BA (HONOURS) Multimedia Journalism at Sheffield Hallam University

• Create your own TV broadcasts, radio programmes and podcasts in our industry-standard studios.
• Cover real-world events including breaking news, court hearings and council meetings.
• Develop your digital skills - create your own website and learn to use social media as a journalist.
• Conduct interviews, develop your photography skills, and produce engaging, tightly written stories. 
• Learn essential media law and regulation, public affairs and ethics.

On this course you will learn to practice journalism across a variety of media platforms. You'll engage with broadcast, online and print journalism, making you a well-rounded and polished graduate ready to enter this exciting industry.

Work experience

You have opportunities for work experience throughout your course, through our strong links with the creative industries. Previous students have

• helped produce programmes for Radio 5 Live
• worked at BBC Radio Sheffield
• run the website for Doncaster Rovers
• worked as editorial assistants for the Independent, Vogue, Heat and Gay Times
• written for the Huffington Post and Buzzfeed
• covered elections for TV station Sheffield Live

Field trips

We have students working at Sheffield Doc/Fest – one of the top three documentary film festivals in the world – attending exclusive workshops with international industry experts.

Our annual Creative Industries Pathway event brings you face-to-face with leading figures across the media industry, while our annual Grad Talk connects you with recent journalism, media and PR graduates who can pass on invaluable tips about how to progress from university to career.

Networking opportunities

We have a lively guest lecture programme, where our contacts across the media give one-off talks. It's been described as one of the best in the country by the magazine industry body the Professional Publishers Association. Recent guest lecturers have come from online and print magazines, radio and television newsrooms, local and national newspapers, PR companies and marketing agencies.

Future careers

The entire course, in terms of both content and approach, is geared towards producing employable professionals within the vibrant national and international creative media industry.

Recent graduates from the course are now working

• as feature writers at magazines including Closer, Which? and Gay Times, as well as at a variety of B2B (business to business) magazines
• for broadcasters including BBC World Service, BBC local radio, ITV, Liverpool FC TV, Sky and TalkSport
• in PR and marketing roles for Sheffield Wednesday FC, Everton FC, Manchester, Warrington and Nottinghamshire councils, Oxford University Press and HRH the Prince of Wales
• in social media and digital roles for Amnesty International, Irwin Mitchell and Johnston Press
• as freelance journalists