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The growing use of data protection law and barriers to open justice are creating new legal and practical challenges for journalists and news organisations, media law experts have warned.
The NCTJ has appointed Laura Michael to the new role of head of professional development, expanding its support for journalists and news organisations as the industry adapts to rapid technological change.
“What I expect to see in young journalists is commitment to the standards we uphold and an understanding of fairness and morality,” Peter Lowe, managing editor at Sky News told delegates at the Journalism Skills Conference.
The skills and experience Andrew Norfolk developed through his NCTJ course were invaluable to investigating the Rotherham scandal.
Sports broadcasters have made great progress in recruiting diverse on-air talent, but there is more work to do behind the scenes in their newsrooms, presenter Sonali Shah told an NCTJ conference.
“We need to be Jack of all trades and we have to do a job that would have been done by multiple people five years ago”, according to Alex Evans, multimedia reporter, Sheffield Star.
Former cabinet minister David Blunkett said he was optimistic about journalism, revealing he had considered a career in journalism himself, while speaking at the NCTJ awards dinner in Sheffield.
Paul Durrant, journalism trainer and member of the NCTJ journalism examinations board, has been honoured with the 2014 NCTJ Chairman’s Award for his outstanding contribution to journalism training and education.
Eleven talented journalists and photographers have been presented with their NCTJ Awards for Excellence sponsored by NFL UK at the Journalism Skills Conference in Sheffield on Thursday, 27 November.
Nottingham Trent University scored double success with two accredited courses topping the tables at the annual NCTJ course provider awards.
There is a future for good photography in newspapers - but that may not mean there should be specialist training courses for photographers, Derby Telegraph and Burton Mail editor-in-chief Neil White told the NCTJ Journalism Skills Conference.
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