Journalism courses

About Journalism (multimedia) in University of Salford

Journalism has entered a new digital age but at its core remains the craft of investigating and reporting events and issues. This BJTC-accredited course provides a fusion of traditional practice and new, emerging methods that are shaping the future of journalism.

Taught by professional journalists, you will be encouraged to experiment across a range of platforms in order to deliver cutting edge and dynamic news content.

This practice led course will also afford you the opportunity to regularly work with the latest new media technologies specified by industry, in a brand new state-of-the-art newsroom at the centre of MediaCityUK.

You will learn how to investigate, record, write, edit, present and produce news for online, print, radio and television, with the option to specialise in your preferred area in the final year. You will also be encouraged to work on the student-led broadcast, Quays News, which is supported by industry and guest editors from the BBC and ITV.

In the most recent National Student Survey, 94% of students said staff were good at explaining things (University of Salford analysis of unpublished NSS 2019 data).

You will:

• Study on a BJTC-accredited course
• Learn skills in traditional formats such as print, radio and television
• Be taught by professional journalists at MediaCityUK, in a state-of-the-art newsroom equipped with the latest new media technologies specified by industry

Academic qualification equivalents

• Students who have successfully completed Standard XII examinations will be considered for entry onto our undergraduate degrees across the full disciplinary spectrum.

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS :6.0 (with a minimum 5.5 in each component) or equivalent

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