Course summary

If you want to turn your passion for sport into a career, Sports Journalism could be the course for you. Training from our expert tutors using industry-standard technical facilities will help you swap your sofa for the press box. You’ll learn right at the heart of Salford’s MediaCity, home to BBC Sport, ITV and dock10 Studios, and close to dozens of professional clubs from football, both codes of rugby and more. Our studios, cameras and software are not for show – they are yours to help you create social, video, audio and written content, as you learn to tell sports stories for a variety of platforms. You’ll soon be out covering press conferences and matchdays across Greater Manchester and beyond, as part of our regular industry-style newsdays. These will give you a real taste of what the job is all about. There’s also specialist training in live match reporting, sports commentary and working in digital content roles for clubs and governing bodies, so you get the experience you need to get the job you want. You will:

• Learn from leading sports journalists working at the top of their game

• Be part of the thriving MediaCity community – home to BBC Sport and ITV

• Report live on location from matches

• Get specialist voice coaching plus training in how to be a commentator

• Gain the knowledge you need to become an ethical sports journalist, from media law to how sport is run

• It’s not just football – you’ll cover a range of sports to help broaden your career options