Multimedia Journalism

Our Multimedia Journalism BA(Hons) is designed to prepare you for an exciting career in TV news, radio, podcasting, social media – or all these areas. Like society and technology, these industries are constantly changing, and we’ll give you the best possible grounding to succeed in the future. You’ll build your creative and technical skills in video and audio journalism and make the most of online and social tools. Meanwhile, by analysing the media and how we use it today, you’ll better understand 21st Century journalism.

Why study Multimedia Journalism BA(Hons) at University of Huddersfield?

• On this course, you’ll get hands-on with our impressive facilities, including TV and radio studios, professional cameras, editing software and more. You’ll learn from lecturers and working journalists to build an impressive portfolio of skills and journalistic knowledge.

• Our leading academics examine the challenges and opportunities facing multimedia journalism, giving you the opportunity to discuss and analyse these topics. Work placements will help you gain skills in a media organisation, where you’ll have chance to produce news and media content across TV, radio and online - and to real-world deadlines.

• Following this degree, you may go on to pursue a career within multimedia journalism, broadcasting, radio or more. You could opt to continue your postgraduate education instead, on a television production course, in music journalism, sports journalism, media and popular culture, or publication studies. Recent graduates work at the BBC, ITV, and for a variety of other broadcasters*.

• You’ll be learning from the best on this course too, as the University of Huddersfield has been rated Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) 2023.

Professional Bodies At Huddersfield, you’ll study the Global Professional Award alongside your degree† so that you gain valuable qualities and experiences that could help you to get the career you want, no matter what your field of study is. †full-time, undergraduate first degrees with a minimum duration of three years. This does not include postgraduate, foundation, top-up, accelerates or apprenticeship degrees.

Why Huddersfield? Huddersfield’s vibrant and friendly campus is a great place from which to study, while the town itself offers lots to see and do, with good transport links in and around the area.