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New London course launched

The Press Association is to launch a new multimedia foundation course in London based on its industry-leading Newcastle training scheme.

The new course will be based at PA’s headquarters in Vauxhall Bridge Road, giving course delegates the chance to learn at the heart of an international multimedia company.

Tony Johnston, head of Press Association Training, said: “Our Newcastle course is in its 41st year and has provided the starting point for the careers of many of the UK’s top journalists. It’s also top of the NCTJ results tables.

“We are now launching an almost identical programme in London which we hope will open up a fantastic training opportunity for potential journalists who want to study in central London.”

The course will be 17-weeks long, the same as the Newcastle course, and will include all the elements of the NCTJ’s syllabus but with multimedia journalism practices embedded into all the learning.

Paul Jones, Press Association’s head of foundation training, who is leading the course, said: “The Newcastle centre delivers vocational learning which is then immediately put to use in a real newsroom.

“With the PA news operation just one floor above our training centre, we can recreate this culture at our London centre.”

Delegates will study shorthand to 100 words per minute and complete the NCTJ Portfolio, News Writing, Public Affairs and Law exams as part of the course.

The course will start on August 31, 2010.

There will be two courses each year starting in February and August.

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