Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Journalism (P502)

This Journalism degree offers a lively and professional introduction to the practices and ideas of journalism. Students will cover breaking news in the newsroom, enjoy exciting news days and develop a range of writing skills for different media outlets and learn video, audio and mobile techniques of a rapidly changing industry, taught by respected practitioners.

Students will find a wealth of relevant work placement opportunities to give their career a head start. London Met's students have had placements at media organisations including InStyle Magazine, BBC Radio 1, Your Media London, Islington Gazette, Hayes FM, Business In The Community, Bracknell News, October Films, sport.co.uk, Bliss, Press Association, Sunday Times, ITN and Cambridge Evening News, as well as the Daily Mail.

Students will have the chance to visit newspapers, TV studios and the places where news is made. London Met hosts a range of well-known speakers, recently including Professor Steve Jones to talk about science in journalism, Gary Younge from the Guardian and Tom Symonds from the BBC to talk about breaking big stories from phone hacking to paedophilia.