Journalism and Digital Communication - MA Graduate profile
Key information
This course can lead to the following sectors and careers:
- Journalism
- Media
- Public Relations
- Sports and feature writing
Peter O’Dwyer, Head of News at the Business Post.
I’m the Head of News at the Business Post, the country’s leading financial, business and political news outlet. I’ve worked for the Irish Examiner, the Times of London and Bloomberg, and I am now in my second stint with the Business Post, having returned in summer 2023 to take up my current role, leading what is the fastest-growing and, for my money, most talented newsroom in the country. Since I rejoined, we’ve moved massively from being a weekly print-focused newspaper to a daily, digital reporting outlet. We still have the Sunday print paper, which is a labour of love, but our future – like that of the rest of the industry – is in online and, thankfully, we’re growing strongly month-on-month and year-on-year in that regard.
University of Limerick Alumni Spotlight: Peter O'Dwyer
Sloane Perron graduated from MA Journalism
Having previous career experience in print media and reporting, Sloane wanted to further immerse herself into the world of television, radio, social media, and online journalism. The programme uniquely balanced journalism theory and real-world projects, like creating a video documentary or reenacting a television news programme and accurately reflected the fast-paced world of journalism. Sloane loved the programme’s focus on teamwork and found learning from her peers just as rewarding as her formal studies.
Currently, she is the Editor of Pulse Magazine in Worcester, Massachusetts, and believes that the UL’s Master’s in Journalism is what helped advance her career. “By balancing theory with real-world practice, I believe that the software and skills I learned from my programme made me much more competitive in the job market.”
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