BA (Hons) Sports Journalism
Course Overview
This Sports Journalism degree equips you with the practical skills and professional portfolio needed to launch a successful career in the dynamic sports media industry. You will gain invaluable live reporting experience at major events and have unique opportunities to interview elite athletes. The course leverages its prime location in Cardiff, a European Capital of Sport, to provide exceptional industry connections and real-world experience.
Key Program Highlights
- Gain hands-on, live reporting experience at top-tier sporting events
- Build a professional portfolio to showcase your work to future employers
- Develop highly transferable multimedia and communication skills
- Access unique opportunities to meet and interview elite professional athletes
- Benefit from the university's excellent industry links in a major sporting city
Course Overview
This Sports Journalism degree equips you with the practical skills and professional portfolio needed to launch a successful career in the dynamic sports media industry. You will gain invaluable live reporting experience at major events and have unique opportunities to interview elite athletes. The course leverages its prime location in Cardiff, a European Capital of Sport, to provide exceptional industry connections and real-world experience.
Key Program Highlights
- Gain hands-on, live reporting experience at top-tier sporting events
- Build a professional portfolio to showcase your work to future employers
- Develop highly transferable multimedia and communication skills
- Access unique opportunities to meet and interview elite professional athletes
- Benefit from the university's excellent industry links in a major sporting city
Requirements
Modules
- Sports Journalism in Practice
- Essential Sports Reporting
- Fundamentals of Photographic Practice for Sports Journalism
- Sport, Leisure & Social Cultures
- Promotion and Marketing in Sport
- Law and Ethics for Journalists
- Advanced Sports Reporting
- Photography / Video for Sport
- Digital Marketing & PR in Sport
- Mobile Sports Journalism
- Behind the Sports Headlines
- Sports Career Portfolio (1)
- Media Ethics in Sport
- Major Sports Project
- Advanced News Production for Sport
- Dissertation
- Sports Career Portfolio (2)