BA (Hons) Journalism Bachelor's degree at Plymouth Marjon University

Immersive module over the first four weeks of term teaching how to use professional broadcast kit in The Workshop, as well as basic editing, filming, recording and broadcast production skills.

Teaching the construction of written journalism, what makes a story, and where to find one. Students write and publish from day one.

Making online, written, radio, and TV content at The Workshop and on student website. Teaching about news agendas, broadcasts, press regulation, turning ideas into stories, and pitching work to different audiences on different platforms.

Broadcast journalism covering interviewing on and off the air, gathering content, creating running orders, writing scripts and producing live radio and TV shows.

Mobile journalism from filming broadcast-quality content on phones to capturing audio, creative camerawork, scripting for shoots, and digital photography.

Understanding how journalism has evolved and the role journalists play in shaping opinion, speaking truth to power, and researching and telling stories that count.

Developing fact-checking skills, discovering how to reveal untold stories, and working towards producing investigative pieces using curiosity and critical thinking.

Learning what it means to work as a professional journalist, how to pitch and network, make industry contacts, create a CV and practice job interview techniques. Exploring resilience and developing an initial career plan.

Teaching how to create content across all social media platforms. Modern journalists learning to reach audiences in multiple places and explore emerging methods and approaches to storytelling.

Students work in teams or individually to produce shows on Workshop Radio, learning about working to deadlines, finding their role in the studio, making contacts and learning teamwork and collaboration.

Appreciating the benefits of long-form journalism and considered approaches to content creation. Learning to develop story ideas, pitch features and execute them in print and online. Producing Sound Magazine.

Teaching history, development, techniques and skills to make podcasts. Covering production and planning techniques, idea generation, audience location, theme and content consistency. Advanced audio recording and editing techniques for broadcast.

Double-weighted module representing the culmination of a student's learning journey. The project can take any appropriate journalistic form from podcasts to investigative projects to documentary films, reflecting the student's journalistic passion.

Work in small production teams to conceive, pitch and produce a 44-page A4 magazine. Each student takes on a role such as editor, designer, writer, or sub-editor. Magazine is professionally printed.

Recreates the pressures, fun and atmosphere of the newsroom. Students work together in print, online, radio or TV to get the big story and hit the deadline, learning how to cooperate and co-work with colleagues.

Considering public relations strategy, formats, crisis comms, and how news is shaped by PR agencies. Learning to write and decode press releases, understand marketing messages, and work together to get PR campaigns in the news.

Performing at a more senior editorial and creative level in the studios, setting agendas, managing content and ideas, ensuring output remains consistent with style and regulations, and reaches its audience.