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Personal information
- First name
- Joe, Tom, Will,
- Last name
- Nicola and Toby
- Job title
- A trainee's guide to course life in London
- Bio
Joe Curtis
Joe graduated from Sheffield with a degree in English Literature in 2008. He was the Film Editor for his university paper and has also completed work experience at the Croydon Advertiser. He is currently on placement at London Evening Standard News Desk. He is particularly interested in a career as a news reporter but would also like to work in features, film and travel.
Tom Moore
Tom graduated from Salford University with a degree in English Literature in 2010. He has completed work experience at the Communications Department at West Essex PCT in Epping. He is currently on work experience at Sportsbeat press agency where he will be reporting on a variety of sports over the next 20 weeks.
Will O’Doherty
Will studied Comparative American Studies at Warwick University between1999 and 2003, which included a year at the University of Buenos Aires. He worked in surveying after university but deep down always wanted to be a journalist. He decided to celebrate turning 30 by switching to a career which would give him variety and fulfilment and enrolled with News Associates. His dream job would be replacing Tim Vickery as the BBC's South American football correspondent, as it would combine his loves for the beautiful game and Latin America. That being said, he has an open mind.
Nicola Hine
Nicola graduated from Royal Holloway University in 2010 with a degree in History. Nicola's work experience to date has mainly come from local papers, although in 2009 she worked for a week at the News of the World - an experience indeed! She spends her Friday placement at the Maidenhead Advertiser, a paper she has grown up reading, covering local issues and events. Nicola would eventually like to become a features writer, although she would also quite like to work as a music journalist.
Toby Meyjes
Toby graduated from Nottingham University in 2009 with a degree in History. He has completed work experience at a number of regional newspapers near his home in Camberley. He is currently on work experience at the Non-League Paper and writes match reports for Farnborough Football Club’s website which also feature in the Farnborough News & Mail and gethampshire.co.uk. His ambition is to become a sports writer however he is also interested in most other areas of journalism.