by sportsbeat | Mar 10, 2021 | Blog
JournoFest 2021 was packed full of extraordinary insights, intriguing stories from across the globe, and expert career advice from our star guest speakers. On Saturday March 6, 2021 we hosted our fifth ever free journalism conference, JournoFest, for trainees and...
by sportsbeat | Feb 25, 2021 | Blog
You might have come across journalists who describe themselves as ‘local democracy reporters’ – but who are they and what do they do? Here is everything you need to know! We spoke to News Associates alumni who now work as local democracy reporters (LDRs) about their...
by sportsbeat | Oct 11, 2020 | Blog
100% of our first ever undergraduate class achieved a gold-standard NCTJ Diploma in Multimedia Journalism – a record-breaking achievement. This is the first time since the NCTJ started publishing results that an entire cohort has achieved the industry-standard...
by sportsbeat | May 21, 2020 | Blog
Our newsrooms may have fallen uncharacteristically silent but The School of Journalism trainees certainly haven’t – but would you expect anything else? As ‘Zoom’ becomes a new verb, our trainees have embraced the video conferencing platform to hold a...
by sportsbeat | Apr 15, 2020 | Blog
We offer each of our trainees up to £1,000 every summer of their degree to spend on journalism work experience or a journalism project. It’s part of what makes us the UK’s most practical journalism degree. Here, trainee Luke Madeira tells us how he used his journalism...
