The latest scholar has joined the Hull Daily Mail’s journalism training scheme – a move which will guarantee her a reporting job in three years.

Hull-born Joanna Hunter is the latest recruit to join the Mail’s Scholars scheme, which offers students the chance of a job with the newspaper if they complete their journalism degrees.

Teaming up with the University of Lincoln, the Mail offers aspiring journalists the chance to study at the university’s Lincoln campus.

Scholars also work 50 days a year at the Mail, to help them gain crucial experience and the chance to enhance their university courses with on-the-job training.

Joanna, (19), from Brough, applied for the scheme following a year’s work experience with the Howden-based Press Association.

She said: “I applied to the Mail’s scheme because I’m from Hull, I read the newspaper and want to work for it.

“I decided to become a journalist because it is interesting work and it gives you the chance to meet a lot of new people.”

Mail assistant editor Marc Astley said: “Joanna is the eighth scholar to have joined the newspaper.

“The scheme has worked extremely well and our first successful candidates took up full time posts at the Mail this summer after graduating with first-class degrees.

“The idea of the Scholars scheme is to recruit local people who want to develop their careers with their local newspaper.”

Anyone interested in becoming a scholar should look out for adverts in the Mail’s jobs pages during January and February.

The scheme is open to people who have lived in Hull or the East Riding for the past 10 years.

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