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Sports Journalism and Communication (MA)
Course Overview
This programme builds on a long standing and established research culture in sport studies in NUI Galway, including the Sport & Exercise Research Group in the Moore Institute for the Humanities and Social Studies. Further information on the research group is available here and members of the group will contribute to the programme.
The MA Sports Journalism and Communication programme aims to prepare graduates to work as professionals in the journalism and wider media and communications industries with a specialism in sport. The programme will focus on fostering a critical understanding of our changing media environment and on preparing graduates who will have an insight into the role of sport in the media, as placed within historical, cultural, scientific and business contexts. Graduates will be trained with professional communication and production skills to work as professionals in the industry, across multiple platforms. Students will take a dual approach to their studies, being exposed to academic knowledge and understanding as well as practical skills and reflective practice. Students will also have an opportunity to further specialise and develop a niche in a subject of particular interest via a choice of electives in social and digital media, management and marketing and film. Employability, innovation and entrepreneurship skills will be developed via a specialist module and work internship opportunities.
Aims and objectives of the programme
- To equip graduates with transferable communications and critical thinking skills that will poise them for future success in the labour market
- To prepare graduates to work in the highly specialised media, wider communication and creative industries with a specialism in sport, affording them an opportunity to develop an appropriate set of skills during the programme
- To develop students’ research skills to a level commensurate with postgraduate study and afford them an appropriate grounding for further postgraduate research opportunities nationally and internationally
- To develop ethical, articulate and responsible graduates who will contribute to the strengthening of democracy in Ireland and internationally through their professional practice as journalists
- To encourage the personal academic development of postgraduate students through a coordinated series of modules that incorporate small group research-led teaching and learning experiences
- To create a programme that will allow graduates apply for postgraduate research opportunities within the field of media and communications in the College of Arts, Social Science and Celtic Studies
Scholarships available
Find out about our Postgraduate Scholarships here.
Applications and Selections
Applications are made online via the NUI Galway Postgraduate Applications System. Applicants should submit a 500-word personal statement outlining their interest in the programme and their future career plans, their CV, and examples of previous work – writing, online or broadcast. We also encourage applications from professional athletes interested in progressing their careers. International applicants may require an English language test if English is not their first language. Selection is via examination of your application as well as a competitive interview.
Who Teaches this Course
- Liam Horan, former Gaelic Games correspondent, Irish Independent and Sports Editor, Evening Echo
- Mike Finnerty, Presenter, Sky Sports and Sports Editor, Mayo News
- Dr Seán Crosson, author of Sport and Film (Routledge 2013) and Gaelic Games on Film (Cork University Press, 2019)
- Tom Felle, Head of Journalism
- Fiona McGarry, Lecturer in Journalism
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Keith Duggan, The Irish Times
- Máire Treasa Ní Dhubhghaill, TG4
Requirements and Assessment
Key Facts
Entry Requirements
Applicants should normally hold a 2.2 minimum (ideally at 2.1 honours or higher), or equivalent, degree in any subject. We welcome applicants from science, arts, business and other disciplines. Applicants should demonstrate a passion for sport and we encourage previous experience in student media, blogging, web platforms and/or radio. English language requirement: IELTS of 7.0 overall with not less than 6.0 in any component.
Additional Requirements
Duration
1 year, full-time
Next start date
September 2021
A Level Grades ()
Average intake
15
Closing Date
There are two rounds of closing dates: April 30, 2021 and July 31, 2021.
NFQ level
Mode of study
ECTS weighting
90
Award
CAO
Course code
1MSJ1
Course Outline
Students will be offered a diet of taught core and elective modules across three semesters including both academic learning and practically-focused teaching and independent learning. Students will be offered 30 credits of modules per semester in semesters one and two, including core subjects in journalism studies and practice, and a choice of elective options from media and communications and related subjects. In their third semester students will choose between either a practice focused 10 credit module on innovation, employability and entrepreneurship and an independent final project under supervision, or an academic dissertation also under supervision.
These carefully planned modules blend to create a programme that will allow students the opportunity to build core skills such as writing, reporting, production and storytelling across multiple platforms as well as providing students with a grounding in theoretical approaches to media and communication, allowing them to develop their critical thinking skills as well as acquiring advanced knowledge about norms and practices in global media—and how to challenge these.
The suite of modules available offers students an opportunity to engage with real-world challenges and opportunities through a range of visiting speakers and innovative project-based assessment. Students are also given the opportunity to apply and synthesise the skills and knowledge developed over the programme within the final project or individual dissertation that are developed and produced in their final semester.
MODULE DIET
Semester One
Module Code & Title |
ECTS |
Semester |
Core / Optional |
Module Code |
Journalism Bootcamp |
10 |
1 |
Core |
DJ6115 |
Research in Sport |
10 |
1 |
Core |
FM6118 |
Sports Journalism |
10 |
1 |
Core |
DJ6109 |
Semester Two
Module Code & Title |
ECTS |
Semester |
Core / Optional |
Module Code |
Multimedia Newsdays |
10 |
2 |
Core |
DJ6112 |
Social and Digital Production |
5 |
2 |
Elective |
DJ6121 |
Data Journalism |
5 |
2 |
Elective |
DJ6104 |
Sport and Film |
10 |
2 |
Elective |
FM6117 |
Social Marketing and Environmental Sustainability |
10 |
2 |
Elective |
MK5132 |
Feature Writing |
10 |
2 |
Elective |
DJ6100 |
Media Law |
5 |
2 |
Elective |
LW871 |
Journalism Innovation, Employability, and Entrepreneurship |
10 |
2 |
Elective |
DJ6120 |
Semester Three
Module Code & Title |
ECTS |
Semester |
Core / Optional |
Module Code |
Final Project for journalism, media and communication |
30 |
3 |
Elective |
XXXX |
OR |
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Dissertation: Journalism, media and communication |
30 |
3 |
Elective |
XXXX |
Curriculum Information
Curriculum information relates to the current academic year (in most cases).Course and module offerings and details may be subject to change.
Glossary of Terms
- Credits
- You must earn a defined number of credits (aka ECTS) to complete each year of your course. You do this by taking all of its required modules as well as the correct number of optional modules to obtain that year's total number of credits.
- Module
- An examinable portion of a subject or course, for which you attend lectures and/or tutorials and carry out assignments. E.g. Algebra and Calculus could be modules within the subject Mathematics. Each module has a unique module code eg. MA140.
- Optional
- A module you may choose to study.
- Required
- A module that you must study if you choose this course (or subject).
- Semester
- Most courses have 2 semesters (aka terms) per year.
Year 1 (90 Credits)
Required DJ6127: Global Media and Society
DJ6127: Global Media and Society
Semester 1 | Credits: 10
This module will introduce you to contemporary issues that shape the Irish and international media landscape, such as ownership, the UK press post Leveson, the Irish Press Council and media regulation generally. The ethics portion of this module will act as a roadmap to guide you through the cross-section of ethical and professional issues that impact on journalists in contemporary media. Legal and regulatory issues will be examined through lectures and instruction on court practice, media law, defamation, and other restrictions.
(Language of instruction: English)
Learning Outcomes
- Develop an understanding of global issues of concern to the media including the role of the media in democracy, and pressures on that function including ownership, press-power relationships and moral decay
- Acquire knowledge of legal and regulatory issues in media such as media law and defamation, freedom of information, copyright and court practices.
- Demonstrate an awareness of ethical principles in media and develop a personal ethical 'compass'
- Show an awareness of the recent history of media ethical debates including partisanship in political coverage, the Leveson inquiry in the UK and misogyny and gender issues.
Assessments
This module's usual assessment procedures, outlined below, may be affected by COVID-19 countermeasures. Current students should check Blackboard for up-to-date assessment information.
- Continuous Assessment (100%)
Module Director
- TOM FELLE: Research Profile | Email
Lecturers / Tutors
- UINSIONN MAC DUBHGHAILL: Research Profile
- TOM FELLE: Research Profile
Reading List
- "Media Ethics" by Clifford G. Christians,Mark Fackler,Kathy Brittain Richardson,Robert H. Woods,Peggy Kreshel
ISBN: 9780205897742. - "Manufacturing Consent" by Edward S. Herman,Noam Chomsky
ISBN: 9780099533115.
Publisher: Random House - "Media Law in Ireland" by Eoin Carolan,Ailbhe O'Neill
ISBN: 9781784518004.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Professional - "Media Performance" by Denis McQuail
ISBN: 9780803982956.
Publisher: SAGE Publications Limited - "Media Ethics" by Patrick Lee Plaisance
ISBN: 9781412956857.
Publisher: SAGE
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.
Required DJ6129: Social Media and Digital Production
DJ6129: Social Media and Digital Production
Semester 1 | Credits: 10
This module aims to give students the professional production skills to operate competently as a professional journalist as well as understanding current theory and best practice in editorial design and production.
(Language of instruction: English)
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate a critical and comprehensive knowledge of current research and scholarship on editorial production across multiple platforms.
- Operate a range of hardware and software used in editorial production across multiple platforms.
- Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of the processes involved in sourcing, producing editorial content including the ethical principles, and copyright and legal restrictions.
- Evaluate, plan and implement strategies for improving editorial content and increasing audiences across multiple digital channels.
- Demonstrate self-direction and originality in tackling and solving problems; in particular with working in teams, managing creativity and negotiating complexities in editorial practice across multiple platforms.
Assessments
This module's usual assessment procedures, outlined below, may be affected by COVID-19 countermeasures. Current students should check Blackboard for up-to-date assessment information.
- Continuous Assessment (100%)
Module Director
- TOM FELLE: Research Profile | Email
Lecturers / Tutors
- UINSIONN MAC DUBHGHAILL: Research Profile
- BERNADETTE O'SULLIVAN: Research Profile
- TOM FELLE: Research Profile
Reading List
- "Adobe Premiere Pro CC Classroom in a Book (2018 Release)" by Maxim Jago
ISBN: 9780134853239.
Publisher: Pearson Professional - "Editorial Design" by Cath Caldwell,Yolanda Zappaterra
ISBN: 9781780671642.
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing - "Social Media for Journalists" by Megan Knight,Clare Cook
ISBN: 9781446211137.
Publisher: SAGE Publications Limited
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.
Required DJ6115: Journalism Bootcamp
DJ6115: Journalism Bootcamp
Semester 1 | Credits: 10
This module will offer you a dynamic and high-intensity introduction to journalism. You will develop your knowledge and understanding of why journalism matters as well as practical skills needed to thrive as a journalist, including research and interviewing, audio and video reporting, and multimedia storytelling and production.
(Language of instruction: English)
Learning Outcomes
- Comprehensively and critically understanding journalism practice, the journalism industry and its organisational structures
- Identify and resolve complex issues of journalistic activity and communicate them effectively to colleagues and to the public
- Critically evaluate news sources and information
- Develop professional skills for journalism across multiple platforms
- Demonstrate a critical and comprehensive knowledge of the processes involved in sourcing, producing and editing content across multiple platforms
- Use judgement to identify ethical dilemmas and work to produce solutions
- Exhibit critical awareness of professional standards and practice
Assessments
This module's usual assessment procedures, outlined below, may be affected by COVID-19 countermeasures. Current students should check Blackboard for up-to-date assessment information.
- Continuous Assessment (100%)
Module Director
- TOM FELLE: Research Profile | Email
Lecturers / Tutors
- UINSIONN MAC DUBHGHAILL: Research Profile
- KAREN M WALSH: Research Profile
- TOM FELLE: Research Profile
- AUDREY GALVIN: Research Profile
Reading List
- "Radio production" by Robert McLeish
ISBN: 9780240515540.
Publisher: Focal Press - "The Digital Reporter's Notebook" by Mark Blaine
ISBN: 9780415898514.
Publisher: Routledge
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.
Required DJ6112: Multimedia Newsdays
DJ6112: Multimedia Newsdays
Semester 2 | Credits: 10
In this module you will develop key skills and competencies required to work as a professional journalist in print, digital and broadcasting environments. You will work to produce news and features across multiple platforms; develop investigative, social newsgathering and verification expertise in an incubation environment, dissect your work and reflect on your practice. You will develop your editorial newsroom and team working skills through the production of a hyperlocal newspaper and website and social media channels, as well as live broadcast news days. Teaching will take place via a mix of regular lectures and news lab sessions, and news production sessions.
(Language of instruction: English)
Learning Outcomes
- Evaluate journalism research methods and techniques.
- Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the role and structure of the news media.
- Undertake multimedia research, interviewing, story development and editing.
- Produce content in teams for the news media across multiple platforms while demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of the importance of teamwork in newsroom environments and in negotiating complexities in editorial practice.
- Demonstrate technical and editorial expertise across multiple platforms via the operation of range of hardware and software used in multimedia editorial production.
- Critically evaluate and apply relevant knowledge and ideas, including theoretical knowledge such as law and ethics, to practical situations in a news environment.
Assessments
This module's usual assessment procedures, outlined below, may be affected by COVID-19 countermeasures. Current students should check Blackboard for up-to-date assessment information.
- Continuous Assessment (100%)
Module Director
- TOM FELLE: Research Profile | Email
Lecturers / Tutors
- UINSIONN MAC DUBHGHAILL: Research Profile
- KAREN M WALSH: Research Profile
- TOM FELLE: Research Profile
Reading List
- "Journalism Next" by Mark Briggs
ISBN: 9781452227856.
Publisher: CQ Press - "Making the local news" by edited by Bob Franklin and David Murphy
ISBN: 0415168031.
Publisher: London ; Routledge, 1998. - "Journalism of Ideas" by Daniel Reimold
ISBN: 9780415634670.
Publisher: Routledge - "The Editorial Eye" by Karen Brown Dunlap, Jane T Harrigan
ISBN: 0312152701.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.
Required DJ6109: Sports Journalism
DJ6109: Sports Journalism
Semester 2 | Credits: 10
The module will investigate the changing face of sports journalism and the way that the industry has had to evolve in an increasingly competitive multimedia marketplace. The modern sports writer’s objectivity is under the microscope with stories increasingly celebrity driven and sports are moving away from the back pages to the front page. Adaptability is a crucial job skill in modern-day sports journalism. So the aim of this module is to equip students with multimedia writing and editing skills that will prove effective across a broad range of sports.
(Language of instruction: English)
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the main issues faced by contemporary sports media and the context these issues create for the practising sports journalist.
- Work efficiently to identify, report and write (broadcast) sports stories to tight deadlines.
- Demonstrate ability to work as an effective team member in a sporting editorial environment.
- Demonstrate a professional approach to producing copy on deadline.
- Reflect and analyse assorted styles adopted in sports journalism.
Assessments
This module's usual assessment procedures, outlined below, may be affected by COVID-19 countermeasures. Current students should check Blackboard for up-to-date assessment information.
- Continuous Assessment (100%)
Module Director
- TOM FELLE: Research Profile | Email
Lecturers / Tutors
- UINSIONN MAC DUBHGHAILL: Research Profile
- KAREN M WALSH: Research Profile
- TOM FELLE: Research Profile
Reading List
- "Sports Journalism" by Phil Andrews
ISBN: 9781412902700.
Publisher: Sage - "Sports journalism" by James Toney.
ISBN: 9781408178324.
Publisher: London; Bloomsbury Pub - "A sportswriter's year" by Simon Barnes
ISBN: 9780434981809.
Publisher: Heinemann - "Sports Journalism" by Rob Steen
ISBN: 0415742145. - "The Picador book of sportswriting" by edited by Nick Coleman and Nick Hornby
ISBN: 0330331337.
Publisher: Picador
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.
Optional DJ6123: Dissertation: Journalism, communication and media
DJ6123: Dissertation: Journalism, communication and media
15 months long | Credits: 30
This is a capstone research module where students will have the opportunity to engage in a substantial piece of independent research into an academic subject within the field of journalism, media and/or the wider communications field.
Students will plan and produce research on a particular topic, drawing on appropriate scholarship in the field, and will be guided through the process of preparing for and producing the dissertation via regular academic supervision with an assigned supervisor.
(Language of instruction: English)
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate familiarity with a broad range of research literature in the area of journalism studies.
- Choose and situate a project within the context of an existing body of scholarly investigation, and appropriate areas of professional practice.
- Apply appropriate humanistic and social science theories to problems in the field of journalism studies.
- Choose and implement appropriate research methodologies.
- Produce academic writing that adheres to professional conventions and standards within the field of journalism studies.
- Articulate ideas to present a convincing academic argument.
Assessments
This module's usual assessment procedures, outlined below, may be affected by COVID-19 countermeasures. Current students should check Blackboard for up-to-date assessment information.
- Research (100%)
Module Director
- TOM FELLE: Research Profile | Email
Lecturers / Tutors
- UINSIONN MAC DUBHGHAILL: Research Profile
- BERNADETTE O'SULLIVAN: Research Profile
- TOM FELLE: Research Profile
Reading List
- "Media and Cultural Studies: Keyworks" by Meenakshi Gigi Durham (Editor), Douglas M. Kellner (Editor)
ISBN: 9780470658086.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell - "Key Readings in Journalism" by Elliot King (Editor), Jane Chapman (Editor)
ISBN: 9780415880282.
Publisher: Routledge - "Irish media" by John Horgan
ISBN: 0415216419.
Publisher: London ; Routledge, 2001 - "News: The Politics of Illusion" by W. Lance Bennett
ISBN: 0205082416.
Publisher: Pearson Education - "The Media Studies Reader" by Laurie Ouellette (Editor)
ISBN: 9780415801256.
Publisher: Routledge - "Media in Ireland" by Ireland) Cleraun Media Conference 1998 (Dublin, Damien Kiberd (Editor)
ISBN: 9781851825097.
Publisher: Four Courts Pr Ltd - "Media in Ireland" by Ireland) Cleraun Media Conference 2000 (Dublin, Damien Kiberd (Editor)
ISBN: 9781851826247.
Publisher: Open Air - "Media in Ireland" by Damien Kiberd
ISBN: 9781851823154.
Publisher: Four Courts Press - "Bicycle highway" by edited by Rosemary Day
ISBN: 9781905785377.
Publisher: Liffey Press - "Democracy without citizens" by Robert M. Entman
ISBN: 019506576X.
Publisher: Oxford University Press - "Keywords" by Raymond Williams
ISBN: 0006861504.
Publisher: Fontana Press - "Television" by Raymond Williams; edited by Ederyn Williams; with a new preface by Roger Silverstone
ISBN: 9780415314565.
Publisher: London ; Routledge, 2003. - "Empire and Communications" by Harold A. Innis, Alexander John Watson (Introduction)
ISBN: 1550026623.
Publisher: Dundurn Press - "The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction" by Walter Benjamin; translated by J. A. Underwood
ISBN: 9780141036199.
Publisher: Penguin - "James Carey" by Eve Stryker Munson and Catherine A. Warren, editors
ISBN: 0816627037.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press - "The culture industry" by Theodor W. Adorno; edited and with an introduction by J. M. Bernstein
ISBN: 0415253802.
Publisher: London ; Routledge, 2001. - "Manufacturing consent" by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky; with a new introduction by the authors
ISBN: 0375714499.
Publisher: Pantheon Books - "Culture and imperialism" by Edward W. Said
ISBN: 0679750541.
Publisher: Vintage Books - "Rethinking media theory" by Armand Mattelart + Mich�le Mattelart; translated by James A. Cohen and Marina Urquidi
ISBN: 0816619107.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press - "The invention of communication" by Armand Mattelart; translated by Susan Emanuel
ISBN: 0816626979.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press - "Theories of communication" by Armand Mattelart and Mich?ele Mattelart; translated by Susan Gruenheck Taponier and James A. Cohen
ISBN: 0761956476.
Publisher: Sage - "The economic regulation of broadcasting markets" by edited by Paul Seabright and J�rgen von Hagen
ISBN: 9780521696340.
Publisher: Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, c2007. - "Comparing media systems" by Daniel C. Hallin, Paolo Mancini
ISBN: 9780521543088.
Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; Cambridge University Press, 2004. - "Understanding Media Industries" by Timothy Havens, Amanda Lotz
ISBN: 9780195397673.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA - "Theorizing communication" by Dan Schiller
ISBN: 0195101995.
Publisher: Oxford University Press - "Critical theories of mass media" by Paul A. Taylor and Jan Ll. Harris
ISBN: 0335218113.
Publisher: McGraw Hill/Open University Press
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.
Optional DJ6124: Final Project for journalism, media and communication
DJ6124: Final Project for journalism, media and communication
15 months long | Credits: 30
This module provides students with an opportunity to complete a substantial piece of research-based professional journalism as a capstone to their degree programme, so as to enable them to identify and research thoroughly a subject of their choice, on an original theme and which is worthy of sustained journalistic inquiry.
(Language of instruction: English)
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate detailed knowledge of specific fields under investigation
- Identify and evaluate academic and journalistic research methodologies and sources of information (interviews, texts, internet, journal articles, cuttings, broadcasts, libraries)
- Display a critical awareness of the responsibilities and roles of journalists and the social, ethical and legal contexts in which they work.
- Plan and conduct a piece of original journalistic research; analyse and evaluate information for editorial importance; identify and resolve inconsistencies.
- Demonstrate editorial balance and fairness, apply appropriate research strategies and effective and appropriate interviewing for the medium and the target audience.
- Apply the habit of reflection and a critical approach, showing an awareness of different cultural perspectives.
- Value and be aware of high-level professional standards, including accuracy, protection of sources, balance, fairness and relevant legal requirements.
- Display an awareness of the ethical dimensions of news gathering and reporting; display intellectual integrity, awareness of copyright implications, the importance of crediting the work of others and the unacceptability of plagiarism.
Assessments
This module's usual assessment procedures, outlined below, may be affected by COVID-19 countermeasures. Current students should check Blackboard for up-to-date assessment information.
- Continuous Assessment (100%)
Module Director
- TOM FELLE: Research Profile | Email
Lecturers / Tutors
- UINSIONN MAC DUBHGHAILL: Research Profile
- KAREN M WALSH: Research Profile
- BERNADETTE O'SULLIVAN: Research Profile
- TOM FELLE: Research Profile
Reading List
- "Reflective Practice" by Gillie Bolton,Russell Delderfield
ISBN: 9781526411709.
Publisher: SAGE Publications Limited - "The Reflective Practitioner" by Donald A. Schon
ISBN: 9780465068784. - "Becoming a Reflective Practitioner" by Christopher Johns
ISBN: 9781119193920.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons - "Video Journalism for the Web: A Practical Introduction to Documentary Storytelling" by Kurt Lancaster
ISBN: 9780415892674.
Publisher: Routledge
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.
Optional DJ6130: Employability and Career Skills
DJ6130: Employability and Career Skills
Semester 1 and Semester 2 | Credits: 0
This module will equip students with the professional knowledge and skills needed to transition into the fast-changing media industry, and develop their social capital. Students will develop the knowledge and understanding necessary to start their careers and gain employment.
(Language of instruction: English)
Learning Outcomes
- Showcase employability skills by having successfully completed a workplace internship or shadowing programme and having cultivated a professional digital presence.
- Effectively analyse the opportunities afforded by industry disruption.
- Work successfully as part of a team.
- Reflect on personal strengths and develop self-awareness of areas for improvement.
Assessments
This module's usual assessment procedures, outlined below, may be affected by COVID-19 countermeasures. Current students should check Blackboard for up-to-date assessment information.
- Continuous Assessment (100%)
Module Director
- TOM FELLE: Research Profile | Email
Lecturers / Tutors
- UINSIONN MAC DUBHGHAILL: Research Profile
- KAREN M WALSH: Research Profile
- BERNADETTE O'SULLIVAN: Research Profile
- TOM FELLE: Research Profile
Reading List
- "Digital Transformation in Journalism and News Media" by Mike Friedrichsen,Yahya Kamalipour
ISBN: 9783319277868.
Publisher: Springer - "Becoming a reflective practitioner" by Christopher Johns ; with contributions from Sally Burnie ... [et al.].
ISBN: 0470674261.
Publisher: ; Wiley-Blackwell - "Communicative Figurations" by Andreas Hepp,Andreas Breiter,Uwe Hasebrink
ISBN: 9783319655840.
Publisher: Springer
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.
Optional DJ6100: Features Journalism
DJ6100: Features Journalism
Semester 2 | Credits: 10
Students will be introduced to the field of features journalism, and to a range of specific formats within the genre. Through extensive practical work, they will learn to identify and pitch stories; to research and investigate; and to write to format and deadline.
(Language of instruction: English)
Learning Outcomes
- Identify and shape promising topics
- Conduct the research appropriate to various article types, to include interviewing, observation, document analysis
- Prepare a range of feature journalism pieces in the appropriate formats and styles
Assessments
This module's usual assessment procedures, outlined below, may be affected by COVID-19 countermeasures. Current students should check Blackboard for up-to-date assessment information.
- Continuous Assessment (100%)
Module Director
- TOM FELLE: Research Profile | Email
Lecturers / Tutors
- UINSIONN MAC DUBHGHAILL: Research Profile
- BERNADETTE O'SULLIVAN: Research Profile
- KAREN M WALSH: Research Profile
- TOM FELLE: Research Profile
Reading List
- "English for journalists" by Wynford Hicks
ISBN: 9780415404204.
Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon, [England] ; Routledge, 2007. - "Writing feature articles" by Brendan Hennessy
ISBN: 9780240516912.
Publisher: Oxford ; Focal Press, 2006. - "Essential English" by Harold Evans
ISBN: 9780712664479.
Publisher: Pimlico
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.
Optional DJ6131: Global Media Innovation
DJ6131: Global Media Innovation
Semester 2 | Credits: 10
This module will equip students with the professional knowledge and capacity needed to transition into the fast-changing media industry. Students will develop the knowledge and understanding necessary to create innovative ideas; to help bring fresh thinking to a media organisation; to create dynamic content for a start-up enterprise; or to launch their own product.
(Language of instruction: English)
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate an understanding of the relationships between editorial, audiences and revenue sources, and the impact of financial considerations on editorial decision making.
- Effectively analyse the opportunities afforded by industry disruption.
- Work independently and collectively to identify, analyse and develop an entrepreneurial solution to a journalistic need.
- Identify the commercial viability of a new media innovation or product.
- Work successfully as part of a team.
- Reflect on personal strengths and develop self-awareness of areas for improvement.
Assessments
This module's usual assessment procedures, outlined below, may be affected by COVID-19 countermeasures. Current students should check Blackboard for up-to-date assessment information.
- Continuous Assessment (100%)
Module Director
- TOM FELLE: Research Profile | Email
Lecturers / Tutors
- UINSIONN MAC DUBHGHAILL: Research Profile
- KAREN M WALSH: Research Profile
- TOM FELLE: Research Profile
Reading List
- "Digital Transformation in Journalism and News Media" by Mike Friedrichsen,Yahya Kamalipour
ISBN: 9783319277868.
Publisher: Springer - "Becoming a reflective practitioner" by Christopher Johns ; with contributions from Sally Burnie ... [et al.].
ISBN: 0470674261.
Publisher: ; Wiley-Blackwell - "The Art of Innovation" by Tom Kelley
ISBN: 9781781256145. - "Communicative Figurations" by Andreas Hepp,Andreas Breiter,Uwe Hasebrink
ISBN: 9783319655840.
Publisher: Springer
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.
Optional DJ6133: Data Journalism and Visualisation
DJ6133: Data Journalism and Visualisation
Semester 2 | Credits: 10
In this module students will learn a range of techniques for sourcing, analysing, and visually representing data-based stories, through practice-driven learning.
(Language of instruction: English)
Learning Outcomes
- Develop stories that rely on leveraging the internet as a research tool and production space.
- Select and use appropriate analytical tools for a particular task to analyse database stories.
- Generate narrative storylines from patterns identified in large data sets.
- Analyse data using appropriate statistical techniques.
- Use appropriate visualisation tools to communicate complex data-based narratives to audiences effectively.
Assessments
This module's usual assessment procedures, outlined below, may be affected by COVID-19 countermeasures. Current students should check Blackboard for up-to-date assessment information.
- Continuous Assessment (100%)
Module Director
- TOM FELLE: Research Profile | Email
Lecturers / Tutors
- KAREN M WALSH: Research Profile
- BAHAREH R. HERAVI: Research Profile
- TOM FELLE: Research Profile
Reading List
- "Data Journalism: Inside the Global Future" by Tom Felle
ISBN: 9781845496630.
Publisher: Theschoolbook.com - "The Digital Reporter's Notebook" by Blaine, Mark
ISBN: 9780415898614.
Publisher: Routledge - "Practicing Convergence Journalism" by Janet Kolodzy
ISBN: 9780415890304.
Publisher: Routledge - "The Investigative Reporter's Handbook" by Brant Houston
ISBN: 0312589972.
Publisher: Bedford/St Martins - "Principles of Convergent Journalism" by Jeffrey S. Wilkinson, August E. Grant, Douglas J. Fisher
ISBN: 9780199838653.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA - "The Online Journalism Handbook" by Bradshaw, Paul and Liisa Rohumaa
ISBN: 9781405873406. - "The Multimedia Journalist" by Jennifer George-Palilonis
ISBN: 9780199764525.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA - "Online Journalism" by James C. Foust
ISBN: 9781934432174.
Publisher: Holcomb Hathaway, Publishers - "Producing Online News" by Ryan Thornburg
ISBN: 9781604269963.
Publisher: CQ Press College
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.
Why Choose This Course?
Career Opportunities
Graduates will be well equipped to work in the media in roles including audience development, podcasting, sports journalism including radio and television reporters and commentators, sports reporters in the news media; communications professionals in the wider fields of communications such as working in sports marketing, strategic communication and in public relations and sports lobbying roles for sporting organisations.
Who’s Suited to This Course
Learning Outcomes
Work Placement
Study Abroad
Related Student Organisations
Course Fees
Fees: EU
Fees: Tuition
Fees: Student levy
Fees: Non EU
Find out More
Tom Felle
Head of Journalism
T: + 353 91 492 049
E: tom.felle@nuigalway.ie