by sportsbeat | May 26, 2021 | Blog
Covering local elections is one of the most exciting and important things you can do as a journalist. Our trainees share their experiences of doing it for the first time. The Mayor of London and London Assembly elections held on 6 May were the perfect opportunity for...
by sportsbeat | May 20, 2021 | Blog
We invited a panel of talented guest speakers to talk to aspiring journalists about what it takes to make it in the world of sports journalism. Now working as sports journalists for a range of publications, all our panellists trained at News Associates. These were the...
by sportsbeat | May 8, 2021 | Blog
‘Post-truth’ was Oxford Dictionary’s 2016 word of the year and Collins Dictionary chose ‘fake news’ for 2017. In 2021, the rise of misinformation is more threatening than ever, and journalists are at the forefront of the battle against it. Fact-checking has always...
by sportsbeat | Apr 22, 2021 | Blog
Journalism in 2021 involves so much more than writing news… here is our guide on how to use Instagram as a journalist! Social media is an essential tool for journalists to connect with their audience and tell stories in different mediums – and Instagram is just...
by sportsbeat | Apr 22, 2021 | Blog
Now a news reporter with stories across national papers, Adam Wareing shares his journey since graduating from the School of Journalism last year. What is your job? I’m a reporter at the international press agency Kennedy News and Media. We produce stories for...
by sportsbeat | Apr 1, 2021 | Blog
The School of Journalism is officially the number one NCTJ-accredited degree in the UK. Our undergraduate multimedia journalism programme is the top NCTJ course of any kind in the country. And it’s the sixth year in a row a News Associates course has topped the league...
