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.
The NCTJ brought journalists, students, trainers and media organisations' representatives from around the country together to discuss equality, diversity and inclusion in the industry today (November 29).
Sunny Badwal, who lives in Bradford, trained as an apprentice with PA Training and Press Association. Heās currently a sports journalist at PA Sport.
Press freedom is under threat and we are dangerously close to the edge of a police state, Trevor Kavanagh, political columnist for The Sun, told the NCTJ public affairs seminar.
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The NCTJ’s equality, diversity and inclusion conference 2022 is taking place on Wednesday, 30 November at Reuters in London. The event will address a range of topics including attracting more people from working-class backgrounds into journalism, retention and progression, and making inclusion a proactive priority in the newsroom. It will also bring together bursary recipients, […]
The NCTJ, Read family and supporters of the Journalism Diversity Fund (JDF) have raised almost £3,500 in a remote fundraiser for the Thomas Read bursary.
Twenty bursaries have been awarded in the first Journalism Diversity Fund round of 2020, which marks the 15th anniversary of the fund.
The NCTJ has today launched an online summer school, designed to provide an introduction to journalism for beginners.
Student and trainee journalists were honoured at the NCTJ Awards for Excellence ceremony at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Gosport on Thursday evening in a presentation led by BBC deputy political editor, John Pienaar.
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