This course prepares you to work in radio and television newsrooms and factual programming. You will be taught how to research and write your own stories, conduct effective interviews and record and edit for audio and video using the latest digital technology.

The course has been developed in close association with major media organisations and is accredited by the Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC).

Employability is a key focus of this course, with many of the compulsory modules including initiatives to help enhance you future career in journalism. This course also has established links with its former students, through which we receive employment opportunities for graduating students. After studying this course you could go into a variety of roles including:

• producer (radio, TV,online);
• editor, sub-editor;
• journalist;
• presenter, reporter, news commentator;
• camera operators;
• production manager, floor manager;
• sound engineer, lighting engineer, technician, technical assistant; and
• researcher.