Diploma In Multimedia Journalism

Multimedia Journalism

Online Course

In the fast-paced world of modern journalism, you need to enhance your writing skills with new media expertise including videography know-how, audio ability and photographic competence.

Our diploma course gives you professional insights, opinions and advice that are crucial for anyone who works in any way with social media. This course teaches you how to use your phone to enhance your earning capabilities. It will show you how to incorporate photojournalism, audio recordings and video production into the reports you are creating so that they feature on multiple platforms.

Through a series of 10 practical, interactive and up-to-date modules, you will learn all the tricks of the trade and you’ll be ready for a career in Multimedia Journalism, content creation and social media marketing. For each module, you‘ll be asked to complete one or more assignments so that we’ll test the new skills you’ve developed.

Find your own path into a dynamic, fast-paced communications career.

Our diploma in Multimedia Journalism gives you professional insights, opinions and advice that are crucial for anyone who works in any way with social media. This course teaches you how to use your phone to enhance your earning capabilities. It will show you how to incorporate

photojournalism, audio recordings and video production into the reports you are creating so that they feature on multiple platforms.

Our Tutors

Peter Branigan works as a journalist in the RTÉ Digital Sport department and has also been a professional radio journalist with the Wireless radio group, Dublin’s Q102 and FM104, for over five years. He previously worked as a reporter for the Football Association of Ireland, and also ran a GAA show on Dublin City FM for five years. Outside of radio, Peter holds a Masters degree from UCD in history, and a BA in history and politics.

Topics

What will you be studying?

Events and Sources
Social Media
Conducting Interviews

Photography – creating, editing and cropping
Radio News – formats, writing style, recording audio clips
TV News – voice-over with Video clips

Next Start Date

May 15th 2023

Duration: We send you a text module every week, which is enhanced with specially created audio and video files. You’ll be able to complete your course in 10 weeks. We know life can be busy and it’s easy to fall behind, so we give you up to 1 year to complete the course. During this time, you will have full access to our resources, as well as dedicated support from the student liaison officer and your own personal tutor.

Fee: €885

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Jobs in Multimedia Journalism

Our course empowers you with all the skills you need to get the most out of your smartphone, and be able to provide graphic, audio and video content to your clients.

Whether you work as a freelance journalist, content marketer, PR or communication professional, this course will enhance your career prospects and earning potential in Multimedia Journalism, content creation and social media marketing. We give you the skills. You’ll make the best of them.

Why choose us?

A course at the cutting edge of modern media

We’ve taught people from a mix of different backgrounds, businesses and countries. All have a burning desire to find out how to maximize the value of their smartphones to create good quality content. This course teaches you how to create that vital content marketing text, audio and video that every business is looking for.

A broad range of innovative and proven Course Materials

This course is about maximizing the content creation capabilities of your smartphone and making it work for you. We give you the opportunity to not only learn about the theory but to also put it into practice. In fact, we have production modules which get you recording and filming, on your smartphone, and submitting it to your tutor for evaluation.

Finally, we are also the only Academy in Ireland which is a proud member of EADL (the European Association of Distance Learning), an international organization consisting of schools, institutions and individuals working in the field of distance education. EADL members work with more than 2,500,000 students across Europe and are proud members of the Global Institute for Public Relations.

Our diploma is practised in 50 countries all over the world and taught in 6 different languages. Our 3 decades of experience is your guarantee.

Free Consultation with the Director

The Irish Academy have over 30 years’ experience in PR and media training. If you have any queries about your study journey please contact us for advice on meeting your training and career needs. Our director Ellen Gunning will be happy to guide you in your choice of course.