Global Journalism and Public Relations

Coventry University
Postgraduate MA Full-time 1 Year Digital media, production, and technologyPR and communicationsJournalism

About this course

Covering key areas ranging from legal and ethical issues to interviewing, writing, broadcast and web skills, this course prepares you for global journalism and public relations practice and analysis in a digital and diverse world.

  • Benefit from our current links with the media industry, including ITV and the BBC, and previous links with Al Jazeera and Africa-based media and online outlets here in the UK and elsewhere including the USA.

  • The course is taught by experienced tutors with decades of practical journalism and public relations experience, and in addition, you will have opportunities2 to attend guest lectures by top as well as upcoming journalists and public relations practitioners, including alumni (subject to availability).

  • Gaining hands-on experience, you will be expected to work as part of a team on group projects, such as a magazine and a global collaborative newscast themed around pressing contemporary issues.
  • Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    1133 Public relations and communications directors
    3417 Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators
    3416 Arts officers, producers and directors
    3412 Authors, writers and translators
    2493 Public relations professionals
    2492 Newspaper and periodical broadcast journalists and reporters

    Course Details

    Qualification
    MA
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    1 Year
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Coventry
    Scheme
    Postgraduate
    Subjects
    Digital media, production, and technology, PR and communications, Journalism