MA Fashion Journalism  MA Fashion Journalism Kingston University ../webroot/files/Institutions/cover_photo/1534088173Kingston-University.jpg

*Subject ot validation Introduction: This MA is designed to equip you with the practical and critical skills you will need to succeed in fashion journalism. It is unique in offering immersion within the professional and creative contexts of both the fashion and media industries, and brings together two of the University's most flourishing and well-respected areas of study. The course aims to develop and produce highly articulate and aware fashion reporters and commentators who have sound research ability and strong written and visual communication skills. It will provide you with the opportunity to develop your knowledge, understanding and practice of fashion journalism within a context of technological diversity and change. What will you study: Delivered by practitioners and experts from the fields of journalism and fashion, the course covers key journalistic skills including news and feature writing, researching, interviewing and sub-editing. You will also be engaged in discussion and debate about the state and future of fashion journalism and the industry, and the legal, ethical and commercial contexts in which fashion journalists operate. The contextual fashion part of the course engages you in individual and collaborative practical projects in the Faculty. This will enable you to develop your knowledge of fashion and explore, develop and critique your own creative process related to methods of producing fashion journalism. You can work toward realising an ambitious masters project or, alternatively, undertake a 12,000-15,000 word dissertation or a practical journalism work-based learning project. Assessment: Course work, both written and visual.