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Graduate School of Journalism

The postgraduate Journalism program offered by the Graduate School of Journalism is designed for university graduates who want to work in the media as well as experienced journalists wishing to update and develop their professional skills in an academic environment. We have a strong range of courses across all media with students producing news, features and documentaries as well as non-fiction books.

Many of Australia's acclaimed journalists were educated at UTS, a leader in journalism education for over three decades.

Students enrolled in UTS journalism produce text, audio, video, and deliver journalism online in a range of styles and genres including investigative political and environmental reporting.

Our academic teaching staff are all experienced journalists, many of whom are award winners and who continue to produce journalism as part of their research activities.

The Australian Centre for Independent Journalism, located at UTS, links staff and students with journalists, the media, and the public, to support and produce high quality journalism and scholarly research.

To speak with a Journalism lecturer about theses postgraduate courses, contact Alan Knight.

UTS: Communication also offer undergraduate courses in journalism.

Postgraduate coursework

Master of Arts in Journalism (C04106v4)
Graduate Diploma in Journalism (C06037v3)
Graduate Certificate in Journalism (C11058v3)

Why study journalism at UTS?

  • Our students are part of the most established and respected journalism program in the country.
  • UTS journalism students regularly dominate national journalism education awards, including the Walkley Media Super Student Journalist of the Year award in years 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008 and winning nine Ossie awards at both the 2008 and 2009 Journalism Education Association of Australia awards.
  • We have industry links with all major and many independent media organisations where our students take up internship opportunities, coordinated by Jenna Price, to develop portfolios and build skills.
  • We have strong international links and exchange opportunities in Asia, Europe and North America. UTS is a partner in the European Erasmus Mundus Journalism and Media within Globalisation Masters program and is the lead Australian partner in the Global Environmental Journalism Initiative (opens an external site).
  • Professional skills development is encouraged through relevant practical assignments and industry internships.
  • Students have many opportunities to publish their work and develop a professional portfolio through mediums such as: UTS student paper Vertigo, 2SER-FM radio, Precinct, Reportage (opens an external site), and through the hundreds of work experience opportunities provided by our close links with media organisations.
  • Students have access to advanced technology and equipment to practise and produce assignments, including sound and film editing suites, radio and television studios, computer labs with the latest production programs available; plus all the hand-held equipment, and access to the journalism workroom.

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Careers

Graduates work as reporters, producers, publishers, editors and sub-editors, feature and freelance writers, investigative journalists, media researchers, and strategists in all areas of the media.