Sports Journalism (Hons)

NCTJ accreditation means your degree will be recognised by the industry as meeting high professional standards. Learn core journalism skills such as newswriting, reporting, media law, shorthand, public administration, digital journalism, portfolio development. and multimedia. Work placement opportunities give you the chance to make industry connections and gain valuable experience. Showcase and hone your journalism skills in our student magazine, Overtime. Newsroom with live news and sports feeds gives you authentic real-life journalistic experience. Sound, filming and editing equipment familiarise you with the latest technology and ensure that you graduate with the technical skills essential for your media career. Real-world reporting opportunities – our students interview sportspeople and report from live events. We have contacts with many local sport organisations and venues where you can hone your skills. This could be anything from reporting on horse racing to non-league football. Trips to top sports and media venues with exclusive interview opportunities. We’ve taken our students to venues including The Times HQ, the Copper Box at The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and The Amex Community Stadium, home to Brighton & Hove Albion FC. Guest lecture programme with insight from the experts and opportunities to ask questions. Past guests have included Sky Sports’ Jim White, Martin Tyler, Kelly Cates, Clare Balding, Nick Davies, Paul Hayward and former England cricket captain Mike Atherton. Close links with the media industry mean we organise trips to places such as the Sky News newsroom. Editors, journalists and campaigners from organisations such as Sky News, the BBC, Time Out, the Daily Telegraph, Johnston Press, the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, Full Fact and Reporters Without Borders have given lectures and masterclasses. Option modules and applied subject modules allow you to specialise in an area of particular interest.