Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies

The Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture (JOMEC) (Welsh: Ysgol Newyddiaduriaeth, y Cyfryngau ac Astudiaethau Diwylliannol, Caerdydd) is Cardiff University's school for training in media.[1] It is one of the journalism schools whose main universities are part of the Russell Group.[2] It was founded as the Cardiff Journalism School in 1970 by Sir Tom Hopkinson[3] and is the longest established postgraduate centre of journalism education in Europe. The school is considered to be one of the best training centres for journalists,[4] and is described as the "Oxbridge of journalism".[5]

Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture
2 Central Square
Location
Cardiff, UK
Information
Established1970
HeadProfessor Stuart Allan
Faculty30+
EnrollmentTotal, 500 (approximate)
300 undergraduate
200 postgraduate
Websitecardiff.ac.uk/jomec jomec.co.uk/blog

The school is based in a new building in Central Square, having transferred in Cathays Park in September 2018. The head of the school is Professor Stuart Allan, and the current director of the Centre of Journalism Studies is Professor Richard Sambrook, former director of BBC World Service and Global News.

The school is also home to Cardiff University's Centre for Community Journalism (C4CJ)[6][7] which developed the world's first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on community journalism.[8] The centre is now responsible for running the UK's only representative body for community and hyperlocal publishers: The Independent Community News Network (ICNN).

Move to Central Square

The school was formerly housed in the Bute Building of the university's Cathays Park campus. In September 2018 it moved to 2 Central Square, north of Cardiff Central railway station and adjacent to New Broadcasting House, the headquarters of BBC Cymru Wales.[9] The school has agreed to take 42,000 sq ft (3,900 m2) in the building. The layout and interior of the building were designed by [9] Architects IBI and includes a 300-seat lecture theatre, six newsrooms, editing suites, and TV and radio studios.[9] C4CJ will also be moving.[9]

Degree programmes
  • Bachelor of Arts
  • Master of Arts
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism
  • PhD & MPhil
  • MBA Media Management
  • MSc Computational and Data Journalism
  • MA International Public Relations and Global Communications Management[10]

Notable alumni

Honorary members and visiting fellows

See also

References
  1. "Homepage". cardiff.ac.uk/jomec. Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  2. "Our Universities". russellgroup.ac.uk. Russell Group. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  3. "The Osman Collection". Cardiff University. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  4. "Inside Story: The Graduates". The Independent. 1 November 2004.
  5. "Media studies? Do yourself a favour - forget it". The Guardian. 3 September 2001.
  6. "About Us". www.communityjournalism.co.uk/. Centre for Community Journalism. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  7. "Cardiff University to set up community journalism centre". www.journalism.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  8. "World's first Community Journalism MOOC". www.cardiff.ac.uk/. Cardiff University. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  9. "Cardiff University's journalism school is moving its headquarters to Central Square". Walesonline. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  10. "School of Journalism, Media and Culture - Cardiff University". Cardiff.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
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