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jamiewalkerMaineA
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i'm a current ch pupil, about to enter my grecians year, from which i'd like to move on to an english lit degree and then hopefully work as a journalist. i was wonderin if anybody had any clue as how to go about getting work experience at a national newspaper. any info would be much appreciated
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jamiewalkerMaineA wrote:i'm a current ch pupil, about to enter my grecians year, from which i'd like to move on to an english lit degree and then hopefully work as a journalist. i was wonderin if anybody had any clue as how to go about getting work experience at a national newspaper. any info would be much appreciated
A number of Old Blues write for national newspapers.

I suggest you try Con Coughlin, defence and security editor of The Telegraph.

Please see link to Telegraph online.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main. ... Frag.jhtml
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A lot of papers only take work experience candidates if they are signed up for a post-grad course.

The usual way into the industry is to complete the NCTJ (National Council for the Training of Journalists) preliminary certificate in newspaper practice (known as NCTJ prelim).

I work at a training centre which offers this course; PM me if you want any further info or visit http://www.nctj.com.
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