Sports Journalism

This module will give you all the essential information you need to tell engaging news stories. You will explore how to come up with ideas, where to find stories and contributors, and how to reach communities you may not already be a part of. There will be a strong emphasis on inclusion and diversity, learning how to tell stories that reflect people from different backgrounds.

This module will help you to recognise the ethical and professional issues faced by journalists within liberal democracies so that you're able to make informed practical decisions in your everyday work. You'll learn about the legal and regulatory framework in which journalists operate and apply your knowledge in a newsroom environment through practical sessions.

This modules aims to give you the skills you'll need to be a sports reporter, both technical and writing. It will provide you with knowledge of the sports journalism industry, to gain an understanding of different platforms and audiences, and introduce you to ethical considerations.

Our module will introduce you to the professional and technical skills and the attributes to produce digital news by studying the industry and the current ethical practices in place. Furthermore, you will gain an understanding of production skills and different audiences.

This module aims to develop your technical and writing skills, and enables you to produce a range of sports journalism on platforms including podcast, TV, radio, social media and websites. It'll enable you to produce a range of stories for a variety of platforms and audiences, take part in some news days, and apply their knowledge of law, ethics and regulations.

You'll develop editorial and production skills to produce journalism content in different formats and platforms to meet various criteria. You'll also apply legal, ethical and regulatory knowledge to editorial content and reflect on your own personal development.

Our module will enable you to recognise and understand the ethical issues journalists face. This will provide you with the tools to make informed and ethical decisions on the work that you create and ultimately, you will meet the requirements of the UK journalism industry accreditation bodies in the teaching of ethics and regulation.

You'll research, design and produce your own sports magazine, working in small groups. The magazine can be about any sport, but not football. This is to encourage you to explore a new sport, develop the breadth of your expertise, and gain a critical understand of the different demands of specialist content.

During this module you'll film a live sporting event and add commentary. The module will also see you learn about presenting, punditry, commentary and studio engineering, and receive voice training.

This module aims for you to produce an innovative and creative content to a professional standard. You will develop your editorial and management skills and your application of ethical frameworks in the production of content.

This module prepares you for a work placement in journalism, creative media, communications or another relevant organisation. Undertake and benefit from a placement to enhance your employability, reflect and critically analyse the relevant organisation, industry sector and the employment opportunities available.

This module provides you with an understanding of some key issues and debates involved in sports journalism across the world. You'll explore how external influences impact on sports journalism, look at the requirements of high quality reporting, and develop your knowledge of sporting organisations and structures.

On this module you'll plan, script, record and edit a podcast (or series of) about news, current affairs or a sporting subject or topic of your choice. You will then go on to create a brand to market your podcast.

You'll learn how to use digital platforms to tell stories in creative ways. You'll explore how solutions-based journalism has a positive impact on the way audiences engage with digital content.

You will plan, film, interview, script and edit a short television documentary about a news/current affairs or sporting subject and topic of their choosing. You'll then critically reflect on the process.

Our module will enable you to recognise and understand the ethical issues journalists face. This will provide you with the tools to make informed and ethical decisions on the work that you create and ultimately, you will meet the requirements of the UK journalism industry accreditation bodies in the teaching of ethics and regulation.