Master of Arts in Data Journalism University of East London - Docklands Campus, UK

Our MA Data Journalism programme is designed to give you a competitive advantage in your career. This programme provides a detailed, critically oriented, and career-oriented knowledge of data as a meaningful record accessible to journalists in order to prepare you "for jobs of the future" (Vision 2028).

Data journalism is an important part of the news process, and it is quickly becoming a critical competency across all industries. According to a Google News Lab survey on data journalism conducted in 2017, 51% of companies in the United States and Europe have data journalists on staff.

This programme investigates how technology and big data have created new intersections between data and journalism, responding dynamically to the future of journalism, data and technology, as well as discussing novel approaches to traditional news reporting methods.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Data Journalism: Research in Practice (Core)
You will experience in working with different theories and approaches used to create, use and tell stories with data to achieve success in the workplace.  

Introduction to Data Visualisation Tools (Core)
You will explore various hands-on activities and learning opportunities to develop your own creative responses to these tools and issues. You will investigate how data journalism operates within news organisations and news cycles.

Visual Analytics and Multimedia: Creating Insights (Core)
Develop a comprehensive understanding of the role of visual analysis and interaction, and its employment opportunities in the industry.

Final Major Project* (Core)
You will bring together all your knowledge and understanding from the programme to produce a substantial body of work in the form of a final major project.

This could be a dissertation-style research paper or a practical outcome. As part of the process in this module, you can also do a work placement.