Program Overview

Key information

Build the vital skills in research and reporting that are needed to form robust investigations with the power to change lives and society. Our pioneering Investigative Journalism MA is an intensely challenging programme that focuses on the practical investigative abilities required to succeed.

Benefits of this course

We aim to give you the skills to quickly progress from the basics of writing news for print or online, to producing audio-visual journalism for TV, radio and online.

You will learn how to investigate and communicate across multimedia platforms, and work ethically and legally.

Our programme covers how to investigate using open and closed sources, different interviewing techniques, how to use access to information laws, and ethical undercover work.

You will learn through the production of your own professional grade piece of investigative work.

Award

You can select to apply for one of the available exit points for this course.

Master of Arts (MA)

Who is this course for?

If you have a strong first degree and a commitment to the field of investigative journalism, our programme is ideal.

You will need a dedication to digging deeper into topics than daily news or 24-hour news allows. You will have a hunger to expose injustice and abuse using evidence.

Career

As a graduate of our Investigative Journalism MA you will have among the best employment opportunities of any UK journalism graduate.

We prepare you for work in any form of journalism, but investigative journalists can be especially valued for positions demanding advanced research and investigation abilities.