UCA Farnham's degree in Sports Journalism is British Journalism Training Council accredited and has recently been completely redesigned to take full account of the very latest trends in the journalism jobs market. You will be trained to high production standards in online, print, radio and TV and our new course structure allows you to work flexibly across the platforms to become the versatile multimedia journalist that the industry now demands.

Journalism studios, UCA Farnham

Journalism student at work, UCA Farnham

Journalism studios, UCA Farnham

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Key study topics include:

• Reporting skills, press conferences and interviews, news writing and match reporting
• Production skills: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, blogs, Wordpress and content management, Audition and Premiere Pro
• Sport in a social context
• Advanced production skills
• Feature writing and development, law for journalists
• Practical sports journalism assignments working across print, web, radio and TV
• The institutions of sport and the business of sport
• Intensive, past-paced productions under industry conditions
• An industrial placement in the field of sport or sports journalism
• Dissertation and final project.

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