since, over 5,000 students have graduated and are now working in the media around the world.