NCTJ chairman: ‘We are not going to drop shorthand, we are going to give people a choice’
The chairman of the National Council for the Training of Journalists has defended plans to make shorthand optional for students…
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NCTJ set to make shorthand optional for journalism students who don’t focus on news
The National Council for the Training of Journalists plans to make shorthand optional for some of the students on its…
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Diversity apprenticeship scheme offers four school-leavers journalism jobs at Standard and Independent
A new apprenticeship scheme launched by the Independent and Evening Standard newspapers has been praised for encouraging diversity. The initiative…
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Press Association’s Newcastle training centre to close as Trinity Mirror ends lease
Press Association is to close its award-winning journalism training centre in Newcastle after publisher Trinity Mirror ended its lease. The…
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NCTJ hosts two-day conference on journalism skills in Portsmouth
Masterclasses in data and mobile journalism along with discussions on digital reporting from the court room and media ethics will…
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NQJ exam prize winners include journalists from News Shopper, Cambridge News, Oxford Mail and Hemel Hempstead Gazette
Exam award-winners hailed as “compelling” and “impressive” as record numbers passed the latest round of senior journalism exams. Reporters on…
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Record pass rate for NQJ senior exams
More than three-quarters of trainee journalists who sat their senior exams have passed in a record high for the new…
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Brighton-based journalism training company is taken over by its tutors
Training company Brighton Journalist Works has been taken over by its tutors. The move comes months after the National Council…
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