If you've seen the explosive
#HandforthParishCouncil
video that’s gone viral, you might have a burning desire to know the background behind it... What is a standing order? Was Jackie Weaver in the right? Our Public Affairs team
@AndrewGreaves84
and
@mlycdystmp
explain it all 💡⬇️
Huge thanks to the legendary
@KayBurley
for taking the time to talk to our
@NCTJ_news
trainees and guests about your incredible career... and whipping out your BAFTA! 🤩
"I devour news like it's chocolate," was our favourite quote!
News Associates is officially the UK's number one NCTJ journalism school. Again. 🥇
Top undergraduate course ✅
Top fast-track course ✅
46% of all gold-standard NCTJ graduates last year trained with News Associates ✅
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@NCTJ_news
🚨 New course alert 🚨
We've launched a fully-remote part-time
@NCTJ_news
journalism course!
- Every lesson taught live by our award-winning tutors
- Flexible teaching over 18 months
- Includes data journalism module
See more here ⬇️
We're delighted to reveal Emily Maitlis will speak at our journalism conference
#JournoFest
for our
@NCTJ_news
trainees! 🎉
The
@BBCNewsnight
presenter will talk about her career (including THAT interview 👀) and take questions from
#TeamNA
.
✨
@maitlis
Our tutor
@paulkilbey
had some fun teaching the days of the week in shorthand to our fast-track
@NCTJ_news
trainees in Manchester. Can you work it out? 😆
#LoveShorthand
We were thrilled to have
@vicderbyshire
in today 😍
She spoke to both our London and Manchester
@NCTJ_news
trainees about being a woman in journalism, using TikTok and how to handle difficult interviews!
It’s Aussie Rules day here at News Associates London! 🇦🇺
We’re taking our
@NCTJ_news
sports journalism trainees out of their comfort zone and getting them to cover Brisbane Lions v Richmond in the preliminary final. 😃
#AFLLionsTigers
#AFLFinals
#TheAussieRulesShow
Thank you so much to
@julieetchitv
for giving an informative and inspiring talk to our trainees about her career and how to get into broadcast journalism! 🎥
Our
@NCTJ_news
trainees loved hearing from
@SkySportsNews
presenters
@skysports_sheth
and Jo Wilson 🤩
They shared advice on getting into sports journalism, their top tips for broadcasting and memorable career highlights ✨
After a very tense ten weeks our news quiz competition went down to one last tie-break question... 😬
But it was
@georgia_simcox
who took the 🏆. Congratulations! 🥳
And a very well done to our runner-up
@MindyHABurrows
. 👏👏
#TeamNA
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🌟
News Associates is officially the...
🏆Number one
@NCTJ_news
journalism school in the UK. Again.
🏆Number one fast-track course in the UK. Again.
🏆Number one course in London for 11 straight years.
Apply now: ✨
#TeamNA
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TODAY IS THE DAY! JournoFest 2021 is here and we can't wait to welcome our fantastic guest speakers 😁 Follow the
#JournoFest
hashtag throughout the day to keep up with all our updates 🥳
Meet
@AhmedShooble
! 👋 Ahmed is an aspiring sports journalist and role model to young people from minority backgrounds.
He's also the first ever recipient of our sports journalism diversity bursary in partnership with
@SportSJA
and
@Sportsbeat
. ✨
⬇
We are absolutely thrilled to announce that a quarter of all journalists nominated for the
@NCTJ_news
Awards for Excellence 2021 are
#TeamNA
graduates! 🏆🎉🌟
A huge well done to everyone 👏
#StartedHere
This brilliant bunch of sports journalists flew the nest last night. You were an incredible group to work with! Never forget you
#StartedHere
. 🗞⚽️⛳️🥳
#TeamNA
✨
Pitching your ideas to editors is a great way to build up your portfolio and get personalised feedback at the start of your
#journalism
career. Read our guide on the best places to pitch freelance articles to!
A huge effort from everyone at
#TeamNA
today. From our live blog, to those on patch, to everyone putting a shift in at the office - we hope you enjoyed it 🎉
#SWLroyalwedding
After an historic day at Windsor Castle, make sure you read our bumper 16-page
#RoyalWedding
special edition. Packed with the best photos from Windsor and reaction from street parties across the area, it's available below now 👇
Mayor of Greater Manchester
@AndyBurnhamGM
visited our
@NCTJ_news
trainees and spoke about his time in Westminster and now as mayor, his thoughts on the relationship between politics and the media… and how close he came to being a journalist (and studying for his NCTJ) instead!
Great to have
@EveningStandard
editor emeritus Doug Wills lead news meetings with our trainees and oversee production of their mock Evening Standard papers 📰
Huge congratulations to the 17 successful applicants who will be studying for their
@NCTJ_news
at News Associates across our fast-track, part-time and sports journalism courses in London and Manchester. 🥳
We can't wait to work with you all! 🤗
#TeamNA
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At the start of lockdown we opened our virtual doors to anyone interested in journalism to join our workshops for free... and it looks like you've enjoyed them! 💕
Thank you to our all-star cast of guests speakers.
Don't worry, we're not stopping now.
#TeamNA
#StartedHere
We've wrapped up our final session of the student media editorial leadership course! 🎉
Thank you to our guest speaker
@willjgore
for talking about all things
@NCTJ_news
👏
And thank you to our
#NAFutureLeaders
- we look forward to seeing you in the newsrooms of tomorrow! 🌟
Last night we waved farewell and good luck to this crazy crew of young journalists! 👋 It won’t be long until their work is up on the walls. 📰
#TeamNA
#StartedHere
✨
News Associates trainees took on the momentous task of covering the death of Queen Elizabeth II in the first week of their
@NCTJ_news
courses with us in London and Manchester.
#TeamNA
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See how they did it -
To make studying from home even more fun,
#TeamNA
are having a themed fancy dress lesson each week! 😄
@NCTJ_news
#StartedHere
This week’s theme was London tube stations. Can you guess them?
We’ll start with our very own Dudman. Graham Dudman. (And his double
@Jack_Grhm
.)
Huge congratulations to
#TeamNA
graduate
@PeteApps
for his double at the
@pressgazette
British Press Awards
✅ specialist correspondent of the year
✅ Inside Housing (he’s the news editor) named news provider of the year for Grenfell coverage
So proud you
#StartedHere
The December 2020 issue of
@indie_pendent
is brimming full of articles by
#TeamNA
trainees and alumni! Well done to everyone involved, it looks amazing 🤩
#StartedHere
What will
#journalism
look like in 2022?
We’ve spoken to journalists and trawled the internet to find 22 journalism predictions from those who live and breathe it ✍️🎥👨💻
Thread below! 🧵👇
Royal seal of approval! 👑 Journalism royalty
@ArthurJEdwards
officially opened our new London HQ today. 📸 Thanks for being such a brilliant and entertaining guest of honour. ✂️
We’re delighted to win innovation of the year at the
@NCTJ_news
Awards for Excellence again! 🌟
This time for our trainees’ incredible multimedia coverage of the death and funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.
‘The dog ate my homework’ just doesn’t cut it anymore.
@angusoliver
was late to a Public Affairs lesson on
@zoom_us
because one of the sheep on his family farm was in labour and he had to help his mum and dad lamb it! 🐑
😂
#TeamNA
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While it may not have been the year we expected, there's still plenty to celebrate. 🎉
So here's our list of 20 great things that happened at News Associates in 2020!
Link and thread below 👇
We're very excited to be the headline sponsor for the
@SPAJournalism
National Conference 2021! 💫
#SPANC21
We're also judging the best publication and best sports coverage categories 📰⚽
Huge thanks to BBC rugby union correspondent
@chjones9
for talking to our
@NCTJ_news
sports journalism trainees about the importance of being a multimedia journalist... and shorthand!
We're hosting a virtual journalism Q&A session on Wednesday 16 December with
@Lucyedyer
, open to anyone interested in becoming a journalist! Sign up for free here:
News Associates alumna and
@itvnews
producer
@SophieAlex1
is speaking to our trainees today to share her experience of covering the Washington insurrection. We can't wait to hear more about this brilliant piece of journalism! See Sophie's photos below ⬇️
#TeamNA
#StartedHere
We've had a blast teaching our sports journalism trainees over the last 35 weeks! We can't wait to see what you go on to achieve in the industry 📺 🏅 🎙️ 🏀
#TeamNA
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