MA JOURNALISM

The all-new MA journalism at Winchester has rapidly emerged to be one of the most successful and highly regarded MA journalism courses in Europe. The course was one of the first to be completely multimedia, with students working in all mediums from print to video; radio to online and able to specialise within the course.

The MA journalism is designed for graduates and mature students with a clear ambition to work in the media. The course is 100 percent practical and dedicated solely and exclusively to helping graduates start careers in the journalism and media industries.

Bursaries and grants forthe MA journalism courses:

The George Viner Memorial Trust was set up by the National Union of Journalists to broaden the diversity of journalists working within the media in the UK and Ireland. The funding round opens in May and the deadline for applications is in August each year. Application is open to students on the MA journalism course. See: The George Viner Memorial Trust

MA Journalism - Employment:

By studying at Winchester you are joining a community of graduates who have worked with our course tutors on the MA journalism course and MA journalism and similar courses at other universities over many years.

The MA journalism courses team is well known and well connected in the industry. Students on the MA journalism last year were able to take advantage of a special work attachment programme with ITN news. As a BJTC validated course students also have access to a database of work attachment opportunities at the BBC. Student at Winchester have also participated in work attachment programmes at Sky News, Sky Sports, ITN and on newspapers and magazines.

MA Journalism: BJTC accreditation

BJTC accreditation requries a monitored target of 100 percent of MA journalism graduates gaining employment with the journalism industry. Last year students secured full-time employment with local and national media organisations including ITN and Al Jazeera.

Student Satisfaction:

Last year the sister undergraduate courses in journalism at Winchester was ranked the

highest in the country for student satisfaction with teaching and with access to resources. All the students graduating from the MA expressed a high degree of satisfaction with their studies. You can contact current MA journalism students and alumni via the MA journalism student blogs pages of this website.

Innovation and Excellence on the MA Journalism course:

Winning national and international recognition has been key to establishing the reputation of the course with the industry. Last year the annual national excellence award (course of the year) for innovation was given to the university by the BJTC for the operation of Winchester News Online, which is hosted by the university's BA journalism course, but which forms a large part of the MA journalism course as well.

Winchester journalism has won the BJTC national excellence award for the past two years running, and the MA journalism course leader has lead courses which have won that award in four out of the past five years.

This year (2012) Winchester Journalism students (both MA and BA) were nominated in all eight categories for national excellence awards, including student reporter of the year and overall student journalist of the year.

MA/Masters Journalism: Study in the heart of the EU media industry

Winchester is based in the heart of the UK/EU media industry giving students on the MA journalism excellent access to the magazine publishing centres (Reed - the biggest magazine publisher in UK is based to the south of London, right on our doorstep, and the headquaters of Sky TV are nearby in South West London).

Central London is less than a hour by train. Students frequently attend news and cultural events in London, without the hassle and cost of having to live there. Our location means that students have all the advantages of being right in the heart of the media EU media industry , but with the lower housing costs and better standard of life available in Hampshire.

Winchester's unique location within easy commuting distance of both central London and the South coast (including the large BBC, ITV, newspaper and magazine publishing presence in the regional hub of Southampton) makes it an ideal location for the country's most innovative and forward-looking journalism department.