Local newsrooms will gain access to new AI standards, training and practical resources under a NCTJ-led project supported by the government’s Local News Fund. The National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) has secured £191,880 in funding through the…
Elena Vivaldo reflects on studying the NCTJ's Practical International Journalism qualification, developing practical journalism skills and gaining the confidence to start pitching stories to publications.
Dan Wright, editorial apprentice at the KM Group, met politicians in London on Thursday at a Downing Street reception during National Apprenticeship Week.
Journalism employers, including Archant, the BBC, BSkyB, The Independent, ITN, Johnston Press, the KM Group, London Evening Standard and Newsquest, will take part in the government’s new trailblazer apprenticeship scheme.
London Evening Standard digital journalist, Rachel Blundy, said she would recommend a trainee job at a regional paper to “every single one” of the 43 members of the NCTJ Student Council on Friday, 7 February.
A group of sixth form students got a taste of what it’s like to work in journalism at an annual careers event on 28 January for local schools organised by the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ).
Erinn Kerr is a Journalism Diversity Fund recipient who completed the Press Association training course in Newcastle In December 2013. She has since secured a trainee reporter position with a North News and Pictures, a press agency in the North East of England.
A new award to recognise the top performing student in the NCTJ reporting exam is to be sponsored by Archant.
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