The Department of Journalism Studies

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Department of Journalism Studies

• Research rated 100% ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally significant’ for impact

• Ranked #1 in UK’s Complete University Guide, only journalism department in top 5 of all three league tables

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Undergraduate

BA Journalism Studies

• Three years full-time

• Focus on practical work

• IELTS 7.5 overall with minimum 7.5 in each component (or equivalent)

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BA Journalism Studies

Year 1 News gathering, news writing, newspaper production, media ethics and history

Year 2 Radio journalism, interviewing, bulletin production, digital media, language, media law and investigative journalism

Year 3 TV journalism, filming and editing, advanced news writing, specialist journalism, European and global issues, independent research/production

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The Sheffield journalism experience

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Our three practical MAs

MA Broadcast Journalism

MA Magazine Journalism

MA Print Journalism

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MA Broadcast Journalism Core modules unique to this MA:

• Broadcast Journalism

• Advanced Broadcast Journalism

Skills students will obtain:

• Voice training for radio broadcasts

• Recording and editing for TV and radio

• Writing and presenting

• News gathering and interviewing

• Production of TV bulletins

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MA Magazine Journalism Core modules unique to this MA:

• Magazine Journalism

• Advanced Magazine Journalism

Skills students will obtain:

• News and feature writing

• Reporting and interviewing

• Media law and public administration

• Magazine editing, design and production

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MA Print Journalism Core modules unique to this MA:

• Advanced Print Journalism

Skills students will obtain:

• Practical reporting and news writing skills up to British industry standard (NCTJ)

• Social media and the web to source and share news

• Ethics, law, public affairs

• Multimedia enhancements for digital reporting

• Page layout for print publications

All of our three practical MAs…

• Have multimedia reporting weeks

• Offer help and advice to secure work placements

• Are accredited by UK professional bodies for media

• Visit London-based media organisations

• Produce a portfolio to show future employers

• Have very high IELTS requirements:

• 7.5 overall with a minimum of 7.5 in each component (or equivalent)

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Our two theoretical MAs

MA Global Journalism

MA International Political Communication

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MA International Political Communication

Core modules unique to this MA:

• Media, Politics and Publics

• Research methods (+ a dissertation)

• Censorship and the Media

• Journalism and Democracy

Extras:

• Field trip to London-based media organisations

• Possibility to undertake a work-based dissertation

IELTS:

7.0 overall with a minimum in writing of 7.0

In depth: MA Global Journalism

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MA Global Journalism • Combines theoretical and practical concerns with regard

to the principles of a free press and its relationship to political and civil institutions

• Examines, compares and contrasts the diverse forms of regulation and restrictions – both legitimate and illegitimate – surrounding the practice of journalism around the world

• Engages in debates about the key issues facing news journalism in a comparative global context

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MA Global Journalism • Gives students hands-on practical experience in writing

for various media platforms and communicating news in the contemporary global environment

• Enables students to obtain the skills to undertake academic research

• IELTS: 7.0 overall with a minimum in writing of 6.5

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MA Global Journalism Core modules

Semester 2

• Journalism, Globalisation and Development

• Dissertation

Semester 1

• The Principle of Publicity: Global Threats and Challenges (1 & 2)

• Writing for the Media

• Research Methods

Students work with their own supervisor towards an independent research project and dissertation

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MA Global Journalism Optional modules in semester 2

• Media and Public Communication in Japan

• Media, State and Society in China

• Researching Social Media

• Digital Advocacy

• Journalism in Britain

• Media, Society and International Crises

• Global Communication: History, Theory, and Practice

• Media, Politics and Publics

• Propaganda, Media and Conflict in a Changing World

• Online Journalism Studies

• Media freedom: European, UK and US perspective

• Reporting the European Union

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MA Global Journalism events Annual Global Journalism Film Festival

Guided tour of the BBC studios in the Media City Salford

First course in the European Union to officially collaborate with the European Parliament

Selected number of students to go on an all expenses-paid trip to the European Parliament to present their work

Work of exceptional quality is published on the website of the Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM)

Annual International Journalism Week

Annual Global Journalism Conference

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The Sheffield journalism experience

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Our students are the champions

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Our students are the champions Sheffield journalists win at the 2014 Magazine Academy awards

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Magazine Academy

awards

National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) Awards for Excellence

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Royal Television Society awards

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Events The Department of Journalism Studies runs a programme of guest lectures for students, conferences, visits, public discussions, research seminars and other events throughout the year.

Studying never gets boring…

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MA students visit BBC studios on their trip to London

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UK general election night May 2015 Our students stayed up all night to report the results, working with Sky News and interviewing members of Parliament

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After graduation

Our students go on to: • Work as journalists with International media

organisations such as the BBC, The Guardian, Daily Mail, Wall Street Journal, Al Jazeera

• Join NGOs and IGOs such as the United Nations • Continue their studies by researching for a PhD

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The Sheffield journalism experience

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