Sport Journalism

Teesside University

Qualification

Degree

Length

3 yrs

UK fees / yr

£9,535

Study

full-time

Worth knowing: about 20% of students don't make it past first year here - ask the uni what support they offer.

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About this course

Sport journalism is a specialism that combines the communication skills of journalism with the specific knowledge required to cover the world of sport intelligently, accurately, and compellingly. Sport is one of the largest categories of media content across print, broadcast, and digital platforms, and the journalists, commentators, editors, and content producers who cover it need both craft skills in journalism and a genuine, informed understanding of the sports they report on. Sport journalism is not just about enthusiasm: it requires the same rigour of reporting, ethical grounding, and professional practice that any other area of journalism demands, applied to a complex and fast-moving subject.

At Teesside University, this three-year full-time programme develops both your journalistic capabilities and your understanding of sport and its broader cultural, commercial, and organisational context. You will develop skills in news writing, feature writing, broadcast journalism, digital journalism, sports reporting, interviewing, and multimedia content production, working through practical projects and building a portfolio of real work. You will collaborate with colleagues on creative projects that develop your team-working, communication, project management, and negotiation capabilities, reflecting the reality of professional journalism.

A sandwich year in industry and work placements are part of the programme, giving you direct experience in sport journalism or related media settings.

With a typical entry tariff of 104 UCAS points, this degree is accessible to students with the motivation and communication instinct to build a career in media. Graduates pursue careers as sport journalists, reporters, commentators, producers, editors, and content creators across print, broadcast, digital, and social media platforms. The skills also apply in sport communications, public relations, marketing, and digital content strategy within sport organisations and agencies.

Many graduates build portfolio careers across several of these areas.

Could you get in?

The grades students arrived with

64-79 pts20%

80-95 pts20%

96-111 pts30%

112-127 pts15%

128-143 pts5%

144-159 pts15%

How they qualified

90% got in with A-levels. The rest came in a mix of ways:

A-levels90%