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Judging line-up for EDF Energy London & South Media Awards
Entries flooding in – but deadline falls on Friday:Act now to get your entry in
Jo is Prince's first winner
Jo Ellis, from the Eastern Daily Press, is the first winner of the Local Reporting Award set up by The Prince’s Trust and The Newspaper Society. The awards recognise excellence in reporting inspiring community stories about young people. The entrants
Press Gazette award winners
Winners of the Press Gazette Regional Press Awards have received their prizes from former Coventry Evening Telegraph journalist Dermot Murnaghan – who now presents ITV’s nightly news. The top prize of Newspaper of the Year, sponsored by National Savings, was
Trainees scoop prizes for reporting skills
Young journalists are tipped for the top as they begin their newspaper careers
Press snappers win their stripes – more exam success for trainees
Two photographers gain distinctions – see the full pass list here
Successful NCE candidates – Autumn 2006
Fifty per cent of candidates pass NCTJ exams – see the full roll of honour here
Triple front page scoop for journalism hopeful on work experience
Three work placements bring three front page bylines for student journalist
Successful NCE candidates – Spring 2006
Who qualified from your newspaper? See the full pass list here
Successful NCE candidates – Spring 2005
The following candidates, listed under the centre at which they sat the examination, have now gained the National Certificate: BOURNEMOUTH Samantha Chapman Aldershot News Gary Cleland Newbury Weekly News Matthew Dickinson The News, Portsmouth Huw Griffith Dorset Echo Lisa-Marie Harrity
Preston graduate scoops top training place
For the second year running a successful graduate from the Postgraduate Diploma in Newspaper Journalism course at the University of Central Lancashire has been accepted as a trainee sub-editor on a scheme run jointly by the Press Association and the
Successful NCE candidates – Spring 2004
The following candidates, listed under the centre at which they sat the examination, have now gained the National Certificate. Click here to see the successful photographers. BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY Lily Canter Wiltshire Gazette & Herald; Guy Collender The News, Portsmouth; Thomas
Journalism prize for former salesman
A trainee journalist, who switched careers after being made redundant, is celebrating winning an award. Former salesman Stuart Amos took a one-year postgraduate journalism course at De Montfort University in Leicester after falling victim to an IT industry slump. And
Students' newshound skills could scoop an award
Trainee journalists are being given the chance to see their own stories included in the Leicester Mercury – and win an award for it. Postgraduate newspaper journalism students at De Montfort University have been set the task of digging up
Photographers' success at industry exams
Eighteen press photographers and photojournalists have been successful in the latest National Certificate Examinations. The National Council for the Training of Journalists has announced the results of the exams taken at Norton College in Sheffield earlier this month. Sixteen press
NCE success for 55 per cent of candidates
A 55 per cent pass rate in the Spring 2003 National Certificate Examination means that 156 candidates have qualified as journalists. A total of 286 candidtates sat the NCE in April at 16 centres across the UK. The candidates who