The article discussed the UK media’s class problem, following recent reports that 80% of UK journalists inhabit the highest social classes. Of the industry’s lacking working class representation David said, “The staff of the heritage titles in Fleet Street are talking to themselves, and missing real-life experiences on the ground.”
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The category of Young Talent of the Year – established in conjunction with the Trust, announced its 2022 winner.
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The schools programme of online mentoring runs for 10-12 weeks. We now run UK-wide.
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Melissa, a 2022 Fellow, has moved from Times Radio to Channel 4 News.
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Anna, a 2022 Fellow, has been promoted at 5 News.
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Ellis, a 2022 Fellow, talked to students at his local university about his career so far in sports journalism.
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Find out who our 2022 mentoring scheme participants are
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Our award-winning face to face mentoring scheme matches early career journalists and apprentice journalists with experienced mentors who do not work for the same organisation. We prioritise those applicants who enter the industry without privilege. The mentoring lasts for one year. We match around 35 journalists with mentors each year and will be inviting applications for the 2021 scheme from 21 September, 2020.
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We work with the leading online mentoring charity, Brightside, to provide online mentoring for around 40 students who are considering journalism as career. They are at sixth form colleges and schools in Cardiff, Cornwall, Nottingham and Sheffield, areas which have been identified by the Social Mobility Commission as places that are being left behind economically and hollowed out socially. Our mentors for the teenagers include mentees from our face to face mentoring scheme.
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The John Schofield Trust offers all its mentees the chance to hear from the best in the news business on a range of subjects. #JSTMasterclasses include very practical sessions, deconstructing stories or explaining how a producer or reporter covered a particular kind of story to the more topical debates about hot issues in the news industry.
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The John Schofield Trust set up the Royal Television Society award in 1996 in memory of John. The Young Talent Award is for the best work during the year by a journalist under 30. Many of the winners have gone on to become prominent figures in the news industry.
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