Media and Journalism

About this course

Journalism and media are disciplines that have always mattered, but the pressures they face today make them more important to understand than ever. The fragmentation of audiences, the spread of misinformation, the disruption of traditional business models, and questions about the relationship between platforms, governments, and the press are reshaping the information environment in ways that affect everyone. Studying media and journalism means taking these challenges seriously, both as a practitioner learning to do the work and as a critical thinker learning to understand the systems in which that work happens. At Sussex you will develop practical journalism skills including reporting, interviewing, writing across print and digital formats, audio and video production, and data journalism alongside critical media studies that place these practices in their historical, political, and econ

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 75% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 30% of graduatescards →
• 45 / 100Media Professionals · 30% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Science, engineering and technology associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →

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