Journalism Innovation & Leadership, MA/PGCert

The Journalism Innovation and Leadership Programme offers a flexible learning plan that will equip forward-thinking media professionals to successfully lead teams, projects and organisations in an increasingly complex and competitive media landscape.

This programme gives you the choice to earn a Postgraduate Certificate in 30 weeks over one year or an MA in 70 weeks over two years - all while remaining in your current work role.

This course is for you if you want to:

• Challenge organisational effectiveness and create agile strategies to drive transformation and resilience
• Develop an advanced data mindset and the skills to gain insights about audiences – and to act on them to enhance performance
• Understand how to adapt newsroom workflows, organisational structures and mindsets to meet changing demands
• Develop the practical knowledge to manage innovative projects and diverse teams
• Explore innovation methods such as design thinking and co-design
• Stress test new business and revenue models for news in an increasingly complex and competitive market
• Think deeply about what the issues shaping journalism today means for us all tomorrow
• Build the personal and professional competencies to grow your team, your organisation – and your career.

Although this award is usually undertaken or completed in 1 or 2 years, you have up to 3 years to complete. This will depend on the number of modules you take each year.

4-year Degree from Government University / Recognised Private University GPA 2.5/4 (C+) (Above Average) on the 4 point scale or 3/5 (70-75%) (C) (Good+) on the 5 point scale

Associate Degree AND2-year Degree from Government University / Recognised Private University GPA 2.5/4 (C+) (Above Average) on the 4 point scale or 3/5 (70-75%) (C) (Good+) on the 5 point scale