Apply Now  To express interest in the accredited National Council for the Training of Journalists qualifications run by News Associates.

  • We’ve been ranked the UK’s number one NCTJ journalism school for seven straight years

  • No other journalism school wins more prizes at annual NCTJ Awards for Excellence

  • Unrivalled record at getting our trainees into a wide-range of journalism and media jobs

  • Officially the UK’s top ranked fast-track NCTJ journalism course in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.

  • London’s top-rated NCTJ journalism school for the last 13 years

Award-Winning

News Associates trainees regularly dominate the NCTJ Awards for Excellence. Pictured are Anna Schaverien (The New York Times), Neil Athey (Lancashire Telegraph) and Katie Falkingham (BBC Sport).

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NCTJ-accredited

Shingi Mararike standing in front of a Sunday Times banner

The road to becoming a journalist often starts with the NCTJ. At News Associates, we offer NCTJ-accredited journalism courses to ensure all our trainees have the qualifications and skills they need to walk straight into a journalism job.

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