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- Join the best journalism degree in Queensland with a long-standing reputation for producing award-winning and media professionals, including alumni such as Leigh Sales, Peter Greste, Leila McKinnon, Conor Duffy, Karl Stefanovic and Supercar Blondie.
- Explore the evolving media landscape, from traditional newsrooms to digital platforms, and learn how technology is transforming storytelling.
- Develop practical skills in writing, reporting, and multimedia production to create compelling stories across print, broadcast, and online formats.
- Engage in real-world learning through internships, newsroom simulations, and contributions to live media projects that prepare you for industry demands.
- Learn from leading researchers and industry professionals at QUT, ranked #19 globally and #1 in Australia for media and communication studies (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2026).
Highlights
- Join the best journalism degree in Queensland with a long-standing reputation for producing award-winning and media professionals, including alumni such as Leigh Sales, Peter Greste, Leila McKinnon, Conor Duffy, Karl Stefanovic and Supercar Blondie.
- Explore the evolving media landscape, from traditional newsrooms to digital platforms, and learn how technology is transforming storytelling.
- Develop practical skills in writing, reporting, and multimedia production to create compelling stories across print, broadcast, and online formats.
- Engage in real-world learning through internships, newsroom simulations, and contributions to live media projects that prepare you for industry demands.
- Learn from leading researchers and industry professionals at QUT, ranked #19 globally and #1 in Australia for media and communication studies (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2026).
Why choose this course?
Journalism matters more now than it ever has. It is more than reporting just the facts. It’s telling stories that matter, holding power to account, and connecting communities. In this major, you’ll learn how to craft compelling narratives for print, broadcast, and digital platforms while understanding the social, cultural, and economic forces shaping the news industry.
You’ll explore how audiences engage with media, how technology transforms storytelling, and how ethical frameworks guide responsible reporting. From breaking news to investigative features, you’ll develop the skills to produce accurate, engaging, and impactful journalism in a world where trust and credibility are more important than ever.
Real-world learning
Real-world learning is embedded throughout the program. Many assessments involve collaborative projects that replicate the workflow of a professional newsroom, giving you experience in pitching ideas, editing stories, and managing production schedules. You will investigate and create long-form multimedia work on topics that interest you.
Beyond the campus, internships with leading media organisations provide authentic industry exposure and help you build networks before graduation.
In your final year you can choose to undertake an industry internship, major collaborative project or undertake an international study tour.
You’ll also learn from working professionals and internationally renowned experts of journalism and media studies. QUT journalism staff maintain close links with industry through their association with high-profile awards and organisations.
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Real-world learning
Real-world learning is embedded throughout the program. Many assessments involve collaborative projects that replicate the workflow of a professional newsroom, giving you experience in pitching ideas, editing stories, and managing production schedules. You will investigate and create long-form multimedia work on topics that interest you.
Beyond the campus, internships with leading media organisations provide authentic industry exposure and help you build networks before graduation.
In your final year you can choose to undertake an industry internship, major collaborative project or undertake an international study tour.
You’ll also learn from working professionals and internationally renowned experts of journalism and media studies. QUT Journalism staff maintain close links with industry through their association with high-profile awards and organisations.
Your studies will begin with foundational communication and writing skills, ensuring you can craft clear, compelling stories. You’ll then explore the media world, including its industries, audiences and digital ecosystems, while developing expertise in ethical reporting and data-driven journalism.
As you progress, you’ll learn how to analyse audience behaviour, interpret data, and leverage digital platforms to reach diverse communities. By graduation, you’ll be equipped with advanced research, writing, and multimedia production skills, ready to thrive in a fast-paced, global media environment.
Finally, you’ll dive into the future of digital journalism. You’ll learn how online platforms and data analytics are transforming storytelling and develop the skills to produce content that thrives in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment. By graduation, you’ll be equipped to combine traditional reporting expertise with cutting-edge digital strategies, making you ready for the demands of modern newsrooms, or to be an independent content creator.
Flexible course options
Pairing journalism with a communication second major such as media and communication industries, screen industries, or promotional communication gives you a competitive edge. This combination broadens your skill set to include strategic storytelling, audience engagement, and media analysis.
Or you might like to add minors such as strategic communications, news and factual media, or social media strategy to specialise in areas that complement journalism. These options allow you to tailor your degree to your interests and career goals, opening pathways into content creation, and digital strategy.
The journalism major will provide you with the knowledge and tools you’ll need to stay up-to-date on the latest information, prepare reports and stories to fit the fast news cycle, and the professional contacts to get your career moving. From day one, you’ll be in the thick of the modern journalism industry.
You’ll be introduced to data-driven storytelling, where facts can both ensure your reporting is ethical and increase audience appeal. You’ll deep-dive into journalism law, and the ethics and social justice issues that challenge modern journalism. You’ll even be trained in the specific skills of both short-form, and long-form news production, so you’ll be ready for any work environment.
Your studies will be rounded by the choice of either a second major, which is a sequence of eight units from another study area, or minors and electives such as work integrated learning, internships or international study tours that allow you to graduate work ready through engagement with the industry.
Double degrees
Maximise your career opportunities by combining journalism with another degree and create your own specialist career niche.
Combine business and journalism for a journalism career with a specialty in finance, international affairs or politics, or work as a media executive, business analyst or researcher.
Combine journalism and law to work as a solicitor, barrister or in-house lawyer for a media organisation, or as a journalist covering law, politics, crime or foreign affairs.
Careers and outcomes
As the industry evolves, new opportunities are emerging in digital storytelling, data journalism, and social media reporting. These roles demand professionals who can combine traditional reporting skills with digital expertise and ethical judgment.
Professional recognition
Our journalism degree is recognised by the Australian Journalists' Association section of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance.
Possible careers
- Communication specialist
- Crisis communications advisor
- Digital content designer
- Digital content producer
- Foreign correspondent
- Journalist
- Media and communications officer (government, NGOs, corporates)
- Media researcher
- Online advocacy / education roles
- Podcast host
- Political communications advisor
- Presenter
- Producer
- Public relations officer/consultant
- Reporter
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. We review fees annually, and they may be subject to increases.
2027 fees
2027: Fee available from October
2027 fees
2027: Fee available from July
2026 fees
2026: CSP $17,200 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2026 fees
2026: $40,000 per year full-time (96 credit points)
Student services and amenities fees
You may need to pay student services and amenities (SA) fees as part of your course costs.
HECS-HELP: loans to help you pay for your course fees
You may not have to pay anything upfront if you're eligible for a HECS-HELP loan.
You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.
QUT Excellence Scholarship (Academic)
QUT's premier offering for students with outstanding academic achievement.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
Equity scholarships scheme
A scholarship for low-income students studying in any faculty.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Struggling financially
QUT Elite Sport Scholarship
QUT's premier offering for students with outstanding sporting achievement.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Sporting excellence
International Merit Scholarship
A high achievement scholarship for future international undergraduate and postgraduate students.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
International Talent Scholarship
A new scholarship for 2026 that covers tuition fees, with eligibility based on your prior academic achievements.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance