Journalism at Kingston University prepares you for the workplace as well as offering plenty of choices to follow your interests and career aspirations. Our BA, taught by professional journalists, provides students with all the current skills they need to succeed – evidenced by our 100% graduate employment rate. (Graduate Outcomes Survey 2022)
You will get a thorough grounding in core skills including news and features, digital and social media, ethics, and media law. Key to your learning will be hands-on experience at the River Newspaper and River Online and the opportunity to undertake work experience and internships in London, the hub of the UK's media industry, supported by our work placement.
You will also get opportunities to create your own innovative media products such as a magazine or website, podcast series, or documentary, as well as pursue research into current issues in the journalism industry. You will have the chance to pursue your interests in depth by creating a cutting-edge journalism portfolio that could include broadcast, sport, fashion, visual journalism, data, creative non-fiction, and international, political, or environmental reporting that will prepare you to pursue specialist beats on graduation.
All this learning is covered in broad-ranging core modules that develop your employability, innovative thinking, specialist knowledge, and practical, academic, and analytical skills. You will use our media facilities, which include industry-standard software, two dedicated newsrooms, and a broadcast media suite.
Reasons to choose Kingston
- Kingston is ranked No.3 in London for journalism and publishing (Guardian University League tables 2022).
- 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).
