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MA in Jounalism at NUIG or MA in Radio & TV Production

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  • 22-06-2010 9:52pm
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    Hangsangwige
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    Been offered both courses for MA in September and I just cant make up my mind.
    I love radio and print journalism, and would love to get into radio production if I could. I realise that Maynooth is probably the best bet for this but I really want to go to Galway.
    Does anyone know how much emphasis is placed on radio in the NUIG journalism course? I've been onto course directors and stuff and I got the whole "you get what you put into it" answer so I dont know if they're fobbing me off.

    What I really want to know is if I'll come away from Galway with technical skills that I can really use or is it a glorified arts course?


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    Minnesota
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    If you really want a job with some security, radio and tv production is a better choice. A tv program takes a month or a week to do with pay while an article takes a month with a tiny pay if they buy it from you. You can always freelance but you cannot alway submitt a tv program.


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    Rosita
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    Hangsangwige wrote: »
    Been offered both courses for MA in September and I just cant make up my mind.
    I love radio and print journalism, and would love to get into radio production if I could. I realise that Maynooth is probably the best bet for this but I really want to go to Galway.
    Does anyone know how much emphasis is placed on radio in the NUIG journalism course? I've been onto course directors and stuff and I got the whole "you get what you put into it" answer so I dont know if they're fobbing me off.

    What I really want to know is if I'll come away from Galway with technical skills that I can really use or is it a glorified arts course?



    Cliched and annoying as it might be there is something in the "you get what you put into it" in the context of your situation.

    You will not do enough in the MA Journalism course (I did this course in DCU and from looking at the NUIG website they are broadly similar) on technical skills to become passively proficient. You will be given a grounding in these areas but will need to develop those skills further on your own or you will quickly lose them. That is to say that you should probably be volunteering for local radio etc. in order to develop your skills and knowledge.

    I would imagine going by the title of the course there would be more emphasis on the technical side of it with the other course so if it is technical skills you want that is probably more full-on. But again it is reasonable to assume that you would need to develop your capabilities external to the course too.

    If I was to offer one significant piece of advice I would suggest that you consider and compare the work placement element of the courses (I'm assuming there is one!) as that is one of the few possibilities of getting a foot in the door anywhere at the moment. The MA course might offer more possibilities in that it seems less specialist than the other especially if you are genuinely interested in print journalism.


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