Journalism Master’s Degree



Qualification Master in Journalism
Qualified registration Resolution No.10320of May 19, 2017 - Valid for 7 years.
Level master's degree
Duration Three semester periods
Number of credits 36
Working day Daytime (7:00 to 8:50 am and 5:00 to 7:50 pm)
Modality In person - Bogotá
SNIES code 90686
National Accreditation
Renewal Resolution 10320 of May 19, 2017 of the Ministry of National Education – Validity 7 years.

 

The Master's program in Journalism from Ceper (Center for Journalism Studies), of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of the Andes, combines theoretical reflection with the practice of the journalistic profession.

This master's degree puts into practice Ceper's tradition of training journalists at the postgraduate level and its focus on narrative and quality journalism. It is a program that innovates because it assumes interdisciplinary dialogue, that is, it involves other areas of knowledge as a training criterion.

Applicant Profile

  • Professionals interested in understanding and explaining reality, and who like to interact with people and sources to learn about the world.
  • Interested in working with digital technologies and networks.
  • Those interested in creative writing, eager to tell stories, and who have a good command of written and verbal language.
  • Professionals with world culture and interests in arts and design.

 

 

 

Objectives

Theoretical:to know the ways of thinking, understanding and explaining of journalists.
Narrative:practice journalistic narrative modes in various genres, devices and digital formats.
Investigative:Researching journalism based on comparative studies, case analysis and theoretical reflections.
Technological: practicing the various reporting modes such as data journalism and current affairs analysis; and planning, designing and producing stories in transmedia formats and digital platforms
. Ethical:promote quality journalism as a fundamental requirement of any democracy.


 

Study Plan

The subjects of the Master's Degree in Journalism are classified into four axes:

 

1. Theory Axis: where work is done through reflection seminars.

2. Technology Axis: where work is done through production workshops (Media Lab).

3. Research Axis: the course examines essential reporting techniques for writing short stories with a news focus. The course simulates decision-making and editing work in a newspaper newsroom. 


4. Narrative Axis in Journalism: we work with the methodology of a newsroom and develop products

Areas of Research or Concentration

The Master's in Journalism offers students the opportunity to delve into different fields of the journalistic profession and explore various narrative resources for the creation of stories about reality, always rigorous, captivating and relevant. Students will have the opportunity to delve into audiovisual, sound, written and multimedia production, among others. It also offers the possibility of emphasizing academic research and media analysis. The diversity of specialties of the master's professors (both full-time and full-time) allows students to work on different lines of creation and research such as:

  • Journalistic creation: emphasizes the craft of reporting and journalistic research. In this line of creation, journalistic content and stories are designed, investigated, and narrated in order to produce them for different media (text, audio, video, and multimedia) and in multiple journalistic genres (report, chronicle, profile, interview, journalistic report, etc.).
  • Digital journalism ventures: focuses on the design and creation of digital media. This line emphasizes the development of novel concepts for the digital ecosystem of media and networks. Potential audiences are analyzed and the information architecture for the design of the medium is designed. The development of a business model is also taken into account so that the venture is sustainable over time.
  • Research on journalism and media studies. It has several sublines:
    • Comparative research between media, news agendas and journalistic narratives.
    • Applied research such as media and newsroom ethnography, or case analysis.
    • Theoretical analysis of concepts, practices or meanings of journalism.

 

Model Program

First Semester

MPER-4100Historia del Periodismo

4

MPER-4200MPER 4200

4

MPER-4300Investigación en Periodismo

4

MPER-4400Seminario 1: Generos Periodisticos 1

4

Total Credit Hours:16

Second Semester

MPER-4101Teoría del Periodismo

4

MPER-4201Narrativa Multimedia

4

MPER-4401Generos Periodisticos 2

4

Total Credit Hours:12

Third Semester

MPER-4102Tendencias del Periodismo

4

MPER-4301Trabajo de Grado

4

MPER-4402Seminario 3. Medios Periodísticos

4

Total Credit Hours:12

Alumni Profile

The Master's Degree in Journalism trains professionals who are characterized by:

  • Design and produce digital journalism.
  • Thinking, researching and reflecting like journalists.
  • Study and analyze the relationships between journalism, power and society.
  • Tell journalistic stories in various media and platforms.
  • Knowing how to speak to your audiences.
  • Practice your profession with ethics, informative and editorial criteria.
  • Practice reporting, the use of data journalism and the analysis of the power agenda.

Contact Information

Contact: Graduate School Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Email: postgraduatesfacartes@uniandes.edu.co 

Telephone: 601 3394949 Exts. 4925-2636
Address: Calle 19A No. 1 - 37, block K, second floor