BA (Hons) Journalism

at Plymouth Marjon University

We opened The Workshop, with its state-of-the-art TV and radio studios, on the BBC South West campus in 2019. This marks an exciting new era for Marjon and our students to get hands-on guidance and learn skills from experienced journalists and editors.

Our third years are paired with a BBC mentor. One module is taught by BBC journalists, producers and digital filmmakers. You will have the chance to pitch story ideas to commissioning, online, news and current affairs editors, and will get their advice on your work.

You'll have access to our on-campus 24/7 radio station and online TV news channel too. We can also stream and record podcasts, cover live events, host and broadcast live-lounge music gigs, plays and performances. You'll alsolearn to write scripts for TV and radio, news bulletins, news cues for TV and how to structure radio and TV programmes. We’ll teach you how to self-shoot for TV, record great audio, generate story ideas, and produce, direct and edit your own shows.

Some practical elements are also taught in our Journalism and Media Centre on the main Marjon campus, where you will have access to a range of Apple devices, professional DSLR cameras and lenses, recording equipment and editing suites all loaded with the latest industry-standard software. Here we learn Adobe programmes, Burli, how to write and design, as well as structure blogs and websites as you create your own identity as a creative and versatile journalist.