The Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture (JOMEC) () is

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's school for training in media. It is one of the journalism schools whose main universities are part of the

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. It was founded as the Cardiff Journalism School in 1970 by Sir Tom Hopkinson and is the longest established postgraduate centre of journalism education in Europe. The school is considered one of the best training centres for journalists and is often described as the "

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of journalism". The school is based in a state-of-the-art building in Central Square, having moved from

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in September 2018. The head of the school is Dr Matt Walsh, and the former director of the Centre of Journalism Studies was Professor

Richard Sambrook Richard Sambrook is a British journalist, academic and a former BBC executive. He is emeritus professor in the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University. For 30 years, until February 2010, he was a BBC journalist and later, ...

, former director of

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and Global News. The school is also home to Cardiff University's Centre for Community Journalism (C4CJ) which developed the world's first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on community journalism. The centre now also oversees the Independent Community News Network (ICNN), the UK's only representative body for community and hyperlocal publishers.

Move to Central Square

The school was formerly housed in the

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of the university's

campus. In September 2018 it moved to 2 Central Square, north of

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and adjacent to New Broadcasting House, the headquarters of

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. The school occupies in the building. The layout and interior were designed by IBI architects and include a 300-seat lecture theatre, six newsrooms, editing suites, and state-of-the-art TV and radio studios.

Degree programmes

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Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA or AM) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Those admitted to the degree have ...

* Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism *

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Media Management * MSc Computational and Data Journalism * MA International Public Relations and Global Communications Management

Notable alumni

Honorary members and visiting fellows

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, American journalist known for his investigation of the

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, former editor-in-chief of ''

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