BA (Hons) Music Journalism

Rehearse for your career as a music journalist in East London, the heart of global music culture. You will learn music journalism by doing it, as a reporter and editor working for UEL Journalism’s publications and for external clients. In addition to practicing music journalism, you will plan your role in its future and develop your own creative projects.

Foundation Year(If Required)

• Academic Development (Core)
• Creative Project (Core)
• Journalism Portfolio (Core)
• Narrative and Creativity (Core)
• Group Film Project (Core)
• Professional Development (MW) (Core)

Year 1

• Essential Journalism (Core)
• Photo, Audio, and Video (Core)
• Media Law, Ethics and Regulation (Core)
• Production Journalism (Core)
• Broadcast Journalism (Core)
• Mental Wealth: Rising East 1 (Core)

Year 2

• Mental Wealth: Rising East 2 (Core)
• Employment and Enterprise (work placement) (Core)
• Features (1): Interviews (Core)
• Brands and the Magazines Business (Core)
• Documentary: Publications (1) (Core)
• Music Journalism: Platforms and Publications (Core)

Year 3

• Mental Wealth: Rising East 3 (Core)
• Final Project: Development (Core)
• Final Project: Completion (Core)
• Aesthetics and Technologies: Publications (2) (Core)
• Features (2): Data and Visualisation (Core)
• Music, Markets, and Identities (Core)

Employability

Career destinations include music journalism, lifestyle journalism, music industry PR, branding, marketing, and communications. Graduates from our Journalism degrees have gone on to work on a range of news platforms and titles including ITN, Vice, BT Sports, Daily Express, the Irish Post, and the Sun. Former students have pursued a career in arts journalism following work placements in music magazines such as Clash.