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NCTJ Diploma: Newspaper journalism £894.50

Student testimonials

 

Fran McElhone

It seems only yesterday that I was spending all of my spare time, yes pretty much all of it, sitting in front of my computer writing.

Writing because I'd just discovered it, at the ripe old age of 25, and discovered that I loved it - it gave me a creative outlet and a sense of escapism I needed from my hellish day job - teaching at the "19th worst secondary school in the country" (to quote the headteacher) and then supply teaching in Bristol.

This went on for about two years.

I then decided maybe I should look into newspaper journalism, intrigued by investigative side of the job, the opportunity to delve into local and central Government issues, people's stories and the idea of the media being the 'voice of the people', and of course the opportunity to write all day. 

I signed up with CTJT because it was affordable. It's much more affordable than many other options out there, is ideal for people in full time work.

Cleland was an extremely knowledgable tutor and really quick at responding to my many questions!going back to college full time for a few months 

I then did work experience on a paper, during half term, and got a (joint) byline - w'hoo! Luckily I loved wasn't - and it would show willing to any editor I came across.

And I Googled to find every single newspaper in the South West (including Gloucestershire and Dorset down to Cornwall) and wrote to every single editor. To no avail.

Then I did another week's experience at the Exeter Express and Echo (the city I grew up near and went to school), and the editor offered me a job a week later. To him I am ever grateful.

I also went on to get a handful of paid commissions in travel/adventure sports magazines.

I have now just been shortlisted for Newcomer of the Year at the South West Media Awards.

All this time, all I ever heard, from everyone, was how competitive journalism is to get into. And it is. But I didn't seem to care.

I think if you want it badly enough and are good enough, for some flair is of course essential, then it can be done.

 
 

Andy Saunders

I was approaching my mid-30s and desperate for a career change, when I thought about enrolling on a CTJT distance learning course. Entering journalism had always been an ambition of mine from a young age and by the time I was finally looking for ways into the industry it was all about finding the right course.

A little over three years has now passed since I first started getting tuition from CTJT and I am now working full time as a reporter for a newspaper in Kent, where I have also just secured my own weekly column.

I still find it remarkable that for the sake of a few hundred pounds I managed to get the training I needed to get this far. I have nothing but excellent things to say about the quality of tutoring and feedback that I received from CTJT. I honestly can't see how I could have done better in a real class at a college.

CTJT responded remarkably quickly to my questions and marked coursework rapidly. Guidance and advice on areas which proved tricky or confusing was always clear and came with every necessary piece of detail. I never felt anything was too much to ask, which also helped boost my confidence.

The hardest part of obtaining an NCTJ certificate is passing the law exams and this for me this is where CTJT really excelled. Its thorough expertise in this field helped turn a subject which was baffling, into one which was comprehensible and even fascinating.

If you need to find a cost effective way or starting a career in journalism I would have no hesitation in recommending a CTJT course.

 
 

Andrew Lubega

Andrew_Lubega.jpgI would highly recommend the CTJT online courses to any potential journalism student who has serious ambitions of working within this endlessly diverse field.

If you require a flexible, personal, professional and engaging approach to learning the ins and outs of journalism, then you really could not do better than the CTJT courses.


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