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The NCTJ Awards for Excellence, sponsored by Reuters, are now open for entries from students, trainee and apprentice journalists across the UK. Free to enter, the annual awards recognise the achievements of talented individuals with promising journalism careers ahead of…
Birmingham City University (BCU) has become an NCTJ-accredited course provider, delivering the NCTJ Diploma in Journalism as part of its MA Journalism course. The accreditation will expand access to NCTJ training in the West Midlands, supporting efforts to improve diversity…
Mary Hamilton, a reporter for the Eastern Daily Press and Norwich Evening News, won the NCTJ’s Ted Bottomley Award, sponsored by Midland News Association, after scoring 90 per cent on her newspaper practice exam.
The second NCE for sports reporters saw two more trainee reporters achieve senior status in the new qualification.
The NCTJ has awarded the National Certificate Examination to 74 trainee reporters who sat their exams at 11 centres in July.
A past bursary recipient of the Journalism Diversity Fund has gained senior reporter status after passing her National Certificate Examination.
Leighton Andrews, the minister for children, education and lifelong learning, will open the Journalism Skills Conference at the National Assembly for Wales on Thursday, 2 December.
Piers Morgan, a judge on the award-winning television show Britain’s Got Talent, is the latest NCTJ-trained journalist to feature on the charity’s alumni webpage.
The format of NCTJ shorthand exams at speeds of 90 to 120 wpm will change from September so trainees can “hit the ground running” when they enter their first newsroom.
A new journalism diversity intern has been appointed by the NCTJ on a six-month internship.
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.
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