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MA in Multimedia Journalism Mission, Educational Objectives and Student Outcomes

Mission

The MA in Multimedia Journalism offers advanced instruction in evolving forms and methods of multimedia journalism, digital innovation, and media research and teaching. The specialized and multidisciplinary program is rooted in the liberal arts tradition and balances theory, research, professional practice, critical inquiry, and pedagogical training. It caters to current journalists who want to elevate their abilities and skills, newcomers to the profession and field, as well as those seeking preparation for doctoral studies and a career in university-level teaching and research in media studies. The program seeks to prepare students to become innovative, professional, and ethical multimedia journalists, teachers and researchers ready to thrive in a rapidly evolving area. It offers a regional and global scope, focusing on Arab media and society and instilling principles of freedom of the press, objective and responsible journalism, global citizenship, and civic engagement.

Program Objectives  

The MA in Multimedia Journalism program aims to:

  1. elevate students’ multimedia journalism production, media design, and digital innovation skills to the highest professional levels,
  2. build students’ scientific research abilities in communication and media studies,
  3. develop students’ theoretical knowledge in the field,
  4. sharpen students’ critical skills and their discernment of the relationship between media and society, and
  5. prepare students for teaching and doctoral studies in the field of communication media education.

Learning Outcomes

At the completion of the program, students will be able to:

  1. report, write, edit and publish using text, pictures, audio, video, and data to tell multimedia stories effectively at a professional level,
  2. design, produce and assess professional-level multimedia content and innovate journalistic forms,
  3. design, implement, analyze, write and publish scientific research using qualitative, quantitative, mixed and digital research methodologies and various data forms,
  4. discuss various theoretical traditions within journalism and media studies,
  5. apply theoretical frameworks in research and professional practice, 
  6. understand the intersection between news, digital innovation, computer programming, and media design in today’s evolving journalism and media field,
  7. achieve a high level of media literacy by discerning the cultural, economic, and political contexts that affect news media and digital production processes in the Arab region and globally,
  8. apply university-level pedagogical approaches and methods in journalistic teaching and curricular development, and
  9. demonstrate requisite theoretical, research and pedagogical knowledge and skills for doctoral studies in the field.