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June 26 2009: Student journalists are being invited to compete for £1,000 and four weeks of work experience on the Sunday Times...more

June 9 2009: Shorthand a priceless skill for journalists says editor...more

June 4 2009: Take an international view of journalism on training courses in Prague... more

April 27 2009: An internet research and training consultancy has launched a new two-year postgraduate diploma in digital publishing... more

February 8 2009: Shorthand is becoming more popular with trainee journalists, says the NCTJ... more

October 6 2008: The NCTJ has published a training film on how to shoot video for the web... more

August 5 2008: The question and answer website AQA is recruiting contributors - and is offering journalism students a chance to earn while they improve their research skills... more

July 4 2008: Trainee journalists are being invited to write for a new website campaigning on issues around food... more

July 1 2008: A leisure guide website is trying to recruit a network of contributors covering the UK... more

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Paul BradshawOnline journalism lecturer Paul Bradshaw offers his top ten tips for anyone who wants a career in journalism - including how you can start right now... Read his article

Journalism training consultant David Scott advises entrants to forget the rose-tinted spectacles... Read his article

100,000 sign petition to save trainee journalist facing death sentence... Join the campaign

Work experience
updates

Joanne Rudd Trainee journalist Joanne Rudd swaps the quiet suburban life of Hull for the hustle and bustle of London for a one week placement at the Press Association... Read her story

Chris Gaynor Trainee journalist and prolific blogger Chris Gaynor gets his teeth into an unusual stint of work experience - on a political magazine in Dracula country with the organisation Projects Abroad... Read his story

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Sofia JonesSOFIA'S BLOG: Read the latest instalment of a blog by Sofia Jones, a 24-year-old setting out on a career as writer, armed with a passion for the truth and a desire to right wrongs. Read her blog

WORK EXPERIENCE UPDATE: September 22 2008: Covering a plane crash was all in a day's work experience for trainee journalist Joanne Rudd. See right


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Your online guide to journalism

The only qualities essential for real success in journalism are rat-like cunning, a plausible manner, and a little literary ability

Ed OldfieldBy Ed Oldfield

Are you considering a career in journalism, starting out as a trainee or student, or interested in training issues? Then this website is for you. There's news, advice, tips from experts, a list of courses, and a bookshop with specially selected titles. You can comment on selected articles around the site, including this one.

The quote above from the late Nicholas Tomalin appeared in the Sunday Times magazine in 1969. Tomalin, an investigative journalist and war correspondent, was killed in October 1973, aged 41, in the Golan Heights while covering the Yom Kippur War between Israel and Syria. Was his serious about his view on journalists? Was he right? Just what is good journalism? Is it a noble calling or a sleazy trade? Has digital made journalism redundant, or more important than ever? Welcome to the debate. Just remember, as Guardian editor CP Scott said, Comment is free, but facts are sacred.


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