News Associates named UK’s number one NCTJ journalism school for fifth straight year

News Associates is officially the number one NCTJ journalism school in the UK for the fifth straight year.

News Associates London did the double – taking home the awards for the top independent fast-track course and the number one course overall – at the annual NCTJ Awards for Excellence.

The awards were presented by Sky Sports reporter Dharmesh Sheth – who praised the impressive 94% gold-standard pass rate of our sports journalism course in London – at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland.

L-R: News Associates head of journalism London Graham Moody, Ella Jerman, Jen Tombs, News Associates editorial development manager Lucy Dyer and Cormac Connelly-Smith

There is a lot we can’t agree on…

But there is one thing we know for sure…

News Associates is officially the number one @NCTJ_news journalism school in the UK. Again. ✅ #TeamNA #StartedHere #NCTJAwards 🏆 pic.twitter.com/DtYvMfmQpj

— News Associates (@NewsAssociates) November 28, 2019

News Associates graduate Jonathan Harding (Racing Post) was named Trainee Sports Journalist of the Year 2019.

Thank you so much for this award and congratulations to all the other winners and nominees. It has been an exciting start to my career in journalism and it would not have been possible without News Associates and the Racing Post https://t.co/D2rkAlU1HG

— Jonathan Harding (@JonHardingRP) November 29, 2019

Elsewhere, three News Associates graduates were shortlisted for NCTJ Student Journalist of the Year 2019 – Molly Millar (Thomson Reuters Foundation), Jen Tombs (Metro) and Cormac Connelly-Smith (Mail +) .

And Ella Jerman (Sportsbeat) was commended for Student Sports Journalist of the Year.

News Associates head of journalism London Graham Moody said: “It’s been a great but challenging year and winning top fast-track and top overall NCTJ course is credit to all the hard work our trainees and staff put in each and every day.”

Head of journalism London Graham Moody and editorial development manager Lucy Dyer represented News Associates in Sunderland

News Associates managing editor James Toney said: “The success of our trainees and graduates speaks for itself and we get more and more proud of them every day.

“But I’d like to praise the ingenuity and commitment of our training teams in London and Manchester who go above and beyond to ensure every trainee achieves their potential.”

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