Journalism and New Media MA

Career opportunities

Graduates will be equipped with the skills necessary to identify and pursue a number of career options, particularly within research enquiries and/or journalistic investigations of topics relevant to their interests.

Career paths of the 'MA Journalism and New Media' include:

• journalist for online and mobile platforms, and digital magazines
• computer-aided reporter and investigative journalist
• social media and digital communication specialist
• civic media strategist
• communication and research officer for government and non-government organisations
• further research in academia (e.g. MPhil or PhD).

Recent graduates from our other courses in our Postgraduate Framework in Journalism are now working as:

• Journalists for Associated Press
• Journalists for BBC Southampton - where the course has an unbroken line of employment of editorial roles in online journalism since 2002
• Supervising Editor at CNN.com
• Manager of a radio station in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
• Classic FM, and launch manager of another, Magic FM
• Journalist for BBC Breakfast TV News, and also working as an ambassador for the BBC visiting colleges and universities in the UK
• Freelancer, for publications, such as Campaign magazine
• A TV reporter in Norway
• A multimedia journalist and leading website development for Ericsson, the Finnish telecommunications company
• An Online Journalist with The Lawyer magazine, London
• Trainee journalists on the Bloomberg traineeships
• Director, Sunpoint Project, Russia
• Editorial: Red Magazine Online, Deputy Editor (NewWoman Online (Emap)).