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October 16 2008: The global video hosting website YouTube has launched the second round of its competition for aspiring journalists... more

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

October 6 2008: Updated guide published detailing science journalism training across Europe... more

September 23 2008: The BBC is looking for 15 people to join its year-long Journalism Trainee Scheme for 2008/9... more

September 19 2008: NCTJ announces immediate changes to journalism training courses and exams to reflect skills needed in the modern newsroom... more

August 24 2008: The global video sharing website YouTube has launched a competition for budding journalists to create a three-minute news video... 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

August 2 2008: The National Council for the Training of Journalists has set up a Journalism Qualifications Board to plan and oversee the development of its multi-media qualifications... more

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

July 3 2008: Winners from the University of Central Lancashire and Norton College in Sheffield dominated the UK Press Gazette Student Journalism Awards... more

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

June 26 2008: Young writers are being invited to submit entries by October for a motoring journalism award with a big cash prize and work on a top motors publication... more

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Special reports

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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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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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. There's a link to my blog on journalism and a forum where you can get answers to your questions or join a debate. And 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.