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Our first featured alumnus of 2012 is Haroon Siddique, a news reporter at the Guardian.

Bursary recipient and newly-qualified senior reporter, Sam Smith, has won an award for exceptional performance in the November National Certificate Examination.

The NCTJ has launched a dedicated mobile website to provide careers advice to prospective journalism students.

A further 53 journalists are celebrating achieving senior status after passing the National Certificate Examination for reporters.

Four newly-qualified senior reporters are celebrating after winning awards for exceptional performance in the November National Certificate Examination.

Emily Heward, a senior reporter with the Halifax Courier, has won the Pamela Meyrick Award for her performance in the National Examination Certificate.

Bursaries have been awarded to three diverse journalists after they impressed a panel of editors with their passion and commitment to journalism.

A few weeks ago I gave a talk about the work I do as editor of BBC Scotland current affairs to a lecture theatre full of aspiring journalists. I give these types of talks quite regularly but it was at the end of this particular one that I was asked two questions that left me incredibly depressed.

Sky News is hosting a month long exhibition in association with Somerset House early next year that will take a look at three of the major stories of 2011; the Arab Spring, the Libyan conflict, and the London riots.