Entrepreneurial Journalism

Course details Integral to our courses is the belief that people improve their professional practice by taking time out to reflect on and reassess what they currently do in the workplace and by sharing their real-life experiences with the other like-minded professionals.

As a result each course is unique and geared to the experiences of the individuals that are participating, which may result in the course content altering slightly from course to course.

The course will examine:

The challenges of working in a changing media environment
Stimulating innovation
Managing personal development
Developing business skills
Stress and trauma in journalism
Dealing with change.

During the creative retreat you will have the chance to meet and interview journalists who have set up their own businesses, to analyse your current company or sector’s business models and commercial opportunities and to brainstorm your business ideas.

During the period of online supported tuition you will produce an article about entrepreneurial journalism based on interviews with those who have created their own businesses and your assessment of the success of their venture.

You will be asked to draw on these conclusion to produce a business plan to justify your own entrepreneurial idea.

Programme Specification

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Every taught course leading to a BU Award has a programme specification which describes its aims, structure, content and learning outcomes, plus the teaching, learning and assessment methods used. View the programme specification for Build Your Own MA (BYOMA) - Media Short Course Framework.

Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the programme specification, the information is liable to change to take advantage of exciting new approaches to teaching and learning as well as developments in industry.

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