BA Sports Journalism
About this course
Sports journalism is a specialism within journalism that covers one of the world's most followed cultural phenomena: sport in all its professional, amateur, and community forms. Journalists working in this field cover everything from match reports and breaking news through to investigative pieces on governance, finance, and the social impact of sport, producing content for print, online, television, radio, and the growing range of digital and social platforms that now carry sports media. The specialism requires both the core journalistic skills of gathering information, verifying facts, and writing under deadline pressure, and a deep knowledge of sport as a commercial, cultural, and political domain. At the University of Lincoln, this three-year full-time programme is industry-accredited and designed to develop the full range of core journalistic skills in the context of sports coverage. You will produce sports news, reports, and features content across print, online, and broadcast platforms, building a portfolio of work that demonstrates your ability to journalists and editors. The programme includes a sandwich year in industry and incorporates work placement opportunities, both of which give you direct professional experience in a media or sports organisation before you graduate. Lincoln is a university with a strong journalism tradition, and the sports journalism programme benefits from close links with the industry. A typical tariff of 120 points reflects the programme's accessible entry standard within a course that is highly focused on practical skill development and professional preparation. Graduates work in sports news and digital media, local and national newspapers, broadcast journalism, sports public relations and communications, content creation for sports organisations, and social media management. The skills the programme develops are also valuable in marketing, community sport, and sports development roles. Many graduates continue in journalism or move into sports administration and communications.
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