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Honour given for services to journalism

A HEXHAM Courant journalist has been shortlisted for Apprentice of the Year.

Azadeh Moshiri, the child of Everton FC's owner, says her career 'would never have happened' without the charity's mentoring scheme

Why are so many journalists middle class? Press Gazette looks into why the number of reporters from elite backgrounds in the UK has skyrocketed.

Mount Lourdes Grammar School has been chosen as the first school in Northern Ireland to take part in a journalist mentoring programme linking…

A GRIEVING daughter is walking more than 100 miles from Oxford to London in memory of her dad.

A GRIEVING daughter is walking more than 100 miles from Oxford to London in memory of her dad.

Budding young journalists in Birkenhead will be offered extensive mentoring as part of a new partnership aimed at diversifying newsrooms in the UK.

Naga explained how diversity in workplaces is still frustratingly slow (Image: BBC) READ MORE She continued: "Diversity obviously is important because we’re broadcasting or writing for everyone in the UK, which is half women, all different creeds and colours. "If you don’t have that diversity in the newsroom, how can you reflect it in what you’re writing and what you’re broadcasting?" Due to her own experiences, Naga joined forces with the John Schofield Trust – a charity that helps y...