National Diploma in Journalism (Multi-Media)

  • 20 February
  • Level 5
  • 1 year full-time or part-time equivalent
  • $5,220 - Domestic student
    $16,000 - International student

Qualification overview

The National Diploma in Journalism is the ideal base qualification for a professional journalist working in print, broadcast or digital media. The programme aims to produce graduates with extensive practical skills to be “job ready” for a junior position in a daily or community newspaper newsroom, a radio station newsroom or a television channel newsroom. A typical graduate would be able to investigate, report on and comment on events, issues and people, take photographs for publication, design and layout pages, write feature stories and understand internet news sites.

For more detailed course information, please download the Information Sheet below:

Information Sheet

Timetable

Entry requirements

  • 48 or more credits at NCEA Level 2, with no fewer than 12 credits in each of four subjects; including English; and/or 
  • Equivalent NZQF Unit Standards
  • Portfolio of work and referees
  • Letter of Application (contact WITT for more information)

Career Options

This qualification prepares students for careers in journalism for newspaper, magazine, online, television and radio. Graduates have also found careers as freelance writers, and in public relations and corporate communications.