Skills

Specific Skills

• Advanced knowledge of the application of techniques and processes of production and broadcasting in television, in its various phases, from the point of view of the organization and management of technical, human and budgetary resources.
• Delving into the ability to express oneself fluently and communicatively in the Spanish language, orally and in writing, with mastery of the linguistic and literary resources most suited to the television medium.
• Proficiency in the ability to summarize texts and specialized documents on relevant topics, through the use of a journalistic language adapted to the Television Medium.
• Ability for the advanced use of techniques and processes in the various phases of the construction of multimedia production and interactive materials.
• Deep knowledge of the existing organizational structures in the field of communication and nature and interrelations between the subjects of communication.
• Deep knowledge of professional ethics and deontology as well as advanced knowledge of the legal system of information in what affects the professional practice of the journalist.
• Mastery of the different mechanisms and elements of the construction of news, reports and documentaries on television, according to different formats, technologies and production supports.
• Deep knowledge of the applications and technological resources available to create, build and analyze audiovisual products. It includes the design and development of strategies for a truthful communication.
• Advanced knowledge at the user level of the technologies applied to audiovisual media (photography, sound, video, film and multimedia).
• Deep knowledge of the social and professional environment to adapt to the technological and business changes of the sector.
• Mastery of the journalistic style in television, in aspects related to its structure, genres, techniques, sources and conditions that characterize the information, interpretation and opinion about events in this specific medium.
• Specialized knowledge of obtaining current information, its assessment and selection, the interpretation of known facts and their subsequent treatment
• Advanced capabilities and skills at user level of computer systems and resources and their interactive applications in the Medium Television and multimedia environments.

General Skills

• Possess and understand fundamental knowledge that is framed in a multidisciplinary context characterized by the conjunction of Communication and Arts, Social, Economic and Business Sciences and International Relations, among others.
• Be able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of making judgments based on information that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on political, social, economic and ethical aspects.
• Know how to apply the knowledge acquired and have developed a great capacity to solve problems and make decisions related to the search of news in unfamiliar environments, in conditions of limited time and high pressure in order to achieve results.
• Know how to apply the knowledge acquired and have developed a great capacity to solve problems and make decision-making related to the news media treatment in the medium-term television in conditions of limited time and high pressure to achieve results.
• Know how to communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that support them to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear, attractive way and adapted to the specific characteristics of Television.
• Know how to apply the acquired knowledge and develop a great capacity to develop their professional and academic work in media and social environments that are undergoing constant evolution, driven by the advancement and dissemination of new information and communication technologies.
• Have a great capacity for teamwork and adequately master diversity management.
• Develop a great sensitivity in the development of their professional and/or academic work, in compliance with current regulations at both the Spanish and European level, the codes of good practice, the criteria of self-control, the promotion of equality of women, disabled people, the protection of children and, in general, the principles contained in the Spanish Constitution and the values of the Culture of Peace.
• Possess the learning skills that allow them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous, in order to remain up to the challenges posed by a world that is constantly evolving.
• Possess the learning skills that allow them to start an academic career in the area of knowledge of Communication and Arts, after having developed a professional career of journalists for a few years, if that was their wish.

Calendar and Schedules

Access and Admission

It is an essential requirement to access the Master's programs to have a Bachelor's degree or equivalent in accordance with the current legislation. A Bachelor's Degree in Communication Sciences (Journalism, Audiovisual Communication, Advertising and Public Relations) will be especially valued. In this sense, we are looking for students who have skills that foresee a good disposition for teamwork, have great flexibility and open-mindedness to the incorporation of new knowledge and new ways of working, and that, regardless of what scientific or technical studies they come from, they show a great interest in the humanities in general, and a great sense of social responsibility in professional work.

The admission process to the Master's degree begins by sending the following documentation by post or courier to the Postgraduate Admissions Section:

• Completed Admission Application.
• Updated Curriculum Vitae.
• Photocopy of DNI (only Spanish candidates) or passport (only foreign candidates).
• Photocopy of the Academic transcript/record (completed studies or in the last year of the university degree).
• Two color, passport-size photographs.

Once the documentation has been received and it has been verified that the diploma submitted grants to the degree, as established in Arts. 15 and 16 of Royal Decree 1393/2007, candidates take the admission test with the coordinator of the degree. This test is carried out in person in Madrid when possible or, failing that, it can also be taken remotely (online) for those candidates residing outside of Spain.

The candidate holds a personal interview with the Program Coordinator. This interview is in itself an admission test in which the specific knowledge of the candidate is evaluated through a battery of questions about the area of knowledge, as well as their level of maturity and attitudes to it. After this interview, the coordinator prepares a report on the candidate's skills profile, his degree of maturity, his personal interest in Audiovisual Journalism and his suitability for the degree, which is attached to the file that the Admissions Commission will assess.

The University Admissions Commission, made up of heads of the Department itself, the General Secretary and the Department of University Development will be in charge of proposing to the Rector of the University the granting of student status to those candidates whose suitability has been proven.

The candidate receives written information about their admission, which is previously provided by phone, about the result of the admission process and formalizing their enrollment in the Program, the definitive documentation, duly legalized, that must be submitted, etc.