Arts journalism (degree)

There currently aren’t any journalism courses in the UK that are specific to arts journalism. But if this is what you want to do, you will need the same basic training as any other type of journalist and the NCTJ (National Council for the Training of Journalists) is the best place to start when looking for a course.

NB a media studies course does not qualify or prepare you for a career as a journalist

NCTJ-accredited courses

NCTJ accredited undergraduate degree courses

NCTJ accredited foundation degrees

NCTJ accredited postgraduate courses

NCTJ Fast Track courses

Non-NCTJ courses

If you were to study for a degree in drama and theatre arts at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, you could take arts journalism as an option in your third year.

Syracuse University in the United States offers a degree in arts journalism.

The postgraduate theatre studies degree at the Central School of Speech and Drama includes theatre journalism, alongside arts management and theatre history. Professional people and organisations involved in this course have included Lyn Gardner, The Guardian, BBC Newsnight Review and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, among many others.

Shape has previously run arts journalism training for deaf and disabled people and may do again in the future.

Diversity in journalism

Find out more about the Journalism Diversity Fund

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