Foundation Courses in Journalism

You can rest assured that if you are fortunate enough to gain a place on Press Association Training’s foundation course, you will be getting the best training there is in the UK.

Our training centre in Newcastle is the only one in the country to be based in a working media publisher’s office. It is accredited by the NCTJ.

It runs for 16 weeks at our fully equipped facility in the headquarters of the Newcastle Evening Chronicle, Journal and Sunday Sun newspapers and associated websites.

It is unique in allowing reporters the chance to get stories published in some of the biggest regional outlets as you train. That means as well as leaving the course with the right qualifications, you can also expect a healthy cutting’s file with which to impress editors.

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The course and training centre was acquired from Trinity Mirror, the UK’s largest newspaper publisher in January 2006. Trinity Mirror have up to 16 people on each of the courses.

We have two courses a year in Newcastle starting in late January and late August.

On each course there are a limited number of places for people wishing to fund their own way through the course. The price is £4,999 including VAT.

We are looking for people who have great communications skills, who work well under pressure, who have good written English skills, a wide general knowledge and a passion for news.

If that sounds like you telephone 0191 201 6043, email us or download an application form as a Word document or as a PDF.