What can I do with my degree in Journalism?

Skills gained

As well as their subject-specific knowledge and skills, a graduate in Journalism will typically have the ability to:

• gather, organise and deploy information, images and data
• engage critically with major practitioners, debates and paradigms within the subject area and put them to productive use
• carry out various forms of research
• reflect upon the relevance of your own cultural commitment and positioning to the practice of journalism.
• complete close analysis
• consider and evaluate your own work
• present information in a variety of ways
• work to deadlines
• work productively in a group or team
• use IT to perform a range of tasks
• identify and define problems, assess possible solutions and discriminate between them

This is not an exhaustive list of skills - you will develop many skills from your course, extra-curricular activities and work experience. You can find out more about the skills employers look for and how you can develop them here.