Master

Online

£ 2,950 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Duration

    2 Years

This course provides excellent pre-entry knowledge and experience. By taking a postgraduate journalism course with us you will receive the best possible training. The LSJ has been training journalists since 1920 - we have all the experience and knowledge you will need. Suitable for: Not all our students wish to be journalists, however. This course is also taken by those for whom a knowledge and understanding of journalism is a great advantage - PR, politics, and advertising are only some of the professions to send representatives on our courses.

About this course

You will need:

1.to have graduated from a recognised university
(At our discretion, other qualifications and working experience may be acceptable)
2.to provide a full educational CV and details of any relevant background information and experience
3.to write a 300/500 word piece, setting out the reasons why you wish to study journalism
4.to complete an application form
5.to pay the required fees

We may ask prospective students to attend an interview, or we may offer or refuse a place based solely upon the information provided in the application.

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Teachers and trainers (5)

Alexandra Wood

Alexandra Wood

Playwright-in-Residence at Finborough Theatre

David  Banks

David Banks

Cartoonist

Ellen Renner

Ellen Renner

Writer

Gary Moskowitz

Gary Moskowitz

Freelance Feature Writer

Gavin Evans

Gavin Evans

Sports Correspondent

Course programme

Postgraduate Course in Journalism

The London School of Journalism provides online postgraduate courses in journalism for students, who are unable to attend a course in London, or who prefer to study in their own time with the minimum disruption to the working or domestic life. This course provides excellent pre-entry knowledge and experience. By taking a postgraduate journalism course with us you will receive the best possible training. The LSJ has been training journalists since 1920 - we have all the experience and knowledge you will need.

The course can be started in February or in September.

The course consists of 4 modules, each lasting between 20 and 24 weeks. If the modules are taken consecutively, the course can be completed within two years of enrolment.

Students may take a break between modules, but must complete within four years of enrolment

The course is taught entirely without the need to attend the school. All lectures, tutorials and group discussions take place live, online, and are text-based. You will need access to the internet, preferably broadband (but not essential), in order to attend these lectures and tutorials.

Course syllabus
All lectures and tutorials are delivered in real time on our secure server, with the system being capable of supporting up to 150 concurrent feeds from students.

You will be committed to an average of one tutorial per month and one lecture per week, and approximately 5 to 8 hours (in total) of reading, research and written assignments weekly. You will have a deadline of one week in which to complete and submit each individual assignment and will be penalised for those which are received late. You will also be expected to achieve at least an 85% 'attendance' at online lectures.

The course structure is made up of four modules, all of which must be completed to receive the Postgraduate Diploma.

Journalism and Newswriting Feature Writing

• Starting out in journalism • Introduction to features writing
• What is news? • Freelance opportunities
• Writing for publication • Features Intros
• Crime and the courts • Reviews
• Generating story ideas • Reviews - 2
• Crime and the courts - 2 • Legal issues
• Local government • Lifestyle and consumer features
• Filing court copy • Human interest features
• Central government • Features profiles
• Interviewing skills • Gossip, diary and opinion
• Legal dilemmas • Specialist and trade features
• Central government - 2 • The features professional
• Handouts • The freelance reviewer
• Newspaper practice • Directing your writing
• Libel dangers • Markets
• Running story • Law for feature writing
• Libel defences • Optional module 1
• Specialist writing • Optional module 2
• The senior journalist • Optional module 3
• The editor's chair • Optional module 4

Freelance Writing Subediting

• The freelance journalist • The subeditor's role
• Writing for publication • The professional sub
• More about markets • Page editing
• News, features, reviews • Production law
• Legal issues • Headlines
• Legal dilemmas • Legal issues
• Successful packages • First steps in design
• Dealing with editors • Design principles
• The broadcast media • Practical subbing
• Going it alone • Planning for publication
• Internet - Creating a website • Subs and the law
• Internet - web design • Advanced design
• Internet - Advanced web pages • Subbing in action
• Internet - The digital economy • Specialist subbing
• Internet - Writing for the web • Legal pitfalls
• Internet - Selling in cyberspace • Editing and design

Journalism

£ 2,950 + VAT