Master of International Journalism (MC-INTJOUR) // Attributes, outcomes and skills

Intended learning outcomes

The Master of International Journalism should:

• Assist aspiring and practising journalists to develop specialised knowledge and skills in international journalism, by learning about professional issues and new and innovative forms of practice in the international context
• Link theory and practice in the international context, by comparing the different traditions of journalistic professionalism in a variety of countries and cultural backgrounds, such that graduates understand differences in international settings and how these are changing
• Support critical and ethical reflection on international journalism, such that graduates are equipped to exercise responsibility as expert practitioners of journalism
• Equip graduates with the applied knowledge, skills and capacities of critical reflection they need to shape the profession and play a leadership role in international journalism at a time of great change
• Take a real-world, profession-based approach to delivery, through the use of case-based teaching and the production of high quality journalism by students, enabling the formation of graduates who are excellent communicators

Generic skills

Graduate attributes

Graduates of the Master of International Journalism should:

• Have developed a familiarity with different international traditions, practices and environments of journalism
• Be equipped to investigate and report on stories ethically and with a sensitivity to local and cultural context
• Demonstrate a practically grounded and theoretically informed understanding of the implications of social change for shifting fields of practice in an international context;
• Have excellent critical skills and a capacity to engage with complex social issues and problems in global and local contexts
• Demonstrate the ability to explain the differences between different social, cultural and professional settings, and an openness to different perspectives
• Be equipped with capacities of informed ethical reasoning, and an understanding of their social responsibilities