Master of Arts - Journalism

Accredited by the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) for over a decade, this Journalism MA course will equip students for a career in journalism by offering the industry's most sought-after qualification alongside their Master's Degree. It combines professional training and academic study with the skills students will need to succeed in this intensely competitive industry.

Kingston is the only university in London to offer the NCTJ diploma alongside an MA news journalism degree. The diploma, highly regarded by employers, is a passport to a wide range of jobs. This course offers professional skills such as news and feature writing, the latest digital techniques, broadcast journalism, media law and shorthand.

Students will be taught by practising journalists and have access to a newsroom with industry-standard software. Working for a live news website, the Kingston Courier, they will produce and edit multimedia content on everything from news to sports. They will also design and produce a newspaper supplement.

Alongside the core modules, students can choose from a range of specialisms, including Sports Journalism, Data Journalism, Foreign Correspondence, Feature-writing, Fashion Journalism, Creative Non-fiction, Visual Journalism and Broadcast Journalism, where they will cover everything from making TV and radio packages to voice training.

In addition to a possible career as a journalist, alternatives may include work in publishing, advertising and marketing, film, television, radio, arts management, new media, business and teaching. Graduates has progressed to roles at CNN, the Daily Express, Wandsworth Guardian, Accountancy Age, Barcroft media, Container Management, Metro, Grazia, Richmond and Twickenham Times and Investors Chronicle.