Here are the journalists who passed their September National Certificate Examination, which saw an improved pass rate on last time:

Ruhubia Akbor
Oldham Advertiser

Tarik Alrasheed
Malvern Gazette

Christopher Amery
St Helens Star

Stuart Amos
Surrey Comet

Emma Atkinson
The Citizen, Gloucester

Fiona Audley
Barking and Dagenham Post

Anne-Marie Baker
The Bath Chronicle

John Baker
Spalding Guardian

Julie Bartram
Spenborough Guardian

Lynsey Bews
Fife Free Press

Christopher Birkle
Nottingham Evening Post

Marcus Boocock
Nottingham Evening Post

Caroline Boyd
Newark Advertiser

Jennifer Brookfield
Rossendale Free Press

Shirley Brooks
Derby Evening Telegraph

Robert James Brown
Woking News and Mail

James Stuart Bryce
The Daventry Express

Karen Burke
Ilford Recorder

Tegan Chapman
News Guardian

Jenny Clover
South London Press

Matthew Colledge
Chard & Illminster News

John Collingridge
Hull Daily Mail

David Michael Connop-Price
Basingstoke Gazette

Ellen Anne Cook
Express & Echo, Exeter

Victoria Corbett
Wokingham Times

Charlotte Cox
Macclesfield Express Advertiser

Robert Dabrowski
The News, Portsmouth

Andrew Daniels
Westmorland Gazette

William Davison
Town Crier Series

Jonathan Doel
South Wales Argus

Laura Downton
The Hampshire Chronicle

Marcus Harry Dysch
Hendon Times Group

Emily-Ann Elliott
Basingstoke Gazette

Tom Edwards
Express & Star, Wolverhampton

Katie Fitzpatrick
Rochdale Observer

Alexandra Fredman
Whitby Gazette

Claire Margaret Fry
Worcester News

James Gates
Melton Times

Matthew Gaw
Crawley Observer

Liza-Jane Gillespie
Gazette Series Bailey Newspaper Group

Benjamin Green
Worksop Guardian

Jack Grove
Peterborough Evening Telegraph

Chantal Rosalyn Harris
Esher News & Mail

Claire Hutchinson
Crawley Observer

Christopher Henwood
Llanelli Star

Suzannah Hills
Western Telegraph

Thomas Hughes
Lincolnshire Free Press

Andrea Hyam
The Rutland Times

Tristan Harris
Bromsgrove Standard

David Jackson
Northants Evening Telegraph

Christopher Johnson
Croydon Advertiser

Matthew Johnson
Grimsby Telegraph

Fariha Karim
Greenock Telegraph

Hurtej Kaur
Nottingham Evening Post

Steven Kelly
Runcorn World

Alicia Kelly
Worcester News

Laura Kenny
Middleton & N. Manchester Guardian

Daniel Kerins
The News, Portsmouth

Hannah Kirk
Pocklington Post

Angela Lisa Kirk
Lancaster Guardian

Sadie Lawlor
Sleaford Standard

Catherine Lea
Wakefield Express

Rachel Leslie
Wilmslow Express Advertiser

Deborah Linton
The Bolton News

Natalie Mahon
Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph

Richard Mason
Darlington & Stockton Times

Steve Mather
Evesham Journal

Samantha Matthew
Slough Observer

Chloe Mayer
Barking & Dagenham Recorder

Philip McCabe
Freelance

Suzanne McTaggart
Yorkshire Evening Post

Dominic Mills
Leek Post & Times

Gareth Moorhouse
Wiltshire Times

Charlotte Jane Morgan
Wiltshire Times

David Moroney
Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald

Richard Morris
North West Evening Mail

Lynn Morris
Daily Echo, Bournemouth

Andrew Mortimer
Hull Daily Mail

Emma Mottram
Redditch Standard

Sophie Moynes
West Cumberland Times & Star

Laura Naylor
The Sentinel

Cathy Neligan
Halifax Evening Courier

Anthony O’Connell
Llanelli Star

Catherine Oakes
Derby Evening Telegraph George Oliver
Rossendale Free Press

Helen Victoria Orrell
Essex Chronicle

Charlotte Orson
Lincolnshire Echo

Lee Peace
South Yorkshire Times

James Peacock
Express & Star, Wolverhampton

Daniel Peters
Mercury Series

Lorna Phelan
Pontypool Free Press

Diana Pilkington
Wimbledon Guardian

Ruth Caroline Pott-Negrine
Chronicle & Echo

Diana Elizabeth Prince
Evening Herald

Fiona Margaret Purnell
Glenrothes Gazette

Miran Farah Rahman
Keighley News

William Ramsey
Hull Daily Mail

Megan Reynolds
Waltham Forest Guardian

Robert Norley Rowlands
Newbury Weekly News

Kathryn Ryan
Salford Advertiser

Hannah Scorer
Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph

Gabriel Shepard
Kent & Sussex Courier

Jennifer Silver
The Forester

Rachel Sixsmith
Horticulture Week

Kate Skelton
Nottingham Evening Post

Amanda Claire Smith
The Bolton News

Laurel Smithson
Welwyn & Hatfield Times

Emma Louise Spencer
Barnsley Chronicle

Jonathan Stayton
Esher News & Mail

Martin Steinmetz
Chorley Guardian

Corey Stephenson
The Southern Daily Echo

Mark Tallentire
Darlington & Stockton Times

Johanna Thewlis
Bury Free Press

Stephen Thirkill
Mansfield Chad

Cherry Thomas
Lytham St Annes Express

Julian Thorpe
Barnsley Chronicle

Jean Margaret Tilley
The Somerset County Gazette

Lydia Tipple
Andover Advertiser

Hannah Truman
Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Stephanie Tye
Swindon Advertiser

Alexandra Valk
Northampton Chronicle & Echo

Marc Walker
Ilford Recorder

Simon Nathan Ward
Rugby Advertiser

Andrew Westbrook
Wandsworth Guardian

Andrew Whelan
The Argus, Brighton

Damon William Wilkinson
Rochdale Observer

Laura Williams
Wiltshire Gazette & Herald

James Williamson
Westmorland Gazette

Adam Wilshaw
Western Morning News

Sam Woodman
Worthing Herald

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