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Career development

Career development: journalism

Personal development plans often require one to think about training in a structured way. PMA courses are designed to help with this. For example, a complete career development plan for a news reporter might involve taking some or all of the following courses at the appropriate stage of their career:

Introduction to journalism will help those at the very start of their career.
Postgraduate diploma in journalism is a nine week course that will kick-start any career in journalism
News-writing will establish the basics of news reporting.
Improve your news writing helps reporters develop their skills when they are between six months and two years into the job.
Advanced news writing is designed to sharpen the skills of news writers after the two-year stage in their careers.
News editing and running a news diary is designed to help those about to become news editors or who have been doing the job a few months.
The deputy editor will develop management skills as news writers and editors move up the career ladder.
The editor will prepare people for the responsibilities of the top job.

There is a similar course path for features writers and sub-editors

In addition, we run a range of courses designed to develop specialist knowledge or develop skills where a journalist or their manager perceives a weakness. These include:

Continual professional development is also supported with our Gold Standard, a vocational qualification in journalism.

Our training experts can help you navigate the course structure to find just the right career development plan. Please do not hesitate to call us on 01480 300 653 or email training@pma-group.com

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