Arts and Human Sciences (AHS) Undergraduate Prospectus
BA (Hons)
Location Location
Southwark Southwark
BA (Hons)
Writing for Media
Duration Duration
Multimedia Journalism
*
3 years (full-time) 3 years (full-time)
Start date Start date
September September
Number of places Number of places
25 30
Arts and Human Sciences Arts and Human Sciences
Course description Career opportunities
Timetable Timetable
Course description and by guest lecturers working in
This course focuses on two major The Writing for Media course is ideal
Full-time: days only Full-time: days only
Designed to equip students for contemporary journalism.
fields within the media industry - for students who are seeking a career
How to apply How to apply
the dynamic and diverse worlds of
screenwriting and journalism. By the in journalism and scriptwriting for both
Via UCAS Via UCAS
contemporary journalistic practice, the Career opportunities
end of this degree you will be equally television and the film industry. It is also course explores the fields of online and Graduates can anticipate working in
UCAS code Course contact
(AHS)
equipped to embark upon a career in aimed at those who are already working
P500 Colin Harvey
print journalism. Covers core professional print journalism, online journalism or
(AHS)
either field. We believe that professional within one of these areas and looking
harveycb@lsbu.ac.uk – 020 7815 5702
competencies of news writing, news progressing to postgraduate study.
writers within the media sector, many to change career direction and/or to
Course contact
gathering, feature writing, researching,
Dr. Donatella Maraschin Typical offer
of whom work as freelancers, need the broaden their critical and writing skills.
maraschd@lsbu.ac.uk – 020 7815 5771 160 UCAS Tariff points
interviewing and sub-editing, and looks Progression routes
ability to cover more than one role, and at practicalities of working as a freelance to postgraduate study
that journalists and scriptwriters need Progression routes
Typical offer
or staff journalist. Graduates have gone on to study at
160 UCAS Tariff points *subject to validation
to share a common ability to turn facts to postgraduate study Masters level, and may wish to continue
into engaging stories. Successful students on this course
Course units
Journalistic practice is contextualised studying at LSBU on our MA Scheme in
can further develop their skills at a
Level 1
throughout by a firm grounding in Creative Media Arts. Our project-centred
– Media Orientation
Taught by professional writers from postgraduate level by pursuing the
– Word Perspectives
journalism studies. We will explore the MA allows students to develop their
a variety of disciplines, this course MA in Media Writing at LSBU and
– Writing the Self
historical emergence and evolution of own work in a range of genres.
examines approaches to the creation other relevant MA/PhD programmes
– Image Analysis
journalism, from the era of the radical
– Cultural Industries
of narratives for the screen and the in Journalism and Scriptwriting offered
– Writing the Image
freesheets, through the rise of press Professional contacts/industry links
journalistic text. It draws upon a variety by other institutions.
Level 2
barons, to contemporary efforts to The degree is based in The Writing
of theoretical perspectives concerning
– Real Lives
adapt to the world of online journalism Lab (within the Department of Arts,
– Significant Others
issues such as identity, representation Recent guest lecturers
– Writing Reality
and user-generated content. We will Media and English), home to a variety
and otherness. The course offers – Nick Barlay, freelance writer (Curvy
– Telling the Truth
look at patterns of ownership and of professional writers and academics
invaluable opportunities for professional lovebox, Crumple zone and Hookey
– Cultural Memory
regulation, mainstream and ‘alternative’ studying journalism and the media. Dr
– Narrative Perspectives
involvement within the industry and Gear) and freelance journalist (Time
– Writing Popular Culture
genres of journalistic writing, and Philip Hammond has published widely
for the development of personal Out and The Guardian)
– Manufacturing the Real
the changing relationship between on the relationship between journalism
contacts through collaboration with – Rob John, freelance documentary
Level 3
journalism and the public sphere. and politics, and is particularly interested
– Ethical Media
an organisation on a final year work producer (BBC and Channel 4)
– Dissertation
in the media’s role in war and conflict.
placement, and exposure to professional – Angus Batey, freelance journalist
– Collaborative Project
We will examine legal and ethical He has written about the media and war
writers throughout the degree. (The Guardian).
– Brief-led Project
issues associated with online and print for The Independent, The Times, The
– Advanced Independent Project
journalism and the institutional context Weekly Journal and UK Press Gazette.
The course offers: For full entry requirements see pages of journalistic practice, including the Dr Donatella Maraschin has extensive
– Learning through practice 252 to 253. British political system, media law experience in magazine journalism.
– Lectures, seminar and workshops run and regulatory bodies. Issues such as Colin Harvey has worked as a freelance
by academics and professional writers subjectivity and objectivity in relation to journalist for The Guardian, Edge,
– Collaboration with students and the so-called ‘journalism of attachment’ Scriptwriter, Develop and RetroGamer,
resources in other disciplines, will be explored, as will the phenomena and is a former BBC Young Radio Critic
including Digital Media Arts, of blogging, embedded journalism and of the Year. Dr Anna Reading researches
Digital Photography and Digital mobile witnessing. mobile witnessing and cultural memory,
Film and Video and has previously worked as a freelance
– Access to the facilities and cultural The course is taught by academics who journalist and copywriter.
institutions of the Southbank. research journalism and news, and
who have worked professionally in the For full entry requirements see pages
journalistic and television industries, 252 to 253.
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