Diploma award winners

Diploma in Journalism awards

Presented each year in February, the Diploma in Journalism awards are presented to the top-performing candidates in the NCTJ diploma exams and assessments.

All those hours of hard work and revision will pay off, as the top performing students in each of the following Diploma in Journalism subjects receive a cash prize of £250 from the award supporter.

Awards up for grabs:

  • The Newsquest essential journalism award
  • The Oxford University Press essential media law award
  • The National World media law: court reporting award
  • The Oxford University Press public affairs award
  • The Sky Sports News shorthand award (100wpm)
  • The ITV News broadcast journalism award
  • The Society of Editors editing skills for journalists’ award
  • The Mark Allen Group practical magazine journalism award
  • The Independent videojournalism award
  • The Premier League sports journalism award
  • The Reach journalism for a digital audience award
  • The Telegraph data journalism award

The overall top performing student each academic year will be presented with the Student of the Year award at the Awards for Excellence ceremony.

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