Master of Science - Sport Broadcast

Professionally accredited by the BJTC (Broadcast Journalism Training Council) this master's degree with a practical focus, is designed and delivered by sports broadcast industry professionals to create practitioners of Sport Broadcast and prepare them to be “industry ready” for employment in sport broadcast journalism and right across the sport media industry. The master's degree course has been written in collaboration with sport broadcast journalists from the BBC, ITV, Sky Sports and the Broadcast Journalism Training Council. Cardiff Met teaches traditional sports broadcast journalism for the digital, new media age. Emphasis is given to live event production, broadcast news journalism and multi-platform digital storytelling.

Students will develop and master a wide spectrum of broadcast journalism production skills, learn to self-shoot and edit, record and produce audio, create digital content while sharpening their journalistic instinct, news values and editorial judgment. They will critically examine the reciprocal relationship between socio-political issues, modern media coverage and professional sport. Students will also study media law, and analyse how ethics, a sense of fairness, impartiality, accuracy and a robust knowledge of regulations and rights play a crucial part in operating within the modern fast-changing sport broadcasting landscape.

The inclusion of a significant work placement module (60 credits) in this sports broadcast journalism degree offers the opportunity to work in Cardiff Met's internal broadcast unit across the academic year creating video and audio content for Cardiff Met Sport TV, producing weekly podcasts, highlights and live TV sports shows, holding press conferences and live streaming university sports matches.  This module also provides a second placement opportunity with one of Cardiff Met's external broadcast partners. They have placement opportunities with all the major broadcasters and production companies in Wales and further afield for students who are prepared to travel; these include a number of Welsh medium placement opportunities.

Throughout this programme, students will gain practical, real-world experience of various broadcast roles; presenter, reporter, producer, director, videographer, camera operator, floor manager, video editor, social media producer, commentator,  live stream engineer, and all-round broadcast and mobile journalist. 

In addition to this students will learn to research, network and build contacts, elevating their sports reporting and writing skills to the next level and mastering the art of story-telling and content creation in the fast-changing digital age through social media platforms, blogging, vlogging, live streams and podcasts. Students this year have enjoyed placements with BBC, ITV, Sky Sports, DAZN, Perform, Orchard Media, BT Sport, Whisper Films, Sunset & Vine, World Rugby, WRU, Made In Cardiff, S4C, Glamorgan Cricket, Swansea City, Cardiff Devils, Sport Wales and many other local and national broadcasters, production companies, sports organisations and governing bodies. Cardiff Met alumni are now working in full time positions with Sky Sports, BBC Sport, S4C Sport, Livewire Sports and in the Premier League.