MA/MSc in Digital Journalism
Cesare, MA/MSc in Digital Journalism
1-year full time
Application deadline: 20 August.
If you're applying for funding, you may be subject to an earlier application deadline. Find out more about funding opportunities for home/EU applicants, or funding for international applicants.
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Due to the popularity of this programme, successful applicants will be required to pay a deposit of £500 to secure any offer of a place on the programme. The deposit will be credited against your tuition fees when you enrol. Please note: you'll only be required to provide a deposit if you are offered a place, you don't need to pay a deposit in order to apply.
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You should have an undergraduate degree of at least upper second-class standard. Applicants with significant work experience and/or a professional qualification in a computing, digital technology or social science-related subject are encouraged.
If your first language is not English, you normally need a minimum overall score of 7.0 in IELTS and must score 7.0 or higher in the written part of the test. Find out more about our English Language requirements.
Please see Tuition fees.
Please see Staff research interests.
Contact Chris Brauer, Senior Lecturer, Computing.
The MA/MSc in Digital Journalism is a collaborative programme across the Departments of Media & Communications and Computing at Goldsmiths, and is based in the Centre for Creative and Social Technology (CAST). The course is on the cutting edge of emerging media and journalistic practice.
We are the only programme in the UK that combines teaching from both Computing and Media in developing professional journalism skills and experience.
The course is extremely hands-on and practical. Our academic staff combines Goldsmiths lecturers and lab tutors working at the frontiers of digital journalism practice and research and a terrific range of industry guests ranging from the biggest media organisations in London to start-ups and charities.
Every student on our MA/MSc will prepare for future job opportunities on guaranteed internship placements with one of our media industry or non-profit Innovation Partners.
Applicants should be determined to explore critical and entrepreneurial approaches and be enthusiastic about in-depth and hands-on experimentation with innovations in journalism. We educate aspiring or mid-career professionals seeking to retain the fundamentals of quality, credibility, and transparency that define journalism whilst pushing boundaries and transforming its craft and practice.
With its unique inclusion of real software, design, and code training in Computing, complemented by fundamentals of news writing, media law, and multimedia production, the MA/MSc in Digital Journalism seeks to redefine journalistic practice for digital media. Our students will become proficient in the intersections of:
- Journalism fundamentals (writing, reporting, law, and ethics)
- Computing skills (coding, hardware/software, data, digital methods)
- Multimedia skills (photography, video, audio)
What you study
Students without a technical background will be encouraged to take our pre-session ‘Technology Bootcamp’ in September to gain a basic literacy in digital fundamentals.
The degree consists of courses taught by both Departments in a truly interdisciplinary and collaborative style.
Core Courses in Media introduce you to:
- Digital News Writing
- Multimedia Production
- Media Law
Core Computing modules include:
- Digital Case Studies featuring industry guests
- extensive training and experimentation time in the Digital Sandbox (lab) developing a capability and literacy in Computer Science and Design
- Digital Research Methods for scraping social networks, conducting investigative reports, and project management
In the final practical project you will undertake a significant written and digital research project in consultation with a supervisor. These projects will often connect to work completed on guaranteed internship placements with industry partners.
Learn more about what you study on the MA Digital Journalism.
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