Course Overview - Journalism
**Reasons to choose Kingston**
- Kingston is ranked No.3 in London for Journalism and Publishing (The Guardian University Guide League Tables 2023).
- You’ll have many opportunities to do work experience and internships in London, the hub of the UK’s media industry. You’ll be supported by our work placement scheme.
- You’ll gain hands-on experience at our student-run River newspaper and River Online (a past winner of the Guardian Student Media Award ‘Newspaper of the Year’).
- Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised w...
**Reasons to choose Kingston**<br/>- Kingston is ranked No.3 in London for Journalism and Publishing (The Guardian University Guide League Tables 2023).<br/><br/><br/>- You’ll have many opportunities to do work experience and internships in London, the hub of the UK’s media industry. You’ll be supported by our work placement scheme.<br/><br/><br/>- You’ll gain hands-on experience at our student-run River newspaper and River Online (a past winner of the Guardian Student Media Award ‘Newspaper of the Year’).<br/><br/><br/>- Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the frameworks two new student experience and student outcomes categories. <br/><br/><br/>**About this course**<br/>Are you looking for a course that prepares you for the demands of a career in journalism? By studying journalism at Kingston, you’ll develop skills in digital journalism, mobile reporting, video and social media, news and feature writing. You’ll also study the context of journalism within society.<br/><br/>This degree can be tailored to your interests and career goals. Subjects include broadcast journalism, data journalism, magazine journalism, visual storytelling, or international, business, fashion or sports journalism. You’ll have the opportunity to produce your own live digital and print publications.<br/><br/>Core subjects include news production, video, layout, ethics and media law. There’s also the opportunity to pursue a research project and to study abroad at one of our partner universities.<br/><br/>**Future Skills** <br/>Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability. <br/><br/>As you progress through your degree, youll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge. <br/><br/>At Kingston University, were not just keeping up with change, were creating it. <br/><br/>**Career opportunities**<br/>Graduates work at many large media organisations, such as Reuters, Cosmopolitan, OK!, Channel 4 News, Sky, the BBC, The Times and Al Jazeera. Examples of first job student destinations after graduation include journalist, picture editor/ researcher, sub-editor and junior feature writer.