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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.

According to the BBC Lab UK survey published in April, Britain is far from a classless society: instead of the previously assumed three social classes, there are apparently now seven.

Wendy Oloya is currently category content manager at WorldStores, having previously worked as a reporter at Famous Features. She completed her journalism training at News Associates with the help of the Journalism Diversity Fund.

“The future of journalism is in your hands.” With such a bold opening statement by NCTJ Chairman, Kim Fletcher, on Friday morning, it became clear why the NCTJ wanted us, the student council, to ensure they were providing us with the best range of opportunities, skills and qualifications possible.

Navigating the spaghetti junction of Victoria to reach the NCTJ Student Council meeting was a feat in itself. After weaving in and out of smoggy roadworks and narrowly missing a street cleaner’s wheelie bin, I managed to find the Microsoft HQ, where MSN was hosting the event.