![A collage of four News Associates graduates who won NCTJ Diploma in Journalism awards - Freya, Luke, Eve and Abbie.](https://newsassociates.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Collage-for-News-Associates-post-1.png)
News Associates trainees excel in NCTJ Diploma in Journalism awards
Four of the 12 highest-performing journalists in the NCTJ Diploma in Journalism exams in 2022-23 trained at News Associates.
![A busy classroom turned newsroom of people working covering the London 2024 local elections.](https://newsassociates.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Local-elections.png)
News Associates trainees cover London and Manchester local elections
News Associates trainees in London and Manchester covered the local elections, reporting live from counts across the two cities.
![Jack Bantock on stage collecting his award from AIPS President Gianni Merlo at the ceremony in Spain](https://newsassociates.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Jack-Bantock.png)
News Associates graduate wins Young Reporters Writing category at AIPS Sport Media Awards in Spain
News Associates sports journalism graduate Jack Bantock won the Young Reporters Writing category at the AIPS Sport Media Awards in Santa Susanna, Barcelona.
![Our 'How to succeed in today's changing media landscape' panel at JournoFest 2024, L-R, Press Gazette editor in chief Dominic Ponsford, Sky News TV producer Eve Bennett, Nub News head of content James Smith, freelance TV and radio journalist Jacqueline Shepherd, and Sky News social media producer Manuela Brown](https://newsassociates.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Untitled-design-97.png)
JournoFest 2024: How to succeed in today’s changing media landscape panel
This year’s final JournoFest panel discussed how to really succeed in today’s ever-changing media landscape.
![News Associates deputy managing editor Graham Dudman with Daily Mail associate editor Stephen Wright at JournoFest 2024. They are standing next to each other, smiling for the camera.](https://newsassociates.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Stephen-Wright-800x500-1.png)
JournoFest 2024: In conversation with Daily Mail associate editor Stephen Wright
Stephen Wright, 2023’s Journalist of the Year, spoke to our JournoFest audience about working as an investigative journalist at the Daily Mail.
![Our 'navigating the relationship between the police and the media' panel at JournoFest 2024. From left to right, Pippa Mills, Mike Sullivan, Martin Brunt, Anthony France and Vicky O'Hare. They are all standing, smartly dressed and smiling for the camera.](https://newsassociates.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Police-and-media-panel-800x500-1.png)
JournoFest 2024: Navigating the relationship between the police and the media panel
This year’s first panel spoke to the JournoFest audience of emerging journalists about the fragile relationship between police and the media.