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Auto Express has teamed up with fuel company Shell to offer a chance to work as a motoring journalist...more

A journalism training college has launched a new online-only freelance journalism training course...more

A journalism college is offering the world's first online course show journalists how to master the social networking craze Twitter...more

Shorthand a priceless skill for journalists says editor...more

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

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

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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
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Sofia JonesRead how Sofia Jones got on in her first steps towards a career in journalism as she blogged her way through a stint of work experience on a local newspaper... Read her story

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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Alex KerstenHOW ALEX GOT HIS JOURNALISM CAREER INTO GEAR: Exeter University graduate Alex Kersten explains how he achieved his goal of a place at Coventry University to study motoring journalism. Read his story


LATEST NEWS - JAILED US JOURNALIST AT MAJOR CONFERENCE: Journalist Laura Ling who was held for 140 days in North Korea last year is appearing at the 21st Annual Asian American Journalists Convention...find out more


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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. If you want advice, or have a question, or just want to have your say, use the comment box below and I'll try and give an answer. 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 he 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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