Bachelor of Communication and Media (Journalism)

Overview

Tell engaging stories that matter, in ways that create impact

With a Bachelor of Communication and Media (Journalism) from the University of Canberra, you’ll be equipped for success in a media and communications landscape that’s changing faster than ever. In this course you will learn by doing, developing your skills and knowledge in a realistic production environment. You will engage with big ideas and the theoretical underpinnings of journalism, and apply them in your work.

From day one of your degree, you’ll work hands-on as a student journalist for The Owl and UCFM, and by the final year of study you’ll be exercising editorial leadership across the entire course. Along the way, you’ll build the editorial and technical competencies required to produce compelling, accurate and trustworthy journalism for contemporary and future audiences. You’ll graduate as a confident early career journalist who employs the highest standards of professionalism and ethical practice in your work.

Study a Bachelor of Communication and Media (Journalism) at UC and you will:

produce compelling and trustworthy multiplatform journalism

identify and engage contemporary audiences within complex media and information landscapes

work flexibly, autonomously and collaboratively in deadline-driven editorial production environments

employ the highest standards of professionalism and ethical practice in your work

interrogate the evolving role of journalism in societies and its interaction with power.