Multimedia Broadcast Journalism MA
"If I had gone into my job at ITV without having done the Broadcast Journalism course at Falmouth, I wouldn't have felt as confident. The course meant I was able to hit the ground running." Kirsty Hemming, MA Broadcast Journalism graduate
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1 year full-time
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Why study MA Multimedia Broadcast Journalism at University College Falmouth?
MA Multimedia Broadcast Journalism - additional information (1.32 MB)
For the past twenty years, our highly-regarded MA in Broadcast Journalism produced graduates like Kirsty who were able to compete successfully in the broadcast news arena.
Developments in technology, new media and communications have changed the way in which news is both produced and disseminated. Broadcasters are actively engaged with the challenges and opportunities offered by the multi-platform and web-based interactive technologies. To reflect these changes, our Broadcast Journalism course has now evolved into the MA in Multimedia Broadcast Journalism.
The course provides the skills and competences required for working in radio, television and multimedia newsrooms, recording and editing packages on desktop systems and working on 24-hour rolling news. It will equip you with a thorough understanding of the social, economic, ethical, regulatory, political, legal, financial and technological frameworks within which broadcast news and current affairs operate. You will also be able to make the best use of our broadcast quality digital recording studios, newsrooms and post-production suites.
You can either apply for the MA in Multimedia Broadcast Journalism or elect to specialise by registering for the MA in Investigative Multimedia Broadcast Journalism, Science Multimedia Broadcast Journalism or Sports Multimedia Broadcast Journalism.
MA Multimedia Broadcast Journalism is accredited by the Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC), which means successful students gain a professional qualification that is recognised within the industry.
University College Falmouth is part of the Cornwall Skillset Media Academy network - a UK-wide group of institutions identified as centres of excellence in creative media education and training.
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Tell me more about the MA Multimedia Broadcast Journalism course
The course will equip you with the technical and analytical skills you need to step straight into the exciting and demanding world of multimedia broadcast journalism.
In our industry-standard Media Centre, with support from our highly experienced staff and guidance from industry professionals, you will learn to compile radio, television and multimedia news bulletins, magazine programmes and feature reports. Acting in turn as news editor, presenter and reporter, you’ll also conduct live interviews using the latest digital equipment and gain a solid grounding in the legal and regulatory frameworks essential for understanding how multimedia, radio and television news operate.
All courses run for one year from October, with a taught element of 30 weeks, followed by 15 weeks during which you produce your MA project - an extended piece of professional practice and a 5,000-word dissertation. If after 30 weeks you wish to leave the course, and have been successful in the taught elements, you may leave with the award of Postgraduate Diploma in Multimedia Broadcast Journalism.
“The broadcast journalism course was very intensive and rewarding. I left feeling equipped to get a job as a journalist, and was employed by the BBC within weeks.” Sophie Benzing Broadcast Journalism graduate and newsreader/presenter on BBC Radio 5 Live.
“This broadcast journalism course gave me a good grounding in law for journalists – absolutely essential. Most crucial was the two placements it secured – at BBC Radio Oxford and BRMB Radio in Birmingham. I never had a burning ambition to be a journalist until I started this course and realised that journalism is a fantastic job. I couldn’t wait to be a reporter and still love it.” Fergus Walsh, Broadcast Journalism graduate and BBC TV News Correspondent
“This broadcast journalism course was invaluable to my career and I use the knowledge I acquired at Falmouth on a daily basis.” Lorna Dunkley, Broadcast Journalism graduate and Sunrise Presenter on Sky News
"Breaking into the Media": Keynote Speech by Olympic reporter Rob Walker
Filmed at the Royal Television Society/Plymouth Media Partnership event "Breaking into the Media". Length: 54:46.
Tell me more about MA Investigative Multimedia Broadcast Journalism
Are you passionate about hard-hitting investigations into failures within society’s systems of regulation and the ways in which the rich, the powerful or the corrupt circumvent those systems? MA Investigative Multimedia Broadcast Journalism will teach you the specialist, often confrontational, skills you will need in order to elicit truth, as well as how to structure the complex stories that such investigations yield.
Tell me more about MA Science Multimedia Broadcast Journalism
Assumptions are made in the news about the public's ability to understand scientific and medical ideas. A stark warning about the dangers of measles is being sent to parents of three million unvaccinated children in an unprecedented move to increase uptake of the MMR vaccination this winter. Measles is serious. It can lead to pneumonia, encephalitis and it can kill. Vaccination rates drastically reduced in the late 1990s because of unsubstantiated claims that the MMR vaccine could cause autism. Now over 100,000 children and young people risk infection.
Are you concerned about such assumptions, the detail upon which discoveries are based or from which disputes arise, or the public’s lack of understanding about technology and science in general? MA Science Multimedia Broadcast Journalism examines the relationship between the scientist and the journalist and teaches you how to translate the language of science for the general listener or viewer.
Tell me more about MA Sports Multimedia Broadcast Journalism
Are you a sports fanatic who wants to learn more about current practice, trends, concepts and issues that feed contemporary sports journalism? Are you aware of the latest changes in key areas such as drugs, corruption, the Olympic movement and the politics of sport? Then MA Sports Multimedia Broadcast Journalism is for you.
Guest lectures
This year’s RTS, Devon and Cornwall Centre/University College Falmouth Alex Thomson lecture was given by Journalist of the Year, Andrew Gilligan. His work for the Evening Standard has been described as “relentless investigative journalism at its best from a man who has put himself back in the headlines for all the right reasons.”
A full audio recording of the lecture is available at http://stream.falmouth.ac.uk/gilligan.wma
Answers and advice about the course
If you have any queries about the course please visit our HelpMe Forum.
HelpMe Forum: MA Multimedia Broadcast Journalism
Additional information
2010 Postgraduate Prospectus (4.82 MB)
Funding your study
A Master’s degree represents a significant investment in your future, and you will rightly be concerned about funding. Our student fees & funding section outlines fees for full and part time students and has guides to introduce you to ways of funding your course at Falmouth.
Creative Enterprise Cornwall
Put your skills to use in Cornwall's dynamic business environment on a paid placement project
Creative Enterprise Cornwall is a project offering financial support to postgraduate students who live in Cornwall during their studies. It is run by University College Falmouth and part-funded by the European Social Fund. The aim of the project is to promote graduate opportunities within Cornwall - develop new business skills if you are changing your career, or use the opportunity to strengthen the skills you already have. A maximum of £1250 is available.
The placement project must meet the following criteria:
- It must take place in Cornwall or benefit a Cornish company
- It must meet your course objectives (Course Leader must agree to the placement)
- Must be a minimum of one working week in duration (maximum 3 weeks) and be confirmed by the company
More information about the project can be found here
Career opportunities
Our graduates hold key positions in national and regional television news (BBC, ITV, Sky) and in national, regional and local radio, (BBC and independent).
Entry requirements
Entry requirements through the university sector include Honours Degrees, Foundation Degrees and HNDs in a related subject. If you have solid professional industry experience rather than academic achievement, this may be acceptable for entry to study at this level through a process called APEL (Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning).
For further information about MA Multimedia Broadcast Journalism at University College Falmouth, please email admissions@falmouth.ac.uk or telephone Admissions on 01326 214386.
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