This course will equip you with all the practical and intellectual skills you need to work as a multimedia, multi-platform journalist, at the same time allowing you gain a deeper grounding in the abilities of broadcast, or written journalism. You can choose one of two pathways Print and Online or Broadcast, in order to specialise chiefly in text based journalism as print and online practitioner, or as a multi-platform broadcast journalist. All students learn the basic skills of audio, video and web reporting. The course has a very practical focus, so you are expected to develop story ideas and contacts, and gather your own material for journalistic course work. You will be given full training in using our up-to-date media resources, ensuring that you graduate from the course as a multi-skilled, multi-platform journalist. Both the MA and the Postgraduate Diploma can be taken as a part-time course over two years. The PG Diploma and MA have been accredited by the Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC) which means we provide industry backed journalism training for online, TV & radio. The organisation accredits a number of British journalism courses, providing the syllabus meets their requirements.

Many of our journalism graduates are now working in leading organisations across the world. They can be found as multi-media or broadcast journalists in Radio, TV or Online at the BBC, and at BBC bureau in other countries. They are working for the Economist or the Financial Times, in local radio, or local newspapers and websites; at other big companies such as Sky News, Al-Jazeera, ITN, and CNN, Russia Today, France 24, Globo in Brazil. You might see their faces on Central China TV, and a wealth of other TV news stations in China. Many report for Indian television companies or newspapers. There seems to be a small colony of MA Journalism (International) graduates in various media houses in Dubai, our graduates can be found in the media in the United States, or throughout Europe or Latin America, Africa or Asia. Some work at specialist sports publications and websites, and others have found a niche in business news such as at Euromoney or lovemoney.com. With many alumni pursuing successful freelance careers too, it seems there may not be many countries in the world where there isn’t a Westminster graduate working somewhere in the media.