Multimedia Journalism
Multimedia journalism is journalism for the present: practised across text, audio, video and digital platforms simultaneously, requiring both the traditional skills of investigative reporting, interviewing and accurate writing and the technical facility to produce content that works across the full range of modern media. From breaking news and in-depth investigations to cultural reviews and sports reporting, journalism demands the ability to identify what matters, gather evidence rigorously and present findings clearly to audiences who are consuming news in rapidly changing ways.
At Manchester Metropolitan University you will study this three-year full-time programme, which includes a sandwich year with embedded work placement opportunities. The placement year connects your studies to the journalism industry in a sustained and professional way, giving you the newsroom experience and the professional contacts that are essential in a highly competitive field. Manchester's own media landscape, encompassing television, radio, digital and print journalism, provides an exceptional environment for your studies, and MMU has strong links with the city's media industry.
The typical entry tariff for this programme is around 120 UCAS points.
You will develop skills in news writing, feature writing, interviewing, audio and video production, digital publishing, data journalism and the ethical and legal frameworks that govern reporting. The course asks you to scrutinise, interrogate and report on the issues that really matter, developing your journalistic instincts alongside your technical capabilities.
Graduates of multimedia journalism programmes work across the full range of news and media organisations. Reporting roles in national, regional and local news organisations, digital news outlets, broadcasters and specialist publications are all established destinations. Others move into corporate communications, public relations, content creation, documentary production and media management.
The combination of a sandwich placement and Manchester's media connections gives MMU graduates a strong practical foundation for entering the profession. Postgraduate study in journalism or media is a further option for those who wish to specialise.