Journalism and Media Production

2 years/120 ECTS, Diploma

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Accredited Programme by the Cyprus Agency of Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education (CY.Q.A.A.)
Government grant up to €3.420 for each year of study (with income criteria)

The Programme of Study "Journalism and Media Production" (“2 Academic Years, 120 ECTS, Diploma") has been designed to satisfy the Level 5b Indicators of the National Qualifications Framework. The purpose of the Programme is to prepare the students for the world of Journalism and Media, helping them to develop communication and cognitive skills, competences related to the processing, editing and management of information so that, upon their graduation, they would be able to comprehend the mediated communication, and to produce it in its various forms. Combining theoretical and practical courses, and academic knowledge with professional skills, this Programme of Study aims at the delivery of learning outcomes that contribute to the socially responsible and productive presence of students in the world of Journalism and Media. In particular, the graduates of this Programme of Study are expected to be able to demonstrate competences such as producing journalistic texts of various types and for different media (print, audio-visual, online/digital), searching, analysing and synthesising data and information, producing new research ideas and to be renowned for their free, open, unbiased, and objective way of thinking.

The students of the Programme do their practice at the college's Sound and Image Studio and at the online radio station “Noise Radio”, creating their own radio broadcast and presenting them through live streaming. "Noise Radio" is hosted on students' website "Noise Air" www.noiseair.com.

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Job Opportunities

Print media (newspapers, magazines)
Radio stations – radio producers – presenters
Television stations
Online journalism on news websites and social media
Freelance journalist or content producer

Programme’s Purpose, Objectives and Learning Outcomes

Programme Structure


Semester 1
SUBJECTS	P.P.W*	ECTS
Principles of Journalism	3	6
Introduction to Reporting	3	6
Introduction to Communication Theory And Public Relations	3	6
Speech Training and Oral Presentation Techniques	4	6
Journalistic Writing	3	6
TOTAL	16	30


Semester 2
SUBJECTS	P.P.W*	ECTS
Propaganda, Misinformation and Fake News	3	6
Sound Production for Radio	4	6
Image Techniques	4	6
Investigative Journalism	3	6
Interviewing Techniques and Rules	3	6
TOTAL	17	30


Semester 3
SUBJECTS	P.P.W*	ECTS
Montage	4	6
Television Production I	4	6
Preparation and Presentation of Radio Broadcasts	4	6
Police and Court Reports	4	6
Television Speech and Writing	4	6
TOTAL	20	30


Semester 4
SUBJECTS	P.P.W*	ECTS
Television Production II	4	6
Digital Content Creation	4	6
Practical Training	-	12


Elective Subjects
SUBJECTS	P.P.W*	ECTS
Sports Journalism	3	6
Fashion Journalism	3	6
Police and Court Reporting	3	6
Environmental Issues and the Media	3	6
Technological Innovations in Journalism	3	6
TOTAL	11	30

* P. P. W: Periods per week. Duration: 55 minutes

Programme Syllabi

Academic Staff

Coordinator of the Programme: Marina Chrysostomou

Office: 5 Kallipolis Avenue, 1055 Nicosia

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Employment Status: Part Time

Position: Lecturer

Specialization: Audio Techniques

Programmes of Study: Journalism and Media Production

Short CV: Mr. Andreou is a Lecturer at KES College since 2021. He has a Master's Degree (MA) in "Music Education", from the European University of Cyprus and a Bachelor degree (BA) in "Sound Technology and Musical Instruments", from the Ionian University. Since 2016, Mr. Andreou is a sound engineer at Ant1-Radio. In the past, he has collaborated with the Municipality of Strovolos teaching musical instrument courses in the Open School of the Municipality of Strovolos (2015 to 2018). He is an External Technician of stringed musical instruments in various companies and musical instrument stores. A study by Mr. Andreou on the construction and restoration of a guitar titled "Restoration of a Casella Brothers Acoustical Guitar and Construction" has been published in the International Journal of Conservation Science (http://ijcs.ro/volume_9.html#issue4).
Employment Status: Part Time

Position: Lecturer

Specialization: Journalism

Programmes of Study: Journalism and Media Production

Short CV: Ms Violari is a Lecturer at KES College since 2019. She holds a degree in Political Science and History from Pantion University of Political and Social Sciences and Postgraduate Diploma from the Department of Communication and Internet Studies of the Cyprus University of Technology. She has been working at at DIAS Publishing Group and at SIGMALIVE online portal since 2016, specialising in police and social reporting. Between 2014-2016, she worked for SPP MEDIA group and 24news online magazine where she was the editor-in-chief and was also editor for Kathimerini newspaper. She represented Cyprus at the annual Asia-Europe Meeting held in Milan in 2015 in 2015 and in 2012 represented Cyprus again at the Athletic and Interstate political rivalries at the Olympics and beyond: A Cross-Cultural Perspective in Ancient Olympia organized by the IOC with the collaboration of Harvard University's Hellenic Studies Center.
Employment Status: Part Time

Position: Lecturer

Specialization: Acting

Programmes of Study: Journalism and Media Production

Short CV: Mr Gregoriades is a Lecturer at KES College since 2021. He has a Master’s Degree in Near and Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Toronto and a Bachelors' Degree in Turkish Studies, from the University of Cyprus. He is also a graduate of the Vladimiros Kafkarides Drama School. Mr Gregoriades has collaborated with the main theater groups and TV stations of Cyprus. He was awarded by the ‘New Promising Student Award’ from the University of Toronto, and he also got a scholarship from the Greek Community of Ontario. Since 2018, Mr Gregoriades is an ally of the Cypriot Commissioner for Children’s Rights.
Employment Status: Part Time

Position: Lecturer

Specialization: Sports Journalism

Programmes of Study: Journalism and Media Production

Short CV: Mr. Kafkarides is a Lecturer at KES College since 2021. He is the Head of the Sports Department at DIASSIGMA Media Group. He also worked at Astra Radiostation, Politis Newspapers and Omonoia Athletic Club. He also worked, on a part time basis, at Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (RIK), Cytavision, Man (magazine), and Selides (magazine). He holds a Master’s Degree in Journalism and Media from Sofia University "Kliment Ochridski".
Employment Status: Part Time

Position: Lecturer

Specialization: Journalism

Programmes of Study: Journalism and Media Production

Short CV: Ms. Kotzamani is a Lecturer at KES College since 2003. She is a holder of a Diploma of Journalism from KES College. Since 2006, she has been working for ANT1 Cyprus television and as of 2011 she holds the position of News Director. She has more than 30 years of experience in television, radio stations, websites and newspapers. Between the years 1987-1999, she worked as a Journalist at DIAS Group (Simerini, Radio Proto, Sigma) and between the years 1999-2006, she worked at Mega as Chief News Editor. Ms Kotzamani participated to a number of seminars, both national and international, on journalism.
Employment status: Part-time

Position: Lecturer

Specialization: Marketing and Public Relations

Programmes of Study: Office Administration and Secretarial Studies, Medical Representatives Management, Journalism and Media Production

Short CV: Mr. Nikolaou is a Lecturer at KES College, where he teaches Public Relations, Crisis Management and Marketing. Mr. Nikolaou has obtained a Master’s degree in Curriculum Design and Development (University of Cyprus, 215) and another Master’s degree in Educational Leadership (Cyprus Institute of Management, 2013). He completed his certificate in Communications at the University of Nicosia in 2012, his undergraduate studies in Journalism and Public Relations in 2009 (Diploma, KES College) and has also obtained a diploma in Public Relations (CIPR Diploma in Public Relations, Chartered Institute of Public Relations) in 2011. He is currently, and since 2016, a PhD candidate of the Department of Journalism and Media Department of the School of Economics and Political Sciences at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Employment Status: Part Time

Position: Lecturer

Specialization: JOURNALISM

Programmes of Study: Journalism and Media Production

Short CV: Mr Penintaex has been a Lecturer at KES College since 2015. He holds an MA in International Journalism (Broadcast) from City University and a BA in Journalism and Communication Studies from Middlesex University. He has been working for SIGMA television station as a journalist since 2010 and an editor at the newspaper "Simerini tis Kyriakis". In January 2017, he won 1st Prize in the Pan-Cypriot Competition of KYPE, for the best research report of the year.
Employment Status: Part Time

Position: Lecturer

Specialization: JOURNALISM

Programmes of Study: Journalism and Media Production

Short CV: Mr. Poullados joined the teaching staff of the College in 2022. He holds a Master's Degree in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Edinburgh, a Master's Degree in Communication and Network Studies from the Cyprus University of Technology and a Bachelor's Degree in International Studies from the University of Macedonia. Mr. Poulados is the Managing Editor of Sigmalive - Radio First Broadcaster.
Employment Status: Part Time

Position: Lecturer

Specialization: TV Production, Montaz

Programmes of Study: Journalism and Media Production

Short CV: Mr. Rodites is a Lecturer at KES College since 2015. He has studied Scenography at the Lykourgos Stavrakos School of Cinema (1991-1994), graduating with an Honorary Diploma. He has then continued his studies at the London International Film School (1994-1996) and has participated to BBC Location Lighting Course in 1998 and BBC Avid Non Linear Editing in 1999. Since 1997, he has been working as a director, producer, script writer, photography manager at TRANSVIDEO LTD. In 2006, his short film Blues for Nedi Ryan, was shown at the 4th Cypriot Short Film Festival and was awarded the following: 1st Award for Actor, 1st Award for Actress, Production Award for High Level of Artistic and Technical Achievement.
Employment Status: Full Time

Position: Programme Coordinator, Senior Lecturer

Specialization: Biology, Environmental Management

Programmes of Study: Beauty Therapy and Beauty Therapy Units Management, Journalism and Media Production

Short CV: Dr. Sarris is a Biologist and holds a Master’s degree (MSc) in Ecology and Environmental Management and a PhD Degree in Biological Sciences of the University of Patra in collaboration with the University of Basel of Switzerland. He has worked as an Assistant Professor - Academic Visitor and Specialist in Research and Teaching at the Department of Biological Studies of the University of Cyprus, a Coordinator

of Postgraduate Module “Conservation and Management of Natural Resources” at the Open University of Cyprus, a Research Fellow at the Department of Life Science of the European University of Cyprus and a Programme Coordinator of “Technician for Production of Organic Products” of KES College. He has a Post Doc experience at the Institute of Botany of the University of Basel, at the Paul Scherrer Institute, and the

University of Patra. He has worked as a Lecturer at the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources of the University of Ioannina and Scientific and laboratory associate at the Department of Environmental Technology and Ecology, and at the Department of Organic Production of the Technological and Educational Institute of Ionian Islands. He is an expert of the International Science Network MedECC. He serves as an Invited Member of the Editorial Board of Annals of Silvicultural Research.
Employment Status: Full Time

Position: Coordinator of the Journalism and Media Production program, Lecturer

Specialization: Journalism and Media

Programmes of Study: Journalism and Media Production

Short CV: Ms. Chrysostomou is a Lecturer at KES College since 2011 and from 2018 and onwards, she is the Assistant Programme Coordinator of Journalism and Public Relations. She has an undergraduate degree in Journalism and Media from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In 2018 - 2021, she worked as a television report editor at Phileleftheros magazines. Between 2016 - 2018, she worked at DIAS Publishing Group as: a chief editor of the I LOVE TV magazine, the person in charge of the interviews for the OK! Magazine, an editor for the Madame Figaro Magazine, a chief editor in the special news department of the group while she also broadcasted a morning show at Radio Proto. In 2009-2015 she worked for SPP Media Group as a cultural editor for Kathimerini newspaper.