MA Data Journalism

University of East London

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 to prepare you for jobs of the future. 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 per cent 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.This course will teach you the skills you need to use data to tell stories. You will learn how to research, analyse, and evaluate data from multiple sources. You will also learn about the political, economic, social, cultural, and technological forces that influence the media and communication industries.You will investigate how data journalism operates within news organisations and news cycles. You will be taught by a diverse group of faculty members, including data journalists, data scientists, and researchers. Our teaching is career-focused, as a result, you will be taught by lecturers who are active professionals in their respective fields, ensuring that everything you learn is current and industry-relevant.Data journalism, which was once considered a fringe experiment, is now an essential part of the news process. In the first 18 months of the BBC Shared Data Unit, for example, it assisted in the generation of over 600 stories across more than 250 titles in the regional press.Data journalism is an essential component of the newsroom. But it goes beyond that as well. Data handling has become an essential part of any job, from banking to business and charity. As organisations, governments, and businesses recognise the power of giving the public access to insights into public data, the role of the data journalist grows.