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Journalism

Start your career by learning with a course team of who combine research and teaching with extensive journalism experience. Whether you're interested in magazine journalism, sports, news or arts, our professionally accredited courses give you the foundation you need to thrive in this competitive field.

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Our lecturers have real-life experience in the industry, which means the lessons and tips they pass on to us are invaluable. Their varied expertise ensures that whichever field you find yourself heading towards, they will be able to help and advise you every step of the way.

Maria Hudd, Sport Journalism BA(Hons)

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You'll benefit from our well-established guest lecture programme, with previous speakers including Clare Balding, Nick Davies and former England cricket captain Mike Atherton.

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You'll undertake a professional work placement as part of your course, where you can put your skills into practice. Previous students have worked at organisations including Arsenal Football Club, Hayters Sport Agency and the Eastbourne Herald.

By teaching you practical skills relevant to wider industry, our degrees open up career opportunities in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, as well as in public relations, copywriting and media management. 

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You'll develop your skills with our industry-standard facilities, which include a 40-station newsroom, multimedia suite and live satellite news and sports feeds.

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Our journalism courses are professionally accredited by the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ).

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School of Sport and Service Management

Journalism and sport journalism are taught at the School of Sport and Service Management.

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Ben Parsons

Journalism Course Leader 
Ben Parsons spent five years as crime reporter of The Argus in Brighton, after spells as a district reporter, health reporter and assistant news editor of the North-West Evening Mail. He has also worked as an online sub-editor for sportinglife.com and for redbull.com. He has recently started working as a freelance copy editor for the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network.

Ben also conducts training for Sky Digital journalists. Ben’s  teaching includes newswriting, shorthand, media law, practical journalism and political philosophy. He is also a member of the NCTJ's Media Law Examinations Board and a fellow of the Higher Education Authority.

Ben Parsons

Simon Mcennis 

Principal Lecturer
Simon has a professional background in both news and sport journalism. He is a fully NCTJ-qualified senior journalist who started his career as a news reporter with a regional daily, the Colchester Gazette, before moving into national newspapers with The Sun.

Simon also runs a 20-session advanced journalism programme for industry professionals at Sky. Simon has worked in academia since 2009. His research focuses on journalism professionalism and he has had scholarly work published in Digital Journalism, Journalism and Journalism Practice. Simon has also written articles for The Conversation website.

Simon Mcennis

Owen Evans 

Sport Journalism Course Leader 
Owen is an NCTJ-qualified journalist who started his career as a news reporter with the Surrey Advertiser before becoming editor of Sport Business International. 

Owen teaches public affairs and digital journalism and his research interests are in the relationship between journalism education and the public relations industry. He has presented widely at conferences including the Association for Journalism Educators’ annual conference in summer 2018.

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Undergraduate courses

Journalism and Sport Journalism are taught in Eastbourne. 

Journalism BA(Hons)

Sport Journalism BA(Hons)

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POSTGRADUATE STUDY 

Journalism MA (PGCert PGDip)

Sport Journalism MA (PGCert PGDip)

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