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Chris is on the front line Chris Warren (pictured) did a week´s work experience at the Streatham Guardian, London – and had 15 articles published. And he had plenty of opportunities to experience real-life journalism. He went out with another reporter to interview residents about a murder in Mitcham. Then a week later he covered the memorial service. There was a one minute silence and a chance to interview the victim´s friends and relatives one week on. He also covered a protest at Merton Civic Centre over a council tax rise, and interviewed a Lib Dem councillor about a scheme to give every resident in the borough £91 rebate. 
Success stories
What are you up to? Make sure you tell us about your successes – either in getting work experience, a job or articles published. Email us And please let us know if you hear about any work or publishing opportunities that we can pass on to other students – or you can post them on our group. If you haven´t had work published – now´s the time to start! All the students mentioned above were beginners, but showed what can be done. We have literally dozens of stories like these. But they key point is: MAKE IT HAPPEN. Joining forces The NCTJ has joined forces with the Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC) and the Periodicals Training Council (PTC) to help develop multi-media journalism training. The joint council, facilitated by the Society of Editors, seeks to identify common areas of training that meet the needs of employers across different media. Cracking the code Copies of the new Editors´ Codebook are now available from the Press Complaints Commission. They cost £5 a copy, including postage and packing. The book is a user-friendly guide through the ethical media maze and is a must for reporters and photographers. To order a copy, send a cheque made payable to Press Complaints Commission as soon as possible to: Tonia Milton 
Exam entries The closing date for entering the next round of NCTJ exams is Friday April 10, 2009. So you need to start thinking about entries. The exams cost £37.19 each. You can download a form from http://www.nctj.com/storage_CMS/pdf/36/NationalsApplication-May2009.pdf Please note that entries should go to the NCTJ – not to us. You may wish to discuss with us which exams to enter. This is not a problem – just email us and we will help you. The exam dates DO NOT apply to the Portfolio – there is no fixed deadline for your submission. Please let us know which exams you enter – and ask us for:
Once you have entered an exam, you can DEFER your entry to the next sitting (November 2009) provided you notify the NCTJ by Tuesday April 28, 2009. Please remember, we do not provide mock papers for Law or PA – the recent exam questions are in the Modules. If you are disabled and need special facilities, you must supply written evidence to the NCTJ including a professional assessment report and/or medical certificate with your application form. This assessment needs to be received at least two weeks before exam date. If you wish to sit the exams in another country, you should contact your local British Council NOW. You will need to ask them to host the exams for you. This will involve receiving the exam papers from the NCTJ, invigilating them, and posting the completed paper(s) back to the NCTJ for marking. The British Council are usually very happy to help in this way, but may make a small charge. Once you have their agreement, they will need to write to the NCTJ to confirm the arrangements are acceptable. You can find your country's British Council by typing British Council your country (eg British Council Spain) in your search engine. Please contact us if you need any help or support during the exam entry process. New politics book The NCTJ have launched a new textbook for public affairs – ideal for students and journalists. The best price is at Waterstones at £16.99. We have not made a decision as to whether to use this book for our courses yet. Watch this space! Magazine portfolios The NCTJ have asked us to remind Magazine course students there is a charge of £37.19 for the Magazine portfolio. Requests have to be accompanied by an application form. 
Cleland´s activities… He spent three days in Ashton training journalists from the Manchester Evening News Weekly Newspaper Division. He has just completed a three-day web writing course for staff at The London Deanery website and is now doing a text analysis of their site. He ran a one-day media law course for London Borough of Brent press office staff. You can follow Cleland´s tweets at http://twitter.com/cleland 
Exams: helping you prepare Sports Journalism advanced course Student Sam Cooper has created a forum where students can discuss exams and revision with each other ahead of the May 2009 session. It´s the perfect place to test each other and get to know other students on your course. Go to: http://ctjtstudents.myfreeforum.org/ and click the Join link at the top of the page. There is a section for each of the NCTJ exams (PA 1 & 2, Law 1 & 2, News Writing & Sport) and in each category there is a ‘Test Me’ section where you can test other students or request to be tested yourself. Join the group Our student group is at http://groups.google.co.uk/group/ctjt-students. You can chat to other students, swap stories ideas and work opportunities and say hello to people in around 40 countries! To join, please email us – it is invitation only. |
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