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Does anybody know of a fund for impoverished journalists, respectable way of supplementing my income, or have any other ideas?
I know I’m not that low paid and should be relatively well off for a trainee but not being a graduate life is that bit more difficult.
It would be interesting to know how a graduate trainee copes with similar debts and things like buying a car, finding a flat deposit and being able to afford a drink with friends.
I have finally made the bank be sympathetic: it has taken a year but they don’t really seem to understand how the job and training work.
See also:
Read what Jim Brown, head of Newsquest, said –
Read what Bob Satchwell, of the Society of Editors, said –
The trainer’s point of view, by David Scott
A personal view, from Holdthefrontpage’s Patrick Astill
From our archives: A positive view of life in the regional press
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