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Government responds to NCTJ’s Save Quality Journalism Education campaign
The Department for Education has responded to the NCTJ following the launch of the Save Quality Journalism Education campaign, which calls for the reversal of planned cuts to high-cost subject funding for journalism courses in higher education. In a letter…
Journalism training standards remain vital in the wake of growing fake news stories
Journalism training standards set by the NCTJ are imperative in the battle against fake news, senior industry figures said today.
News Associates Manchester named best performing course 2016 while Wolverhampton College more than doubles gold standard results
Awards for the top NCTJ-accredited courses for 2015-16 were presented during an awards dinner held at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Gosport on Thursday, 24 November.
First class trainer’ of more than 2,000 journalists receives 2016 NCTJ Chairman’s award
Paul Jones, head of diploma training at Press Association Training, has been honoured with the 2016 NCTJ chairman’s award for his outstanding contribution to journalism training and education.
NCTJ announces Awards for Excellence 2016 winners
Student and trainee journalists were honoured at the NCTJ Awards for Excellence ceremony at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Gosport on Thursday evening in a presentation led by BBC deputy political editor, John Pienaar.
First students sit new online multiple choice regulation test
Students at the City of Liverpool College and News Associates London are the first to sit the new newspaper and magazine regulation test which forms part of the essential journalism ethics and regulation module.
And so my NCTJ journey has begun
And so my NCTJ Journey has begun. I am currently studying at News Associates and I am really enjoying it.
And so my NCTJ journey has begun
And so my NCTJ Journey has begun. I am currently studying at News Associates and I am really enjoying it.
Journalism Skills Conference speakers to focus on the digital skills revolution transforming journalism
The NCTJ’s annual skills conference is to feature a stellar line-up of guest speakers from all sectors of the media to discuss the digital skills revolution and a range of topical issues in journalism.
The great shorthand debate raised again after social media flurry
A Twitter storm about shorthand, regarded by many as a journalist’s sacrosanct skill, erupted yesterday morning as some students discovered that shorthand is now an optional module in the structure of the NCTJ Diploma in Journalism. Fears were allayed by the facts: shorthand is mandatory for news journalists and isn’t going away but there is a lot more flexibility to cater for the full range of journalism careers.
