Keeping up to date with the latest legal knowledge is essential for all journalists to report responsibly and safely.
The Journalism Skills Academy offers a range of training packages to equip journalists with the legal knowledge to publish content with confidence.
Media law has many complex concepts and being armed with the latest knowledge means that journalists will understand what not to report, as well as what they can report.
The training packages are available to individuals and employers to support their teams in staying up to date on media law, court reporting and ethics and regulation.
The high-quality and professional training will test journalists’ knowledge and skills against the NCTJ’s industry standard and regulated qualifications.
The benefits of the training to individuals and employers are:
- Ensures writers and editors are up to date with legal knowledge
- Tests individual knowledge and skills against industry standard qualifications
- Provides accessible, affordable and reputable training that fits around the busy day-to-day
- Combines e-learning and virtual training to suit individual learning needs
- The four packages are designed to be accessible, affordable and provide highly reputable and expert training.
‘ITN has been working with the NCTJ for over a decade now. In that time nearly 200 members of our staff have passed the NCTJ Media Law course and/or the NCTJ Court Reporting course.
These examined courses train journalists about the complex legal and regulatory framework they must operate within and have direct practical application.
Working with the NCTJ has been a joy. In-house teaching sessions at ITN for the course and the exams is supplemented by a first-class support service from the NCTJ.’
– John Battle KC (Hon.), Head of Legal and Compliance, ITN
