Moves to unify journalism training August 1, 2007
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A report in this week’s Press Gazette has raised hopes that journalism training will be dragged out of the dark ages and into the age of content integration.
Sectoral training councils, the NCTJ (newspapers), the PCT (magazines) and the BJTC (broadcasting) currently accredit journalism courses seperately. The main elements of each accredited qualification is broadly similar, but there are some subtle differences depending on which councils accredit the course.
But all this could soon be about to change according to the report in Press Gazette. It reports that the NCTJ has approached the PTC about developing a single accreditation body. This has been supported by the PTC academics and industry forum and many PTC tutors. The BJTC has also been in discussions with the NCTJ.
