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June 23, 2011

Graham Dudman: ‘A reporter without shorthand is like a footballer without boots’

By Press Gazette

The Sun’s managing editor Graham Dudman has spoken of the newspaper’s zero-tolerance stance on shorthand – and how it won’t hire a reporter unless they have at least 100 words per minute.

At a shorthand seminar hosted by the NCTJ last week, Dudman told students: ‘You cannot be a reporter without shorthand ─ end of. It’s like being a footballer without football boots.”

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