![]() ![]() Then a month before the exams I had a refresher with Nick which was made up of five one-hour remote sessions to go through content for the law exam. This was a two-hour remote session followed by a mock which he marked. This included a workshop two months before the NQJs which was all about the practical exam. He was sorted out through the company I work for. ![]() I had a trainer called Nick who was in charge of helping me get exam-ready. This means you have your McNae's but you have to know exactly how to answer the questions and include certain details to get those important marks from the examiners. This is like a harder version of the law exam for the NCTJ diploma. You're given new information throughout the exam and have to write a short/long story, and then have to explain how you would use social media/manage the story. The 'big news story' exam is all about showing the examiner how you would cover a breaking news stories. The logbook really isn't something you can leave to the last minute. I noted down potential entries early on and then worked away at it little and often for the last year as a trainee. This is definitely something to start a few months in as a trainee. There's a lot more to it than the portfolio for the junior exams because there's so much admin to do within each category. politics, court, visual, trainee choice) to cover and within those you have to show different types of stories and explain what decisions were made and why. This is like another portfolio to show the examiners what you've been working on as a trainee. If all your results are 60%+ then they find your average to give you an overall result - pass (60-64%), merit (65-69%), distinction (70%+). If you fail one element you only have to resit that one. ![]() All three are equally weighed and you have to get 60%+ in each one to pass overall. There's three elements to the NQJ - the logbook, a practical exam, and a law exam. It means that on my CV I have the highest NCTJ qualification so thought it would be good for employment prospects Not everyone does the NQJ, but I personally wanted it because: Once you have the NQJ you are a senior reporter and that's really as high as you can go in journalism in terms of exams. The NQJs can be sat three times a year - March, July, and November. I started in September 2020, and then sat my NQJs in November 2022. This time frame depends on your workplace, and mine wanted me to do two years. When you become a trainee reporter, you can do 18-24 months working in the newsroom before you're allowed to do the senior exams known as the NQJs. I did my NCTJ diploma (think of this as the junior exams) through distance learning and that allowed me to get a trainee reporter role. *I'll start by reminding you quickly that I'm not an expert, this is just my experience with journalism exams.*įirst up a bit of background - NCTJ is the main credited body for journalists so when I left uni with an English degree and wanted to get into journalism, having NCTJ qualifications on my CV seemed like a good thing to do. ![]()
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