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NCTJ Fast Track Diploma student Elise D. Solberg

NCTJ Fast Track Course: A student’s top tips on thriving in your first six weeks

NCTJ Fast Track Diploma student Elise D. Solberg is now a couple of months into the course. Here, she shares her advice for getting through…

Uma Gurav, talkSPORT. Kia Elise-Green, inews. Roz McKenzie, PA Media Academy

NCTJ Awards success for our trainee and apprentice journalists

Huge congrats to our three winners and six finalists who were recognised at the NCTJ Awards. Hosted by the Royal College of Physicians, our academy…

Welcome to PA Media Academy

Today PA Training relaunches as PA Media Academy – with a new digital home, branding and training courses. We hope you enjoy exploring our new…

Students from PA Media Academy attend the NCTJ Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Conference 2023

Could the Journalism Diversity Fund get your career off to a great start?

The Journalism Diversity Fund awards bursaries to people from diverse backgrounds who need help funding their NCTJ journalism training. It is completely independent from PA…

Shorthand 100 words a minute practice

Shorthand: how can you reach 100 words a minute?

Day one of your NCTJ Diploma and it’s your first lesson in that cornerstone of a journalist’s skills – shorthand. But how do you break…

Students attend the PA Media Training Summer School 2022.

From interviewing skills to creating a podcast, read what our students are learning during the Summer School

The Become A Journalist Summer School is well underway here at PA Training. Undeterred by rail strikes and blistering heat.

Seven year success story of our part-time course

Our latest NCTJ Diploma part-time course has just finished so this is an appropriate time to look back at its success since it was first launched in 2015. More…

PA Training and Google News Initiative creates new partnership

On Tuesday 28th June we announced a new partnership with Google News Initiative to run three projects to provide easy access to free quality training for journalists…

Never mind the ballots

Our full-time Diploma trainees put a X against their names, as they signed up for PA Media’s mammoth effort to supply fast, fair and accurate…

Celebrating top NCTJ awards for former trainees Imran and Chris

By Adrian Seal, Co-leader, Part-Time Diploma One of the most rewarding parts of being a tutor, and I am sure my fellow colleagues would agree, is…

Take a look at work created by our trainees

Our courses supports trainees to craft their skills in powerful storytelling and develop the fundamentals of journalism to enable the best start to their career. Whilst…

How To Get a Job in Journalism – simple tips and how to make your CV pop

Are you considering starting a career in journalism? Or perhaps it’s always been a dream but you’re unsure about how to make a career change?…

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How To Get a Job in Journalism – Interviewing tips

Being prepared for any interview is a must and here we share some specific advice that will help with interviewing in this sector. Research and…

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