PhD Journalism Studies

Join the growing research culture in Journalism Studies at Sussex and explore the practices, politics and impact of journalism in a wide range of contexts.

You’ll work with experienced faculty guiding and supervising you throughout your research project.

AREAS OF STUDY

We particularly welcome research proposals in:

• news journalism
• political communications
• journalism and the military
• journalism and intelligence
• investigative journalism
• media and protest.

Projects can be co-supervised by faculty in other subject areas as appropriate.

For a PhD, your research work makes a substantial original contribution to knowledge or understanding in your chosen field.