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Introducing Bridgid Nzekwu – Press Association Academy's new Managing Director
Bridgid Nzekwu is the new Managing Director of Press Association Academy and joins with extensive experience, having previously served as Head of Media Training and then Director of Media Training for 10 years, leading a team of specialist journalist media trainers.
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Insights from PR Week's Crisis Communications Summit by Neil Silver
Last week, I attended the PR Week's Crisis Communications Summit, and the experience was hugely valuable.
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Welcome to Press Association Academy
Today PA Training relaunches as Press Association Academy – with a new digital home, branding and training courses. We hope you enjoy exploring our new site and products.
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Shorthand: how can you reach 100 words a minute?
Day one of your NCTJ Diploma and it's your first lesson in that cornerstone of a journalist's skills – shorthand. But how do you break the code, boost your speed and reach the elusive shorthand 100 words per minute?
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Could the Journalism Diversity Fund get your career off to a great start?
The Journalism Diversity Fund awards bursaries to people from diverse backgrounds who need help funding their NCTJ journalism training.
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Seven year success story of our part-time course
Our latest NCTJ Diploma part-time course has just finished so this is an appropriate time to look back at its success since it was first launched in 2015.
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PA Training and Google News Initiative creates new partnership
On Tuesday 28 June, we announced a new partnership with Google News Initiative to run three projects to provide easy access to free quality training for journalists at all stages of their careers.
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Never mind the ballots
Our full-time Diploma trainees put a X against their names, as they signed up for Press Association's mammoth effort to supply fast, fair and accurate coverage of the recent elections.