M&C JOURNALISM

Journalism is a fundamentally important aspect of any democracy, one that supports citizens to understand the world around them and make informed decisions about their lives. But there’s much more to it than news, with the three years of teaching also focused on the art of telling other people’s stories and using journalistic forms to entertain. A mix of old and new informs the teaching in third year, with students learning how to put together a printed magazine with its intricacies of design, workflow and space constraint, complemented by lessons on producing mobile video to prepare our graduates for the modern newsroom. Through their group projects, which require the creation of a website, social media channels and a magazine, third-year journalism students have the opportunity to focus on a specific audience. In essence they learn to communicate with a discrete group of people through the digital world and in paper and discover how topics are affected by the media themselves. The projects are wholly driven by the students who are encouraged to be ambitious for their skills in, and expectations of, journalism.