Program Overview

You learn practical and professional skills, developing your confidence to produce journalistic content for a range of platforms including TV, radio, print and social media. You explore breaking news on social media, live coverage, traditional news, analysis, features, explainers and other investigative pieces. Build on your editorial judgement and presentation skills by assembling bulletins, features and news packages for our unique platform TUXtra.

You learn how to shoot and edit video and audio, produce sports news packages to deadlines, research and interview, create campaigns, project manage and engage with sports audiences on social media. You can also undertake a short-term on-campus work placement with Teesside Online, part of Reach PLC – one of the largest media companies in the UK. This helps you develop employment prospects with real-world experience and contacts.

Top reasons to study sport journalism at Teesside University:

1. Industry connections: we have long-standing, established relationships with several industry partners such as the BBC, Newsquest, Reach PLC and Middlesbrough Football Club, so you benefit from supportive voices, specialist expertise, shared wisdom, new ideas, a helping hand or a friendly catch-up, establishing critical relationships that can propel you into a sport journalism career.
2. Hands on experience: you build your own creative voice, develop an impressive portfolio of published work and have the opportunity to report on live football at Middlesbrough Football Club. You can then become a practising journalist and publish your stories through TUXtra, giving you that competitive edge when you enter the world of employment.
3. Industry-standard facilities: our facilities include two television studios, a radio station and a bespoke multimedia newsroom. Many of the staff teaching on this course are experienced practitioners in the field of journalism, having worked for local and national organisations across print, broadcast and online journalism. They can coach you to find and grow your creative journalistic voice.
4. Get creative: our course and campus are powered by Adobe and Apple. We’re Europe’s first Adobe Creative Campus and the only Apple-accredited University, equipping you with the digital tools and resources to hone your creative journalistic skills.
5. Nationally recognised: The course is accredited by the National Council for the Training of Journalists, one of the best routes into journalism. Our survey data speaks for itself: