Five talented student journalists will benefit from exclusive networking opportunities, invaluable newsroom placements and further mentoring as this year’s recipients of the NCTJ’s Journalism Diversity Fund (JDF) specialist bursaries. The JDF — through which bursaries are awarded to people from diverse backgrounds who need help funding their NCTJ journalism training…

Aspiring international journalists can now achieve an NCTJ qualification, designed especially for them, through distance learning. The Qualification in Practical International Journalism is aimed at journalism students who hope to work around the world. It covers all the core elements of being a journalist overseas. Earning the international qualification through…

Journalists and trainers are invited to an Artificial Intelligence in Journalism event hosted by the NCTJ this December. Held at Thomson Reuters’ offices in London on the afternoon of Tuesday, 12 December, there will be a chance to hear from industry leaders and experts discussing the opportunities AI represents to…

The Western Mail was named best daily newspaper in the country at the annual Wales Media Awards. It beat Cardiff stablemate the South Wales Echo, Newport’s South Wales Argus and the Wrexham Leader to the honour at the ceremony held in Cardiff earlier this month. Weekly newspaper of the year…

Two journalists have been named Local Democracy Reporter of the Year at an annual conference held to celebrate the work of 165 journalists involved in the scheme. Adam Postans and Kirsty Paterson were jointly named Local Democracy Reporter of the Year at the 2023 Local Democracy Reporting Service and Awards…

Birmingham City Council recently made headlines internationally when the largest council in Europe effectively declared itself bankrupt. Government commissioners will now run the council, while a political war of words is now raging over who is to blame for the collapse of the council’s finances. Yet for residents in Birmingham…

The founder of a local news website has explained why it has decided to step away from X, the social network best known as Twitter. The Bedford Independent has deleted its ‘X’ account after becoming increasingly concerned with the way the platform is being used to spread misinformation, fake news…

A local journalism champion has urged local newsrooms to stop seeing each other as rivals — and championing successes regardless of business model. Jacqui Merrington, who until recently held senior positions at regional publisher Reach, said constant attempts to segregate local journalism operations into different camps risked damaging the industry…

Diversity, belonging and inclusion have long been recognised as major challenges in journalism. There have been many schemes and initiatives to try and help address grim statistics such as the fact that journalists are twice as likely to come from the three top social classes compared to the population at…