Journalism, Media and Communications

Journalism, media, and communications encompasses the full range of practices through which information and stories reach public audiences, from traditional print and broadcast journalism to the digital platforms, social media, and content forms that have fundamentally reshaped how news and ideas circulate. Journalism itself is in a period of rapid change: the economic models that sustained newspapers and broadcasters for generations are under pressure, while digital platforms have multiplied the channels through which journalism can reach people and diversified the forms it can take. Understanding this landscape, and developing the skills to work within it and contribute to it critically, is the core task of this degree.

At Swansea University, this three-year full-time programme has been structured to prepare you for the evolving mediascape with confidence. You will study the history and theory of journalism and media alongside the practical skills of reporting, writing, interviewing, audio and video production, digital content creation, and data journalism. The media and communications element develops your critical understanding of how media organisations work, how content is produced and distributed, how audiences engage with media, and how the media ecosystem shapes public knowledge and democratic life.

You will produce work in a variety of forms across the programme, building a portfolio that demonstrates your range and your ability to work to professional standards.

Graduates from journalism, media, and communications programmes go on to careers in news organisations, broadcasting, digital media, public relations, communications strategy, content creation, and media research. The combination of critical analytical skills and practical production competence is valued across all of these fields. Further study at postgraduate level in journalism, media studies, or communications is available for those who wish to develop specialist expertise.