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Nikita · 03-13-2008, 08:50 PM

Hi! I was wondering if anyone can give me some advice. I am a recent Media graduate with a photography qualification and have been writing and contributing (on a mostly voluntary basis) to various magazines, websites and writing press releases for the last six years. Last year I undertook a 3 month internship at a weekly women's magazine and was asked to return on a freelance paid basis to provide holiday cover, which was amazing- but only for a week! I am really keen to kickstart my (paid) career in journalism and wondering if undertaking a fast track PTC magazines course or NCTJ course will help me to achieve this a lot quicker? Also, I know it's not about freelancing but does anyone know if local newspapers still take people on for in-house training?

I would be so grateful if anyone out there could help me!

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Nikita New Poster Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: London Posts: 3	Help! Hi! I was wondering if anyone can give me some advice. I am a recent Media graduate with a photography qualification and have been writing and contributing (on a mostly voluntary basis) to various magazines, websites and writing press releases for the last six years. Last year I undertook a 3 month internship at a weekly women's magazine and was asked to return on a freelance paid basis to provide holiday cover, which was amazing- but only for a week! I am really keen to kickstart my (paid) career in journalism and wondering if undertaking a fast track PTC magazines course or NCTJ course will help me to achieve this a lot quicker? Also, I know it's not about freelancing but does anyone know if local newspapers still take people on for in-house training? I would be so grateful if anyone out there could help me!