Course Content / Skills Learnt -Summary:

  • City University’s Department of Journalism is ranked second in the UK for universities to prepare for careers in journalism:
QS World University Rankings 2014: http://www.topuniversities.com/blog/top-5-universities-uk-prepare-journalism-careers  
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  • Specifically, it is widely acknowledged as having the best Broadcast and also TV Journalism MA courses in the UK.​

Gained A Lot of Experience & Numerous Skills:

  • Made weekly news packages and documentaries. ​​​
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  • Was involved with every aspect of production (idea generation / ability to spot a story, researching, writing shooting scripts, filming, editing, presenting, technical, etc). 
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  • Presented -inside the studio and on location. 
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  • Worked on technical studio roles (filming, sound, autocue, directing).
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  • Created documentaries. E.g. I presented/reported a 30 minute documentary about intensive rabbit farming. (We worked in groups of three and I wrote the script for this and was heavily involved in research and setting up interviews with politicians, animal charities and factory farm representatives). 
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  • During term time and holidays: worked with BBC Current Affairs, BBC Drama and OR Media (who make programs for Al Jazeera, Channel Four, BBC and Discovery Channel).
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Studied & Were Examined In: 


  •  Media Law
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  •  Entrepreneurial Journalism

  •  Research Techniques 


  • Research techniques. My research document / treatment below:
tv-documentary-research-detailed-treatment-tv-journalism-ma_2.docx
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  • Ethics in Journalism

  • Journalism in Society

  • & a range of other topics.
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  • Documents(/essays/scripts/etc) that I wrote for this MA can be downloaded from the 'Writing' sub-tab (found under the 'Other Reporting Skills and Websites' menu option on this website).
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  • Received Distinctions in almost every module and overall.​​

  • You can see samples of my writing -written for this MA here: 
​     http://www.presenter-tvjournalist-actress.com/writing.html

Much more about the content of the course, & skills developed:
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​ https://www.city.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/broadcast-journalism-television-journalism#course-detail=1