Journalists urged to use new edition of McNae’s to challenge court decisions on reporting restrictions
Journalists, lawyers and educators came together to celebrate the launch of the 27th edition of McNae's Essential Law for Journalists.
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Apprentice wins TS Murray award for top NQJ marks
The TS Murray award carries a £500 prize and is presented annually to the top-performing NQJ candidate employed by a news publisher in Scotland.
“McNae’s Essential Law for Journalists has become an institution” says Lord Hunt
Lord Hunt, Chair of the Press Complaints Commission, officially launched the latest edition of McNae’s Essential Law for Journalists at the NCTJ Media Law Seminar at The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn in London on 30 March.
Training is ‘vital’ says award-winning Sky News presenter
The NCTJ's latest featured alumnus is Anna Botting, a Sky News presenter and award-winning journalist who became only the second woman to win the RTS Presenter of the Year award in 2012.
NCTJ Student Council – “Journalism should be fun”
I have been pulled to various parts of the UK for the sake of NCTJ training. Being an Aberdonian, who has adopted Bournemouth as my second home to study Magazine Journalism at Up To Speed Journalism Training, it was nice to get the chance to go ‘up north’ to Manchester and visit MediaCityUK to see what all the fuss was about.
NCTJ Student Council – “Never give up”
I recently attended the NCTJ Student Council at the University of Salford in MediaCityUK. Being chosen as the student representative for my course at Brunel University was a role that I was looking forward to undertaking as I would be able to put across any views and opinions of my class mates concerning the NCTJ syllabus.
“Growing up, I never heard any reporters on television with my accent”
Waking up on a Monday morning must be a real drag if you hate your job. Thanks to the Journalism Diversity Fund, I never have that problem. I love what I do and if a career in journalism is what you want, then it’s well worth the hard work that it takes to get into the industry.
Two new courses awarded NCTJ accreditation
The NCTJ’s board of directors has approved accreditation for two new journalism courses. Directors also confirmed the renewal of accreditation for 12 courses at their meeting on 8 March 2012.
More than one hundred trainees sit National Certificate Examination today
More than one hundred journalists took the NCTJ National Certificate Examination today hoping to gain senior qualification status.
NCTJ students celebrate Royal Visit
A 48-page magazine to mark the launch of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Tour was produced by second year students from the NCTJ-accredited single honours journalism course at the Leicester Centre for Journalism.
NCTJ announces Data Journalism Seminar
The National Council for the Training of Journalists is to run a topical one-day seminar focusing on integrating data journalism skills into training, sponsored by Bloomberg.
