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Journalists and Communications professionals perform a crucial role in society, conveying the views of all demographics and providing a voice for the voiceless. The opportunity to shape our understanding of the world through words, images, and stories is one of the most important skills for the 21st Century. At Lincoln, our programmes are designed for aspiring communicators to make their mark, offering a multimedia grounding with opportunities to specialise in specific media and genres.
Teaching led by industry experienced journalists
Develop skills through extracurricular opportunities
Industry-standard facilities designed to emulate real-world environments
Journalism at Lincoln is ranked in the top 10 in the UK for academic support in the National Student Survey 2024
The University provides students with many extracurricular opportunities develop their professional skills. These currently include: New Media Lincs, a creative business that offers paid work experience and support in developing CVs, showreels, portfolios, and contacts in preparation for industry; our digital audio platform; the web TV news service LSJNews, and our students' own newspaper, The Linc.
Chris Gray, BA (Hons) Journalism
Chris spent his childhood commentating on computer games in his room and used his time at Lincoln to pursue his passion for sports journalism by starting a show on the University's on-campus community radio station. Since graduating, he has gone from strength to strength, and is now working as a senior journalist at BBC News.
Research
Our journalism research is investigating exciting areas such as peace and conflict journalism, diaspora journalism in Britain, and journalists' professional roles and performance. You can find out more on our journalism research pages.
Our facilities give you the opportunity to build the skills you need for a career in industry.
Two TV studios, one with an audience capacity of 135 and an area of over 2,500 sq ft. Features include, high definition 1080i studio cameras, extensive studio lighting, sound desk, autocue and audio and video software connectivity.
The Media and Broadcast Production Centre offers non-linear digital post-production for HD Video Editing. There are 18 HD video editing suites, each with 8TB storage and 32GB RAM and featuring Avid Media Composer V8, Adobe Premiere CC, DaVinci Resolve and a range of other software. We offer full HD shooting and editing, using Panasonic AVcHD, Canon C100 and Sony FS100 cameras.
Extensive media kit for student loan including cameras, lights, grip and audio recording equipment.
Dynamic spaces for producing live programmes, pre-recorded content and radio drama. The drama studio is based around the industry specification 12 channel Audient ASP8024 mixing desk and Apollo 16 audio interface. Students are able to choose between using professional standard Pro-Tools or Adobe Audition software to produce audio for broadcast. Two main studios for live radio production are equipped with Sonifex desks and fitted with the industry standard Myriad playout system.
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