Sports Journalism (including a Foundation Year)

About this course

Sports journalism sits at the intersection of two demanding professional fields. Journalism requires the ability to gather information quickly and accurately, to write clearly under pressure, and to understand the ethical obligations that govern how stories are found and told. Sports journalism adds a specialist dimension: a deep understanding of sport as a cultural, commercial, and social phenomenon, and the ability to cover it across a range of formats, from match reports and analysis to long-form features and broadcast commentary. At the University of Chester, this four-year programme includes a foundation year and a year abroad. The foundation year gives you a thorough grounding in the academic and professional skills underpinning journalism before the main degree begins, making the programme accessible to students from a range of backgrounds. The year abroad is a distinctive featur

Where its graduates go

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