This guide from the UK's National Council for the Training of Journalists helps readers decide if they want to pursue a career in the field and covers its different branches. Academic qualifications, formal training, and courses accredited by the NCTJ are detailed, including what former students have said about them. Fourteen career paths are described: newspaper, magazine, TV, and radio reporting and production, features, online writing and production, news agencies, sport, photography, freelancing, and cross-media careers. The volume also lists possible employers--the main newspapers, magazines, news agencies, TV and radio stations, and websites--and their contact information. Bull, a journalist, is NCTJ's careers and qualifications consultant. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
The National Council for the Training of Journalists knows more than anyone about how to get the qualifications you need, and find the job that is right for you. The NCTJ Guide to Careers in Journalism is your essential guide. Author Andy Bull tells you all you need to know about becoming a journalist on a newspaper or magazine, on radio and television, or online. In this handy reference he examines what journalism is all about; how to pick the branch of the trade that is right for you; how to choose an NCTJ-accredited training course that will suit you and your individual goals; and how to ensure your career develops along the right tracks.
