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About Sports Journalism degrees

Sports journalism is about more than writing match reports. It’s about exploring the stories behind the headlines and helping to bring sport alive for everyone. This course is for people who are passionate about sport, who want to write about the thing they love and help their audiences understand what makes the industry tick.

The course provides three learning strands. Through the practical strand you will learn key journalistic skills such as how to source, research and write news stories and features, as well as the technical skills needed to film stories and put together audio packages. But good practical skills are only part of the picture. The best journalists have a keen understanding of the environment in which they are working and our journalism theory strand will help you understand the context in which news is produced, as well as the ethical, political and social impacts of journalism on society and culture. The sports strand will develop your knowledge of how the business and practice of sport has developed, and the place sport has in contemporary culture.

With a News Production Project at the end of the first year and industry placement in the second year, the course will provide you with a strong practical and theoretical understanding of sports journalism and leave you well-placed to develop a career in the industry.

Benefits of Sports Journalism degrees

Modules for Sports Journalism degrees