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Recently I spent a fortnight at The Guardian on a work experience placement as part of their Positive Action Scheme which, like the Journalism Diversity Fund, is a programme designed to open news rooms to a more representative range of journalists.

Find out what Khaleda Rhaman, the first participant in the Journalism Diversity Fund internship scheme, thought of her placement at Newsquest.

When something is worth having, you need to work super hard for it; and this was the exact circumstance of my journey to get funding for a NCTJ accredited course.

Despite always knowing I wanted to write for a living, I was unsure how to go about it. It always seemed like a huge leap to go from student to journalist, and most of my friends and family thought I was mad for wanting to make the jump.

Hi, I’m Katie, a reporter. I get to talk to people all day, write stories and be at the heart of local news.

I remember it well. Very well in fact. 8 June 2012, 9.04am: the exact time I received an email from the Journalism Diversity Fund telling me that my dream was about to become a reality.

Alexandra Rucki is currently working as an online journalist at the London Evening Standard. Find out more about Alexandra’s passion for journalism, her training, life as a journalist and how the Journalism Diversity Fund helped her career.

Claire French is currently business editor at The News in Portsmouth, having previously worked at the Surrey Advertiser. She completed her journalism training at City College Brighton and Hove.

For the past month, the Leeds Trinity University postgraduate journalism trainees have been running a fully functioning newsroom.