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Kingston University: Magazine Journalism

Institution Kingston University View institution profile
Department Humanities
Web www.kingston.ac.uk/postgraduate
Email admissionsops@kingston.ac.uk
Telephone 02033089932
Study type Taught

Summary

Reasons to choose Kingston - Kingston has a successful partnership with magazine publisher Haymarket, which offers placements, joint projects and job opportunities.

  • You will produce an online and print magazine. For the last three years it has been shortlisted for, and/ or won, the national Student Publication Awards.

  • Our popular design classes will cover professional training in both InDesign and Photoshop. You will produce video journalism and podcasts as well as having access to the new media lab at our Knights Park campus and the new library’s dedicated magazines/journals area.

About this course This course features hands-on activities such as feature writing, interviewing, sub-editing, magazine production, blogging, and writing and uploading online copy. In an editorial team, you will produce two magazines and a magazine website and undertake a placement on a published title. You will also have the opportunity to study magazine design, production, fashion and sport or data journalism. Finally, you will carry out a 12–15,000 word dissertation or a related practical project.

Example modules - Creating Magazines: Content and Context

  • Feature Writing

  • Journalism in Context: Law, Ethics and the Industry

For a full list of modules please visit the Kingston University course webpage.

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Overview

Our new Town House Strategy will transform our students’ education. It will create a culture of high performance  

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Many of our courses are accredited by professional bodies and give you the opportunity to engage with industry experts. You will be taught by lecturers working as professionals in their field of expertise, including many who conduct world-leading research and have received prestigious awards. Many of our postgraduate courses offer a work placement, allowing you to gain essential experience relevant to your studies. 

Above all, alongside our teaching and research credentials, we are known …

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