[ellie_flower]

Hello!

I was just wondering if anybody could recommend ANY graduate journalism schemes please? I know they are incredibly competitive and that it is a dying industry but I'm going to try anyway.

Thanks

[gunners r us]

Not a dying industry but one which is changing and is a lot more closed off (harder to get into without experience).

I am not aware of newspapers but places such asKY, BBC, CHANNEL 4 (not journalism though), ITV, REUTERS, BLOOMBERG, EUROSPORT, GUARDIAN do them every year. I m sure there are many more and yes, as you mentioned, they will be incredibly competitive.

An alternative could be to email/call every editor/programme controller of the paper/magazine/radio station/ Tv station you are interested in and ask whether they do schemes, apprenticeships or work experience.
If you are dedicated, do not restrict yourself to the place you currently live and do not neglect all local papers/stations. This would mean contacting A LOT of people and getting A LOT of rejections. If you are very dedicated, go to where they work during the day and ask to speak to them. Or try to meet them at their lunch break. Or if you know they are going to be somewhere (twitter stalking is great for this) conveniently bump into them.

It's hard work, but with such dedication you will make your own luck and get that foot in the door.
Helping out in the station/paper you are interested in for free over a particular length of time could be just as valuable or even more than a trainee scheme. The only benefit with trainee schemes are that they pay (albeit not much at all).

[tg0402]

I keep seeing people mentioning the Guardian's graduate training scheme, but I was unable to find any info about it last year or this year. Several people from the paper even replied to me last year saying they were unaware it had ever existed. Anyone know any more about it???

[ellie_flower]

(Original post by gunners r us)
Not a dying industry but one which is changing and is a lot more closed off (harder to get into without experience).

I am not aware of newspapers but places such asKY, BBC, CHANNEL 4 (not journalism though), ITV, REUTERS, BLOOMBERG, EUROSPORT, GUARDIAN do them every year. I m sure there are many more and yes, as you mentioned, they will be incredibly competitive.

An alternative could be to email/call every editor/programme controller of the paper/magazine/radio station/ Tv station you are interested in and ask whether they do schemes, apprenticeships or work experience.
If you are dedicated, do not restrict yourself to the place you currently live and do not neglect all local papers/stations. This would mean contacting A LOT of people and getting A LOT of rejections. If you are very dedicated, go to where they work during the day and ask to speak to them. Or try to meet them at their lunch break. Or if you know they are going to be somewhere (twitter stalking is great for this) conveniently bump into them.

It's hard work, but with such dedication you will make your own luck and get that foot in the door.
Helping out in the station/paper you are interested in for free over a particular length of time could be just as valuable or even more than a trainee scheme. The only benefit with trainee schemes are that they pay (albeit not much at all).

Sent out about a million placement requests at work experiences everywhere. if i restricted them to where I live, id be in BIG trouble as Im at uni in durham! Thanks so much for the advice though, really helpful x