Seven out of ten trainees have successfully qualified as senior journalists in the past 12 months, representing an increase in the proportion who have made the grade.
The National Council for the Training of Journalists has revealed 59 candidates succeeded in qualifying as a result of National Qualification in Journalism sittings which were held in November 2019, March 2020 and July 2020.
The overall pass rate for 2019-20 is favourable when compared with 2018-19, when 65pc of candidates qualified.
Of the 59 who achieved the passing grade, 25 did so with distinction and 24 with merit.
The section of the examinations in which the highest pass rate was recorded was the e-logbook at 97pc, with 56 out of 58 passing.
In the practical skills exam 58 out of 68 were successful, representing and 85pc pass rate, while 59 out of 79, or 75pc of candidates, triumphed in the media law and ethics in practice exam.
The full list of those who passed the NQJ in 2019-20 is as follows:
First name | Surname | Company |
James | Averill | Northampton Chronicle & Echo |
Thomas | Bamford | The Bucks Herald |
Dan | Barker | Newmarket Journal |
Samual | Beamish | Dorset Echo |
Kieran | Bell | Maidenhead Advertiser |
Daniel | Bennett | Archant London |
Thomas | Chapman | Eastern Daily Press |
Sophie-May | Clarke | Lancashire Telegraph |
Jacob | Colley | Cumberland News |
Lucas | Cumiskey | Archant North London |
Sam | Dixon-French | West Sussex County Times |
Amy | Farnworth | Lancashire Telegraph |
Jessica | Farrington | Warrington Guardian |
Axel | Fithen | Henley Standard |
Olivia | Gantzer | Reading Chronicle |
David | George | The News, Portsmouth |
Holly | Gittins | The Wakefield Express |
Ross | Hanvidge | Helensburgh Advertiser |
Ben | Hardy | Lynn News, Iliffe Media |
Jack | Haugh | The Gazette |
Peter | Hennessy | Lincolnshire Live |
Katherine | Heslop | Saffron Walden Reporter |
John | Holden | Worthing Herald |
Will | Jefford | Ipswich Star |
Charley-Kai | John | Shetland Times Ltd |
Harrison | Jones | Metro |
Priya | Kingsley-Adam | Suffolk Free Press |
Josie | Le Vay | Powys County Times |
Jack | Lenton | Congleton Chronicle |
Jason | Lewis | Bournemouth Echo |
Nathan | Louis | Watford Observer |
Huw | Mabe | Stroud News and Journal |
Melissa | Major | News and Star |
Tevye | Markson | Reading Chronicle |
Conor | Matchett | Edinburgh Evening News |
Seamus | McDonnell | The Bolton News |
Samuel | Morton | Chichester Observer |
Ismail | Mulla | The Yorkshire Post |
Victoria | Munro | East London & West Sussex Guardian |
James | Mutch | Leigh Journal |
Laura | Nolan | Northern Echo |
Thomas | Parkes | Express & Star |
Danielle | Poole | Dudley News |
Alex | Richards | Devon Live |
Carly | Roberts | Northampton Chronicle & Echo |
George | Roberts | Maidenhead Advertiser |
Lucy | Roberts | Derbyshire Times |
James | Roberts | Oxford Mail |
Alex | Seabrook | Reading Chronicle |
Oliver | Sirrell | The Reading Chronicle |
Rory | Smith | Shropshire Star |
Jack | Stanners | Alloa and Hillfoots Advertiser |
Ellis | Stephenson | Sheerness Times Guardian |
Daniel | Taylor | The Mail |
Jessica | Taylor | Bauer Media |
Jacob | Thorburn | The Comet |
Joseph | Timan | The Bolton News |
Samuele | Volpe | Archant North London |
Maria | Zaccaro | Southern Daily Echo |