MA Journalism (International) for Media Professionals

You’ll join a global community of media professionals reflecting on your current practice and expanding the scope of your expertise. The course will build on your professional experience and directly inform and develop your daily practice with assignments that support your individual career goals. Tutors and mentors with substantial industry experience will support you in developing leadership attributes as well as the ability to apply advanced journalistic skills across a wide range of platforms, including television, radio, online, print and social media. Your learning will be underpinned by modern research into global journalism and media practice. You’ll develop the ability to analyse the industry with academic rigour and appraise political, economic, regulatory and cultural influences in different global regions. You’ll explore innovative forms of media practice and engage with a variety of approaches to developing creative leadership and entrepreneurship. This course will also strengthen transferable skills, including problem solving, planning, team work, time management, cross-cultural interaction and use of social media. Our online learning and teaching environment includes a global virtual newsroom and enables you to interact with tutors and fellow professionals. A wide range of e-books and e-journals give you access to current relevant academic research. During an on-campus residential week, you’ll be able to interact with tutors and peers in person in our industry standard cross-platform newsroom and TV studio. Edinburgh Napier University has one of the longest records for providing journalism education in the UK and has Skillset Screen and Media Academy status. This course was designed in consultation with a wide range of industry representatives and accreditation bodies. This is a one year full-time distance learning course and is split up into three trimesters. You’ll learn by a variety of teaching methods including lectures, tutorials, studio and newsroom sessions and through independent study. Subjects include Cross-platform Journalism and Media Practice Global Current Affairs across Cultures Leadership and Entrepreneurship in the Media Specialist Journalism (Global Business and Finance Reporting; Investigative Journalism, Documentary Film Production; Professional Media Industry Placement) Professional Media Production Dissertation Study modules mentioned above are indicative only. Some changes may occur between now and the time that you study. You can view a list of all current modules in our module catalogue.