The landscape of communication is rapidly evolving, demanding specialized journalists in digital content creation. Keeping pace with this evolution necessitates continual updates to journalism tools, methodologies, and communication strategies.
Our Master's Degree in Digital and Data Journalism equips journalists with the tools to excel as creators of digital content, offering essential technological training and instruction in new narrative techniques tailored to 360-degree communication. As information consumption habits evolve, there arises a growing demand in the professional market for experts in immersive journalism, content planning and development for digital platforms, data visualization, and web analytics. These skills are indispensable for traditional media outlets striving to adapt their formats to the digital realm.
Our curriculum is meticulously curated and continuously updated, featuring instruction from industry-leading professionals. Moreover, our collaboration agreement with 20Minutos, a publication under the Henneo group and a digital information audience leader, ensures our students receive training closely aligned with the demands of the professional world and the evolving narrative needs of contemporary journalism.
20minutos is the leading general information newspaper in Spain, and belongs to the Henneo group, which has high prestige media, such as El Heraldo de Aragón, La Información and Cinemanía, in addition to television production companies with more than 3,500 annual hours of production.
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All our degrees and curricula have been prepared in accordance with the new guidelines set by current legislation, having already been verified by the National Agency for Quality Assessment.
The student must complete 60 credits
Profesores Professors | Porcentaje de Doctores Percentage of PhD holders |
21 | 76,19% |
Official Degree:Master's Degree in Digital and Data Journalism
Those interested in studying and obtaining the degree of Master's Degree in Digital and Data Journalism from Nebrija University will seek specialization in the communication and digital information sector in all its new aspects. They should be restless, have critical judgment and be willing to report on current issues through the most innovative platforms. They will be people familiar with the latest technological tools, capable of adapting quickly to new processes of content creation and management. They can be journalists with or without experience, graduates in related degrees, such as advertising or marketing, or graduates in various specialties who are interested in academic or professional research, where the analysis of data sets and their visualization is necessary.
Professionals specialized in the field of digital and data journalism, with advanced technological knowledge and skills, which are necessary to work in an online communicative environment where media converge and platforms multiply, leading to a consumption of diverse and changing information content.
60 ECTS credits.
Minimum 12 ECTS and maximum 60 ECTS per registration and academic period
Center responsible:School of Communication and Arts
Branch of knowledge:Social and Legal Sciences
Available places: Total: 100
Classroom attendance mode: 30
Online: 70
Type of Education: Classroom attendance / Online
Academic year in which it was implemented: 2013-2014
Languages: Spanish
Duration: 1 year. From October to June
Schedule: from Monday to Friday, afternoons
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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:
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.
The faculty of the School of Communication and Arts is made up of professionals from each field of specialization, who develop a teaching method based on the conviction that what we learn, we learn by doing it.
Integration into the profession is based on the incorporation of professionals such as associate professors who guarantee each program, on a teaching methodology inspired by the learning-by-doing model that impacts the experiential aspect in the classrooms and in the activities of academic extension.
The Master's Degree in Digital and Data Journalism trains professionals who in the future may work as the following:
These are some of the companies and programs where the students of the Master's Degree in Digital and Data Journalism have carried out internships in recent years:
Masterclass: Data Journalism from a Professional Perspective
During the second semester, Nebrija University welcomed several professionals from the field of data journalism to provide students with firsthand insights into data management within media outlets. We had the privilege of hosting four prominent journalism professionals: Nelly Luna, Olaya Argüeso, Darío Ojeda, and Eduard Martín-Borregón. These individuals delivered four masterclasses discussing the current state of data journalism, the challenges journalists face in acquiring data that sheds light and truth on news stories... In essence, these sessions were invaluable opportunities for students to learn directly from accomplished professionals about the state of journalism today. For further details on the careers of these four professionals:
13-03-2024
Masterclass_Eduard-Martín Borregón . He is a journalist specializing in data journalism, having commenced his career in the Data Journalism section of El Periódico de Catalunya. He has since worked as a freelance data journalist for various notable entities including El Mundo, the Gates Foundation, Antoni Gutiérrez-Rubí, and Ara.cat, among others.
11-03-2024
Masterclass_Darío Ojeda . Journalist and coordinator of the Data Relay Department. He began his career at Canarias7 and has predominantly focused on sports journalism, notably at El Confidencial, where he was also involved in the data team. Additionally, he has contributed to Atlántico Hoy and Fundación Maldita, among other media outlets.
04-03-2024
Masterclass_Olaya Argüeso . She is a data journalist who views journalism as a catalyst for change. After working in the press department of a multinational corporation for a time, she returned to her true passion. Upon discovering data journalism and its potential for pursuing stories of public interest, she dedicated herself to uncovering untold narratives. Presently, she delves into datasets to unearth unpublished stories and also shares her expertise by teaching data journalism in Spain and Latin America.
28-02-2024
Masterclass_Nelly Luna. Journalist and co-founder of OjoPúblico. Her investigative work has garnered international acclaim, including the Global Data Journalism Award on two occasions. Additionally, she has been honored with the Inter-American Press Association Award and was named a finalist in the Gabo Awards.
28-11-2023
Verification and Disinformation in Wartime.
Students from the Master's Degree in Digital and Data Journalism at Nebrija University recently participated in a conference dedicated to verification and disinformation, specifically addressing the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The event featured notable speakers such as Alejandro Herrera Díaz, Deputy Director of 20Minutos, and Borja Díaz-Merry Rivas, Head of VerificaRTVE, the RTVE section dedicated to identifying false information. Moderated by Celia Sancho Belinchón, Director of the master's degree program, the session included a roundtable discussion and practical activities. [Read more]
How should data journalists navigate times of war? Is Artificial Intelligence a helpful ally or a hindrance to journalists? What tools does journalism possess to combat the spread of fake news?
These critical questions were addressed by students of the Master's Degree in Digital and Data Journalism on Monday, November 27, during a conference organized by the postgraduate program in the Assembly Hall of Nebrija University's School of Communication and Arts. Moderated by the program director, Celia Sancho Belinchón, a roundtable discussion featuring Alejandro Herrera Díaz, Deputy Director of 20Minutos, and Borja Díaz-Merry, Head of RTVEVerifica, shed light on the tools available to journalists in the fight against misinformation.
During the session, both journalists underscored the importance of verifying information before dissemination, emphasizing the need for journalistic rigor. As Alejandro Herrera aptly stated, "It is better to take a few minutes to confirm the veracity of content than to regret it later."
Read LessOn Tuesday, February 20, the students of the Master's Degree in Digital and Data Journalism had the opportunity to visit the facilities, studios, and offices of RTVE, guided by the head of VerificaRTVE, Borja Díaz-Merry.
Díaz-Merry gave them a tour of the RTVE studios near O'Donnell, where the students witnessed the live production of the 24-hour news broadcast and explored various recording studio locations. A highlight of the visit was meeting the VerificaRTVE team, responsible for debunking hoaxes and verifying information circulating on social networks and the internet. Furthermore, the digital communication team of public radio and television showed the students how they work on traditional projects and shared insights into their methods for generating new content targeted at engaging younger audiences.
The School of Communication and Arts of the Nebrija University celebrates the NIPHO contest again, in this case, its 12 + 1 edition, which awards the best journalistic works of the students in different categories: written press, television, radio, photography... In addition, it recognizes the career of two great professionals. On this occasion, the winners will be Mercedes Milá and Eva Tribiño.
The journalist Jon Sistiaga starred in the second session of the 'Nebrija Journalists' conference organized by Nebrija University's School of Communication Sciences.
At Nebrija University, we celebrate #NebrijaFCA Week every year. The first day of the Week of Communication and the Arts featured the visit of Risto Mejide, the #NebrijaFashionArte exhibition and a radio marathon.
Las fake news son uno de los mayores desafíos que tiene la humanidad en nuestro tiempo de sobreinformación. Este tema tan interesante como necesario aborda Laura Martínez Otón, directora del Máster en Radio, Podcast y Audio Digital – Cadena SER, en su último libro, presentado en la Universidad Nebrija. [Leer más]