Thursday 27 April 2017

2017/18 COURSES

From the January 2017 course, Tomasz Frymorgen won a three-month contract as a features writer for BBC3, with Ellie Pringle working as a reporter for the Norwich Evening News. Sophie Morris was interning for The Times while freelancing for Sky News, and Andy Datson joined the Valley News group in south Wiltshire as assistant editor.  

Of those taking part in the August 2017 course, Charlie Mitchell joined the National in Abu Dhabi as a leader writer, Jenny Sterne got a job working for Core Politics, Cameron Charters started work for Court News UK, Jess Sheldon started work as a showbusiness reporter for the Daily Express and Will Brown moved to Senegal as a stringer covering West Africa for the Economist. April Roach joined the Ilford Recorder as a news reporter, Charles Capel started work as a business news intern with CNN, Katie Heslop was appointed a trainee with the Saffron Walden Reporter and Dunmow Broadcast and Sarra Gray joined SWNS as a features writer. Amy Gibbons joined the East Anglian Daily Times and Ipswich Star as a news reporter, while Conor Matchett landed a job in the Eastern Daily Press's Lowestoft office.  

Of those on the part-time course, Leigh Boobyer moved from the Express to become a local democracy reporter for Gloucestershire Live.  

Gus Carter from the January 2018 started working full time for Guy Toyn of the Court News Service after the course. Of those on the 2017-18 part-time course, Coran Elliott started working for the Telegraph's Breaking News team, Elena Losavio and Gabriella Geisinger were working for the Express, Mathilde Frot was taken on by Newsquest London as a trainee reporter, Jennifer Sanin joined a financial trade magazine and Isabelle Kirk joined the Press Association RADAR team.