Journalism

Whether you're writing for a local newspaper, online journal or glossy magazine, you need a common core of basic journalistic skills and knowledge.

At the University of Hertfordshire, our journalism course focuses on writing news and feature articles, enabling you to build these skills. It can be combined with other humanities subjects to form the following degrees:

• BA(Hons) English Language & Communication with Journalism
• BA(Hons) English Literature with Journalism
• BA(Hons) History with Journalism
• BA(Hons) Philosophy with Journalism
• BA(Hons) Mass Communications

See other related Journalism courses.

What will I study?

Whether you want to write about politics, sport, fashion, music or the environment, you need to know what publications want - and how to write the news and features they need.

Our journalism course teaches you how to source and write your own stories in a variety of styles, using the English language effectively.

It also examines how to assess and deal with the legal and ethical obstacles that litter every journalist’s path.

Career opportunities

A journalist who can successfully write for a newspaper on a broad spectrum of topics in a wide range of styles has the foundation skills to succeed just about anywhere in the industry.

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