Stephen Wright, 2023’s Journalist of the Year, spoke to our JournoFest audience about working as an investigative journalist at the Daily Mail. JournoFest brings together News Associates and The School of Journalism trainees for a day-long festival of high-profile speakers and special guests from the media industry. Here, trainee Wang Sum Luk shares what he learnt from our Q&A… Stephen Wright won London Press Club’s Journalist of the Year with investigations into topics including cocaine-smuggling from Ecuador, Lord Lucan’s disappearance, and the Stephen Lawrence murder case ..read more

This year’s first panel spoke to the JournoFest audience of emerging journalists about the fragile relationship between police and the media. JournoFest brings together News Associates and The School of Journalism trainees for a day-long festival of high-profile speakers and special guests from the media industry. Our trainees heard from Evening Standard crime correspondent Anthony France, Sky News crime correspondent Martin Brunt, The Sun crime editor Mike Sullivan, Scotland Yard assistant commissioner Pippa Mills, and police communications manager Vicky O’Hare. Here, trainees ..read more

JournoFest 2024 saw Computer Weekly chief reporter Karl Flinders, who helped to break the Post Office scandal, meet former sub-post master Balvinder Gill in person for the first time. JournoFest brings together News Associates and The School of Journalism trainees for a day-long festival of high-profile speakers and special guests from the media industry. Here, trainee Harry Hetherington shares what he learnt from the Q&A… When auditors seized his Post Office branch accusing him of stealing £108,000, Balvinder Gill didn’t just lose his business – it had a devastating effect on his credibil ..read more

Sky News journalist Alex Crawford was the keynote speaker at JournoFest 2024, where she shared insightful detail into her life as a special correspondent. JournoFest brings together News Associates and The School of Journalism trainees for a day-long festival of high-profile speakers and special guests from the media industry. Here, trainee Ayaat Yassin-Kassab shares what she learnt from our keynote speaker… Having begun her career working on local and regional papers, Alex Crawford believes accuracy is crucial from the very beginning, explaining that avoiding small mistakes reduces the likeli ..read more

We offer each of our trainees a summer bursary of up to £1,000 every summer of their degree to spend on journalism work experience or a journalism project, giving them the unique opportunity to travel and explore the areas of journalism they are passionate about. Here, second year School of Journalism trainee Emily Grimsey shares how she spent her summer at The Olive Press in Spain.  In August I was able to complete a three week work placement at The Olive Press in Spain thanks to The School of Journalism bursary. The bursary covered my flights and accommodation, allowing me to ..read more

The School of Journalism’s highly-anticipated annual journalism conference JournoFest is back and bigger than ever at The Stoop in Twickenham for 2024. JournoFest 2024 will bring together The School of Journalism and News Associates trainees to hear from all-star guest speakers from the media industry. Our ninth event will open with our keynote speaker, Sky News special correspondent Alex Crawford. During her 30-year career, Crawford has been arrested, detained, abducted, interrogated and faced live bullets, tear gas, IEDs, and mortar shells. Based in Istanbul, she reports on major storie ..read more

Sky News special correspondent Alex Crawford is the keynote speaker for our ninth annual journalism conference JournoFest. JournoFest brings together News Associates and The School of Journalism trainees for a day-long festival of high-profile speakers and special guests from the media industry – and 2024 is no different. JournoFest 2024 will open with an address from our keynote speaker, followed by three panels covering the Post Office scandal, how to navigate the relationship between the police and the media and how to succeed in today’s changing media landscape. We’ll also hear from Daily ..read more

Third year School of Journalism trainee Ruby Smith recently created a self-improvement podcast titled ‘Personal Best’. Every week, Ruby hosts conversations with inspiring guests where they discuss different ways to better both your physical and mental health.  Here she talks us through the process of creating a podcast, the reality of going viral and what modules from her degree course have been the most helpful for this project. Why did you create a podcast?  I’ve always wanted to have my own creative outlet. I used to write a blog but over the past couple years, I really fell in lo ..read more

We offer each of our trainees a summer bursary of up to £1,000 every summer of their degree to spend on journalism work experience or a journalism project, giving them the unique opportunity to travel and explore the areas of journalism they are passionate about. Here, School of Journalism trainee Poppy Dippnall shares how she spent her summer bursary covering The Other Art Fair. The School of Journalism bursary scheme allowed me to cover The Other Art Fair, an international art fair which was hosted in London. The Other Art Fair, presented by Saatchi Art, advocates the selling of af ..read more

News Associates welcomed four sports journalists for an evening of top tips and invaluable insight into the exciting and fast-paced world of sports journalism. We heard from MailOnline sports reporter Tum Balogun, Sky Sports News reporter Fadumo Olow, Formula 1 duty editor Alasdair Hooper and bunkered content producer Ben Parsons. They discussed the importance of having a diverse skill set, talked about embracing every opportunity and offered their best networking advice. (Job roles at the time of the workshop in January 2024.) Here News Associates trainee George Nash shares what he learnt fro ..read more