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Video training underway

THE 12-month programme to transform PA’s Newcastle foundation course from print to multimedia journalism has been completed as trainees undertake video training for the first time.

A 17th week has been added to the course to accommodate five days of intensive camera, video story telling and editing training.

Tony Johnston, head of Press Association Training, said: “This is an exciting development for the course and the trainees appear to be loving having the chance to develop the story telling skills they have acquired in this new medium.

“They have taken to the challenge incredibly well and have shot some stunning pictures considering it is the first time many of them have actually held a video camera.”

The training is being provided by one of PA’s video trainers Christina Fox and editing trainer Phil Muse.

John Sutton, a privately funded trainee who has now secured a job working for Gazette Media, Teesside, said: “This week has been great fun. It is very practical and we have learnt all about how to use the camera and edit our stories. I am really looking forward to doing video work when I start my job.”

For those completing the NCTJ pre-entry course in Newcastle, their work will be submitted for assessment as part of the new Online Journalism examination.

The additional week of training was offered as an option to those companies sponsoring people through the course, but 26 our of the 27 delegates took up the challenge.

Trainees are shooting video on the Sony A1 video camera and are learning to edit their packages using Adobe Premier Elements software.

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