TECHnological UNIVERSITY Dublin
MA Journalism
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The Masters in Journalism at TU Dublin (formerly known as DIT) is a one year conversion programme for students who wish to pursue a career in journalism. The course equips students with the requisite technical skills and experience to become reporters, researchers, editors, producers, presenters, communications managers, social media managers, data journalists and social media analysts etc.
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First, the course develops practical skills in reporting and production across digital, broadcast, and print. From our state-of-the-art facilities you will write and edit a news website, radio, TV and podcasting packages. This includes story-pitching, feature and news-writing, digital media skills, online news creation, tutorials, group projects, independent study and research.
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We also introduce the theoretical underpinnings of journalism practice to equip our students as thought leaders in the industry.
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Finally, you will partake in an internship with a news organisation. Our most recent students worked with: RTÉ, TheJournal.ie, HotPress, Dublin Inquirer.
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practice and theory
LEcturing team
The journalism team are all media practitioners who bring a wide range of experience to their role. Through our industry contacts we also bring in guest lecturers who share their knowledge with students.The MAJ team of lecturers includes journalists, broadcasters, analysts, and academics with decades of experience working for RTÉ, The Irish Times, TheJournal.ie and The Irish Examiner to name a few. It is Ireland's original and largest school of media.
TheCITY.ie
The City is a multimedia news website produced by final year B.A Journalism and Master's in Journalism students at DIT as part of their courses in online journalism. It covers news, sports, arts culture and lifestyle features, and videos aimed at the 18—30 audience in the Dublin area. The site has been shortlisted for a number of student media awards, including website of the year 2015 and 2016.
hands-on practice & internships
As part of the MAJ you will undertake an internship in the second semester this will help you to get some real-life experience. Together with the Major Project we feel it makes our graduates employable. Past students have secured internships with the following organisations. Many have continued with those organisations thereafter. A list of some of the biggest organisations where students have been placed are given below.
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Graduates from the M.A in journalism go on to work across a wide variety of roles in media, including print and online media, broadcasting, communications, as well as social media companies, and online community management. They work as reporters, researchers, editors, producers, presenters, communications managers, social media managers, data journalists and social media analysts, online community managers.
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features of the course
Practical
The course develops core journalism storytelling skills across digital, radio, and podcasting. Students will make editorial decisions in a ‘live’ news room, taking on a variety of roles and working to a tight deadline producing professional news and features ‘copy’.
It includes modules on Digital Media Tools, Writing and Sub-editing, Journalism Practise - Broadcast, Journalism Practise - Print and Digital, Peace and War Reporting, and Research Methodologies. The aim is to develop your skills and application. One particularly prominent aspect of this is in running a news website, thecity.ie.
Theoretical
A fundamental principle behind the course is the belief that good journalism, produced by reflective, critical practitioners, is crucial in a democracy. The programme seeks to produce journalists who are multi-skilled and critically aware, and have a good understanding of the role of journalism in society.
It includes modules on History and Theory of Journalism, Media Environment, Media Law, and Ethics and Current Issues. It involves contemporary issues, such as 'Fake News' enabling students to study the history of journalism, ethical issues and to critically discuss news media.
Major Project
In this part of the course you get to choose whether you wish to complete the 'dissertation' or 'major project'. The major project involves a series of high quality journalistic output supervised by academic staff that will then be useful as a portfolio, a requirement for any application for a job in journalism. The dissertation option is something that experienced journalists tend to choose, which involves a deeper study of journalism and it's role in wider society.
Work-Life Balance
The MAJ has a commitment of 2-3 full days per week. Our students include those with no experience and those with lots of experience interested in honing their skills.
The rest of the week is free for students should they wish to continue to work particularly those already in industry who are using the course to sharpen their skills.
This also frees up time in the second semester for students to undertake the internship.