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A senior lecturer and former reporter, news desk editor, sub-editor and training officer, is the new chair and chief examiner of the NCTJ public affairs examinations board.

The NCTJ’s new Videojournalism for Online specialist option is close to completion and will be available for centres to deliver as part of the new Diploma in Journalism qualification from September.

A lecturer from an NCTJ-accredited course is experiencing the Public Affairs syllabus from the other side of the press table, after taking a seat on Oakham Town Council.

Broadcaster Sky News has announced a limited number of editorial placements are available to talented journalism students.

A journalism trainer who leads an NCTJ distance learning sub-editing course is celebrating as his short story has been selected for publication in a new anthology of travel writing.

Teaching staff on NCTJ-accredited journalism training courses preparing for the introduction of the new Diploma are reminded to book early for workshops in the autumn.

A career in journalism may beckon for twelve students from Newport who visited the headquarters of the National Council for the Training of Journalists.

Helen Skelton, co-presenter of Blue Peter and former Newsround reporter, is the latest NCTJ-trained journalist to feature on the charity’s alumni webpage.

Trainee journalists from across the country are preparing to sit the National Certificate Examination (NCE) on Friday 2 July.