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  • Create and broadcast your own content, radio and TV programmes and build a portfolio of work across media formats to showcase your versatility.
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  • Gain hands on experience in our state of the art multimedia labs. 
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Journalism courses in Clearing for 2023

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BA Multimedia Journalism

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Full-Time

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Colchester Campus

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This course equips you to become a journalist with the news awareness, story-getting and story-telling skills to flourish in today’s multimedia journalism environment. We live in a connected world with instant access to whatever news we want, whenever and wherever we want it.

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BA Journalism and Sociology

Study mode:

Full-Time

Campus:

Colchester Campus

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Study Abroad

Placement Year

How is the power of the media changing our society? How can we use it to share information? What can we tell about our audience? Why do people behave a certain way? Our BA Journalism and Sociology will enable you to learn about contemporary society, media and digital society, alongside developing your journalistic skills, helping you to analyse information and understand it within the wider social context.

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BA Journalism and Film

Study mode:

Full-Time

Campus:

Colchester Campus

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Study Abroad

Placement Year

Are you impatient to develop a broad range of skills? BA Film and Journalism at Essex offers a creative, flexible degree with a strong foundation for employability.

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BA Journalism and Politics

Study mode:

Full-Time

Campus:

Colchester Campus

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Study Abroad

Placement Year

From the latest updates at Number 10 to political unrest overseas, you can be at the forefront of political change. Our BA Journalism and Politics expands your knowledge of global politics and develops your analytical ability.

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BA Journalism and Literature

Study mode:

Full-Time

Campus:

Colchester Campus

Course options:

Study Abroad

Placement Year

In the digital age, where demand for news is at an all-time high, a key element to becoming a successful journalist is the ability to find and share information that is engaging and powerful. Through our BA Journalism and Literature course you will improve your ability to tell a story and develop an individual and distinctive journalistic style.

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BA Journalism and Criminology

Study mode:

Full-Time

Campus:

Colchester Campus

Course options:

Study Abroad

Placement Year

Is crime rate in the UK on the rise? How are gangs represented in the media? How much information should the general public have access to on a trial? Our BA Journalism and Criminology will enable you to study contemporary society and crime, alongside building your journalistic skills, to analyse and share information and understand it through a social perspective.

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As a student in the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies, you will have access to our incredible facilities such as the Media Centre and the Lakeside Theatre, including access to state-of-the-art equipment.

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Benefit from our interdisciplinary environment

Our staff are established journalists and have extensive experience in the industry. Many have published in reputable peer reviewed journals and flagship policy platforms as well as in renowned mainstream media organisations.

Our uniquely interdisciplinary department allows you to connect your research interests with a number of other disciplines to better understand the interconnected world of media and journalism in contemporary society. Study PhD Journalism and combine your study with our research strengths in creative writing, law and policy, human rights, politics and many more. 

Read our biographies to find out more about us, or search our research finder to find the right research topic and supervisor for you.

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Facilities for success

As a student in the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies, you will have access to our incredible facilities such as the Media Centre and the Lakeside Theatre, including access to state-of-the-art equipment.

Find out more

 

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