Study with us
Thinking of a career as a journalist? Wintec offers a project based, career driven course with close ties to the media industry. Our graduates have won the Canon journalism student of the year award for the past two years running. Read what we have to offer.
Journalism at Wintec is taught as a project-based, career driven course.
It is one of only four courses recognised by Fairfax, the major newspaper owner in NZ, as suitable for its Fairfax Scholarship recipients.
The journalism tutors are all industry-experienced, and the course has close everyday contacts with relevant media. Local editors sit on our advisory board and we are accredited by the national industry body, the Journalists Training Organisation.
As a Wintec student you will be placed in a newsroom as soon as is possible during your studies – in most cases we get you into a newsroom in the first half of the course, and we continue to actively link you with industry until the end of the year.
The Wintec newsroom is on the city campus in the heart of Hamilton allowing easy access to the major news-breaking sites.
The backbone of our teaching is the online newspaper Waikato Independent, which is edited by your colleagues and tutors, and allows you the opportunity to publish your writing, photography, sound slides, and video on a daily basis.
We pride ourselves on our project-based teaching, and as a member of our Fieldays news team you will be part of the only student newsroom in the country to design, write, photograph and produce a daily newspaper and linked website.
Our editor-in-residence (2013 Steve Braunias, staff writer Metro magazine) will act as your mentor, advising on your work and on career options and opportunities.
OUR COURSES
National Diploma in Journalism (multimedia)
This one-year diploma is often used by graduates as a “toolbox” qualification to add marketable skills to theoretical degrees.
The diploma is the only recognised entry qualification in most NZ news journalism. It concentrates on teaching the writing, interviewing, and multimedia skills now needed by journalists. All diploma students work in industry from their second quarter of study.
Students on the course usually are either graduates or have after-school life experience. Full details are here.
National Diploma in Journalism (multimedia) Online
Wintec is the only institution to deliver the diploma completely online. This is a part-time two year course of study, largely self-paced, and taught through moodle, our online learning platform. It is ideal for those who want a recognised qualification but cannot access a tertiary institution campus. Full details are here.
Bachelor of Media Arts
Wintec’s three-year degree has a dedicated pathway in journalism. The degree is combined with the National Diploma in Journalism (multimedia) so students finish their three years’ study with both qualifications.
The BMA is the route most commonly selected by students just out of school who wish to move into a media career. Full details are here.
Certificate in Radio Broadcasting
This six-month certificate is based at our campus radio station Yak FM. Students use a studio for live broadcast and learn skills in on-air presentation, recording and editing, advertising and radio commercial construction, and broadcast law. Full details are here.
TO ENROL
For information about our courses, email the Journalism Co-ordinator Charles Riddle or journalism lecturer Richard Walker.
