News Associates trainee wins student football writer of the year award
News Associates remote course trainee Carly Lyes has won the Football Writers’ Association Vikki Orvice Student Football Writer of the Year award.
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Launching a podcast while training to be a journalist
It seems our trainees love nothing more than launching a podcast, so we spoke to five of them about their inspirations and aspirations.
Everything we learnt from our ‘Health and Science Journalism’ panel
We hosted a panel with four outstanding science journalists who told us all about their greatest moments, biggest challenges and top tips for early-career journalists looking to break into the industry.
Everything we learnt from our ‘How to start your own Publication’ panel
News Associates podcast host Plamedi Mbungu hosted a panel with three website founders and asked about their stories to success, top tips and biggest challenges on our ‘How to start your own Publication’ panel.
Eight takeaways from our latest How to be a Journalist podcast episodes
How to be a Journalist is News Associates podcast, hosted by our very own Plamedi Mbungu. Read on to find out what we are taking away from the latest episodes.
Sports presenter Kate Mason hosting live broadcasting workshop for SJA Academy members
The Sports Journalists’ Association and News Associates have teamed up to offer free sports journalism talks and masterclasses to SJA Academy members.
Seven sensational News Associates grads scoop top prizes at NCTJ Awards for Excellence 2024
Seven News Associates graduates won top prizes at the NCTJ Awards for Excellence 2024, hosted by Sky News special correspondent Alex Crawford.
Plamedi Mbungu hosts How to be a Journalist podcast LIVE at JournoFest 2025
At our tenth JournoFest, How to Be a Journalist host Plamedi Mbungu recorded a live episode with four podcast journalists, which was uploaded on Spotify and YouTube after the event.
The secret to award-winning journalism panel at JournoFest 2025
Our trainees heard from Good Morning Britain presenter Ranvir Singh, Daily Mirror assistant editor Darren Lewis, The Sun chief Sunday reporter Scarlet Howes and MailOnline reporter Eirian Prosser at our tenth JournoFest.
The Times editor Tony Gallagher at JournoFest 2025
The Times editor Tony Gallagher joined us at JournoFest to discuss his career so far, from his early days working at the South West News Agency to becoming editor of three national newspapers, sharing sage advice for pursuing a career in journalism.