Documentary Journalism MA / PGDip
- Level(s) of Study: Postgraduate taught
- Start Date(s): September 2023
- Duration: One year full-time
- Study Mode(s): Full-time
- Campus: City Campus
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Entry Requirements:
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Introduction:
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Study in the industry standard Centre for Broadcasting and Journalism facility set in the heart of the city centre.
This course will prepare you to research and produce long-form documentary stories for online, radio and film. It includes all the steps of the process from research and production across multiplatforms, to making a pitch, the commissioning process, costing and budgets.
Industry speakers from Vice, BBC3, Panorama, and the world of podcasts regularly teach on the programme, along with specialist documentary camera people, archive researchers and experts on the business of
documentary production.
What you’ll study
Careers and employability
The teaching team are all from the industry and has backgrounds in award-winning documentary production and reportage. Employability is a key focus of the course, and you will meet commissioning editors and documentary producers within the field. You will work with live commissioning briefs wherever possible and will be encouraged to pitch ideas to documentaries and other festivals during your course. The MA is designed to enhance your future career in documentary journalism across a range of platforms and outlets, terrestrial or online.
Recent graduates have gone on to the following roles:
Patrcyja Boryka - Producer/ Reporter BBC Northamptonshire, maker of Uganda to Northamptonshire - 50 Years On
Damien Ebanks - Owner of Ebanks Media
Nolan Benson - TV/ content producer/ director, The Media Group
Margarita Dreiling - Documentary producer/ Director, WaterBear
Ashley Carter - Editor of Left Lion magazine
Campus and facilities
How to apply
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