Multiplatform and Mobile Journalism - MA

Our MA in Multiplatform and Mobile Journalism is a cutting edge course designed to give you the video, online, audio and social media skills needed to work within a growing number of jobs in the media and beyond.

OpportUNIty: Student Jobs on Campus ensures that our students are given a first opportunity to fill many part-time temporary positions within the University. This allows you to work while you study with us, fitting the job around your course commitments. By taking part in the scheme, you will gain valuable experiences and employability skills, enhancing your prospects in the job market.

It will also allow you to become more involved in University life by delivering, leading and supporting many aspects of the learning experience, from administration to research and mentoring roles.

You should have a 2:1 or higher in a related discipline from any UK university.

Applicants must have proven experience in journalism or media production (for example, video, audio, web production or print).

Good spoken and written English are vital. IELTS level 7.0 or above.

You should have evidence of your passion for new forms of journalism, along with a strong and inquiring mind and a tendency not to take no for an answer!

Our unique partnership with HuffPost UK will give you the chance to receive tutorials and masterclasses from the HuffPost UK team, as well opportunities for placements and visits to their bureaus.
You will be taught by a team of passionate professionals with vast industry experience with our staff having worked for the BBC, regional newspapers and radio stations as journalists, producers, reporters and more.
Course director Paul Bradshaw is the author of a number of books in the field, including Mobile-First Journalism, the Online Journalism Handbook, and Snapchat for Journalists.
You’ll have access to some of the best minds and practitioners in multiplatform journalism as the school regularly has visiting guest speakers and lecturers. Guest lecturers have included Twitter’s Joanna Geary, The Times’s Julian Burgess and Jonathan Richards, and Trinity Mirror’s Alison Gow.
Graduates have gone on to jobs including broadcast journalist, documentary maker, political editor, video journalist, trending reporter, art editor, radio station manager, newspaper reporter, magazine journalist and multimedia reporter.
You’ll have the chance to work on live projects to gain industry experience. Students have worked with The Mirror, Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Reuters, Centaur magazines, BBC and ITN.
The BBC’s newly launched Data Unit in the city, as well as a Guerilla Unit that focuses on new interactive forms of storytelling, regularly work with students and the university.
Employers including national broadcasters, newspapers, websites and magazines regularly contact Birmingham City University to promote new roles demanding the online skills you will learn on the course.
You’ll be joining a course accredited by the BJTC.