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17 August 2022

Congrats & good luck to Trustee Dhruti!

16 August 2022

Emily Maitlis to deliver 2022 MacTaggart lecture

16 August 2022

Chanise Evans’ (2022) star is on the rise

16 August 2022

Melissa Tutesigensi (2022) joins Maitlis, Sopel & Goodall at Global

16 August 2022

Frankie McCamley (2015) on-screen for BBC

16 August 2022

Lucy Webster (2021) lands DK book deal

9 August 2022

Naomi de Souza (2021) on life at BirminghamLive

9 August 2022

Laura Hendry (2021) celebrates Lionesses’ win with first OB!

9 August 2022

Sophia McBride (2022) appointed Sky News Specialist Producer

8 August 2022

Congratulations to Trust supporter Martin Lewis CBE!

8 August 2022

Finbarr Toesland (2021) selected for a Sir Lenny Henry Centre Fellowship

8 August 2022

Join our Fellowship!

1 August 2022

Lewis Goodall (2014) joins Global as presenter and editor

22 June 2022

Jon Williams moving on to pastures new

22 June 2022

Sophia Smith Galer (2019): winning it, and Losing It

22 June 2022

Nimra Shahid (2022) selected as IRE NICAR Fellow

21 June 2022

Omar Mehtab (2018) to focus on social-first at The News Movement

21 June 2022

Melissa Tutesigensi (2022) in conversation at London’s Urban Village Fete

21 June 2022

Layla Wright (2021) looks forward to learning from Louis

21 June 2022

Tim O’Callaghan (2021) joins BBC Radio 5 Live

21 June 2022

Trust welcomes Fellows to the BBC for June Masterclass Day

21 June 2022

Zahra Warsame (2022): A month in Washington

21 June 2022

Senior Fellow Ros Atkins appointed BBC News Analysis Editor

15 June 2022

Trust CEO contributes to Press Gazette piece

8 June 2022

Trust expands mentoring scheme to Republic of Ireland

1 June 2022

Shamaàn Freeman-Powell (2022) celebrates first anniversary at Sky News

18 May 2022

Nabihah Parkar (2021) wins award for social-first journalism

18 May 2022

Mohamed Madi (2014) named Dart Center 2022 Ochberg Fellow

17 May 2022

Congratulations to Senior Fellow Rachel Corp, new CEO of ITN!

17 May 2022

Another hit for Gareth Shoulder (2021) as JOE Media wins award

17 May 2022

Niamh Hughes (2022) celebrates career first & award win

17 May 2022

Senior Fellow Ronke Phillips moves to new ITN role

17 May 2022

Elen Davies (2022) heads to BBC Wales as Senior Reporter

17 May 2022

Ravneet Nandra (2022) wins RTS Southern Award

17 May 2022

Charlie Duffield (2021) gets teeth into Metro expose

17 May 2022

Ellie Clifford (2022) to speak at International Women’s Podcast Festival

17 May 2022

Amy Borrett (2022) shortlisted for Young Journalist of the Year!

17 May 2022

RTS winner Noel Phillips to be mentored by Alex Thomson of C4 News

10 May 2022

Senior Fellow Chris Mason named as new BBC Political Editor

13 April 2022

The Trust welcomes new team member Ursula

13 April 2022

Rob Osborne (2013) celebrates Welsh hat-trick

12 April 2022

Hamish Auskerry (2022) lands new role with ITV Wales

11 April 2022

Azadeh Moshiri (2018) jumps to full-time role at BBC News

11 April 2022

Ayshah Tull (2014) and Symeon Brown (2015) shortlisted for BAFTA for Channel 4’s Black to Front

11 April 2022

A good month for Naomi de Souza (2021)

11 April 2022

Charlotte Gay (2017) takes permanent role in Cornwall for ITV

11 April 2022

Jessica Twist (2022) and team nominated for news coverage BAFTA

11 April 2022

Shayma Bakht (2021) pens first undercover piece for The Times

11 April 2022

Finbarr Toesland (2021) investigates the future of cryptocurrency for The Times

11 April 2022

Martin Sharkey (2018) joins BBC’s flagship technology show as video journalist

8 April 2022

Gareth Shoulder (2021) drug legalisation documentary hits 500k views

8 April 2022

Ellis Palmer Babe (2022) reports on handcycle tour of Ireland’s east coast

8 April 2022

Senior Fellow David Shukman appointed Visiting Professor at the LSE

8 April 2022

John Schofield Trust partners with Financial Times

9 March 2022

Symeon Brown (2015) lifts lid on influencer culture in first book

9 March 2022

Jack Fenwick (2019) takes new job with Nick Robinson

8 March 2022

Laura Gaynor’s (2021) Post Office piece makes front page

8 March 2022

Deirdre Finnerty (2015) to publish first book

8 March 2022

Inzamam Rashid (2021) nominated for leading diversity award

8 March 2022

Gareth Shoulder (2021) nominated for Branded Content award

8 March 2022

Noel Phillips wins RTS/JST Young Talent of the Year award

24 February 2022

We’re hiring

10 February 2022

Tommy Greene (2021) to begin fellowship with the Bertha Foundation

10 February 2022

Anna Michaux (2022) promoted to Output Producer at 5 News

10 February 2022

Meghan Owen (2021) to start new role at BBC Channel Island News

10 February 2022

Eirian Prosser (2022) joins MailOnline

10 February 2022

Nabihah Parkar (2021) joins Vice World News (and TikTok)

10 February 2022

Serena Chaudhry (2013) granted Freedom of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists

10 February 2022

Dan Ayers (2022) joins BBC Radio Gloucestershire

10 February 2022

Isabel Woodford (2022) joins Reuters in Mexico City

10 February 2022

Schools mentoring programme welcomes Northern Ireland and Scotland for the first time

10 February 2022

Ellis Palmer Babe(2022) talks to students about his career in sports journalism

10 February 2022

Chanise (2022) works on BBC Young Reporter Competition

26 January 2022

Melissa (2022) joins Channel 4 News

26 January 2022

Venetia (2022) takes up new role in data visualisation

26 January 2022

Maria (2022) joins BBC South Online

26 January 2022

Schools mentoring programme underway

26 January 2022

Meet our new Fellows and Senior Fellows for 2022!

20 January 2022

You gave, and we made it big!

14 December 2021

Daisy’s fundraising walk in memory of dad Mark

14 December 2021

Susie Schofield recognised as a kindness leader

13 November 2021

Fran Rankin (2021) takes up new role

11 November 2021

Neelam Tailor (2021) produces & edits climate crisis series

11 November 2021

Ashni Lakhani (2021) directs documentary on Black-owned businesses

11 November 2021

David Stenhouse guests on talkRADIO

11 November 2021

A new role for Hedi!

11 November 2021

Sophia Smith Galer shortlisted for British Journalism Award

11 November 2021

Save the date! The Trust runs its first Christmas Challenge campaign…

11 November 2021

Laura Gaynor (2021) seals show with show about seal

11 November 2021

Howard joins the Trust as Fellowship Manager

11 November 2021

The Trust welcomes a new sponsor

7 October 2021

Mentee Aisha goes for gold

7 October 2021

Mentee Gareth kicks off new football film series

7 October 2021

Mentee Linzi takes new role at BBC South Today

7 October 2021

Mentee Ashni makes directorial debut for BBC Three

7 October 2021

Mentee Nabihah makes move to HuffPost

7 October 2021

Sky’s the limit as Emily takes to the airwaves

7 October 2021

Naomi de Souza has Coventry covered!

7 October 2021

Mentee Finbarr reports on relations between LGBTQ community and the police in the US

7 October 2021

Mentee Kirstie heads to Newsround!

7 October 2021

Record numbers apply for Trust mentoring

7 October 2021

Watch our masterclass on how to present a news programme.

17 September 2021

The Trust announces new partnership with Tortoise Media

1 September 2021

We’re open! Application round for 2022 is live

1 September 2021

Webinar on applications for the 2022 mentoring scheme!

30 August 2021

#JSTmasterclass: the anatomy of a story

15 July 2021

Brad Grant (2018) joins BBC Breakfast

8 July 2021

Lucy Webster (2021) goes freelance

7 July 2021

Kesewaa Browne (2021) makes debut on BBC Click

7 July 2021

Mentee Kayleen (2021) joins BBC disinformation unit

7 July 2021

JST Champion Grant Logan shortlisted for award

7 July 2021

#JSTmasterclass: how to edit a programme

1 July 2021

What you told us in the survey

16 June 2021

Vincent McAviney (2013) on LGBTQ+ pride in cricket

16 June 2021

Mentor Bishop’s move to BBC

16 June 2021

2021 mentor Joe Miller takes a jab at vaccine book

16 June 2021

Azana Francis (2021) co-produces Greta Thunberg interview

16 June 2021

Gareth Shoulder (2021) releases film on far-right

16 June 2021

Mentor Alex Crawford + team win big at BAFTAs

16 June 2021

Jared Lawthom (2021) makes career move

16 June 2021

Charlotte Gay (2017) has the full G7 experience

16 June 2021

Trustee Dhruti Shah wins once more!

2 June 2021

Layla Wright (2020) wins again!

2 June 2021

Ewan Murrie (2018) takes up new politics role at BBC Radio Devon

2 June 2021

Ajai Singh (2021) publishes debut report

2 June 2021

Laura Hendry (2021) heads for BBC Breakfast!

2 June 2021

Naomi de Souza (2021) earns BBC credit for researching film on Coventry, car maker of the world

2 June 2021

Shayma Bakht (2021) reveals dark side of influencer culture for The Times

2 June 2021

Where would we be without our volunteers?

1 June 2021

We’re up for an award!

28 May 2021

Mentees honoured in ’30 To Watch’ list

19 May 2021

Peter Smith (2014) secures exclusive with Glasgow immigration raid target

19 May 2021

Louise McLoughlin (2019) moves forward with documentary and podcast!

19 May 2021

#JSTmasterclass: how to be a foreign correspondent

11 May 2021

Mentees who studied at City University

7 May 2021

Ethical Journalism Network appoint Zoe Greenfield as new Director

5 May 2021

Rob Osborne (2013) collects Welsh media award

5 May 2021

Frances Rankin (2021) works on digital documentary on Scottish independence

5 May 2021

Azana Francis (2021) shortlisted for outstanding journalism award

5 May 2021

Craig Langran (2021) make TV debut with piece on facial recognition for BBC Click

5 May 2021

Sabah Choudhry (2021) scores second Sky News report

5 May 2021

Charlotte Gay (2017) to cover G7 summit

22 April 2021

Craig Punfield (2021) reports on the loneliness of the long distance supporter

20 April 2021

Laura Alderman (2021) promoted to Political Reporter for STV

20 April 2021

Sabah Choudhry (2021) presents unfiltered report for Sky News

20 April 2021

Ajai Singh (2021) lands first piece on ITV Granada Reports

20 April 2021

JST champion and mentor Sean Dilley appointed lead on BBC’s Reframing Disability project

20 April 2021

Finbarr Toesland (2021) selected as Rising Star

20 April 2021

Nabihah Parkar (2021) hosts hit Ramadan explainer

20 April 2021

Thank you for completing our 2021 supporters’ survey!

20 April 2021

E-mentoring scheme ends on a high

7 April 2021

The rules of the game: #JSTmasterclass on sports journalism

7 April 2021

BBC renews funding commitment to John Schofield Trust

7 April 2021

Mentee Naomi gets her skates on to cover RAF veteran who is wheel-y making a difference

7 April 2021

Mentee Rob steps up as father of the chapel

7 April 2021

New opportunities for mentee Gianluca

7 April 2021

Mentee Siri heads off on new beat

7 April 2021

The Trust’s 2021 supporters’ survey

3 April 2021

Jessica Omari and Hannah Gray. Mentor, mentee, mums-to-be

23 March 2021

Major dementia documentary for mentee Paul Myles

23 March 2021

Mentee Tim O’Callaghan makes a date with ITV Calendar!

23 March 2021

E-mentee Iris Rainbow receives unconditional offers from Falmouth University

23 March 2021

Ajai Singh breaks through to a job at ITV Granada!

23 March 2021

Lara Lewington celebrates 10 years on Click

23 March 2021

Fighting to transform the UK media

10 March 2021

Trustee Dhruti Shah recognised as one of 40 Digital Women to watch

9 March 2021

RTS interview with founder, Susie Schofield

9 March 2021

Jason Keen wins RTS Interview of the Year Award

9 March 2021

#JSTmasterclass: Fill…fill…fill… The joys of live presenting

7 March 2021

Gareth Shoulder  moves to JOE Media

7 March 2021

Frankie McCamley works with BBC Media Action to train journalists

7 March 2021

Tamsin Selbie’s report on fake accounts using women’s pictures to sell sex

7 March 2021

Nicola Keaney  moves to Twitter

7 March 2021

Azana Francis  joins BBC Newsnight

7 March 2021

Serena Chaudhry completes first year at AI firm

7 March 2021

Celebrating inspirational women!

7 March 2021

The Orwell Society Young Journalist’s Award 2021

5 March 2021

Pitch perfect!

1 March 2021

John Ryley given RTS Outstanding Contribution award

25 February 2021

Renata Brito wins RTS/JST Young Talent of the Year award

25 February 2021

A JST special conversation with Robert Moore

24 February 2021

Two mentees shortlisted for Debut Presenter at New Voice Awards

24 February 2021

Presenter debut at 26 weeks’ pregnant

24 February 2021

Joseph Ataman awarded Fellowship at Columbia University’s Dart Center

24 February 2021

Finbarr Toesland reports on how COVID is exacerbating LGBTQ alcohol abuse

24 February 2021

Una Kelly produces and presents investigative podcast series for BBC Sounds

23 February 2021

Online mentoring for sixth formers has ‘transformational’ benefits

23 February 2021

25 years working with the RTS to recognise young talent

19 February 2021

RTS/JST nominees for Young Talent of the Year award announced – UPDATED 25/2/21

6 February 2021

The Trust supports National Apprenticeship Week

5 February 2021

Emma Purcell raises money for the Trust

24 January 2021

Gareth Shoulder’s TikTok liked 1.1m times!

24 January 2021

Grant from the JRSST Charitable Trust

24 January 2021

Introducing our new CEO

24 January 2021

Dorothy Byrne masterclass

23 January 2021

A tribute to Dave Evans

19 January 2021

2021 online mentoring scheme starts

12 January 2021

Trust appoints first CEO

1 January 2021

Mentees nominated for NCTJ Awards for Excellence

17 December 2020

Welcome to Tristan Marris

17 December 2020

Ayshah Tull wins four awards in 2020!

16 December 2020

Sophia Smith Galer named in top 10 of TikTok’s Voices of Change

16 December 2020

Symeon Brown wins CJA Outstanding Journalism award

16 December 2020

Max Preston produces Sky News’ Year in Review

16 December 2020

Jack Fenwick’s investigation into the Windrush compensation scheme

16 December 2020

Our top 10 highlights of 2020

14 December 2020

How was it for you? Feedback from our 2019-20 mentoring scheme

11 December 2020

Turning disadvantage to advantage in the news industry

28 November 2020

John Schofield Trust statement on Ofcom’s annual study of diversity in TV and radio industry

26 November 2020

Claire Herriot reports from Tunis on UN Libya peace talks

23 November 2020

Insaf wins BBC’s Rising Star of the Year award!

23 November 2020

Building sustainable schools out of ‘moon bricks’ in Senegal

23 November 2020

Imogen Barrer appointed Investigations News Editor at ITV News

23 November 2020

The John Schofield Room’s part in the BBC’s coverage of the US election

22 November 2020

The changing face of our applications….

22 November 2020

Two new members join our advisory panel

22 November 2020

Our next masterclass: So you’re thinking about becoming a journalist?

6 November 2020

Hannah Miller interviews the PM

25 October 2020

How to survive (and thrive) in extraordinary times

25 October 2020

Iris’s dream of ‘Rainbow’s Rambles’

24 October 2020

Paul Davies personal piece for World Mental Health Day

24 October 2020

Hear about Ewan Murrie’s local radio story which made the national news bulletins

24 October 2020

Our #NewsroomsForAll fundraiser

24 October 2020

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING #NewsroomsForAll

18 October 2020

The BBC’s Dougal Shaw gives a masterclass on mobile journalism

16 October 2020

An unfree media?

16 October 2020

Georgia Coan investigates…

15 October 2020

An unfree media? Thursday 15 October, 19:00 BST

22 September 2020

Sharp new look in Wales with Rob Osborne

21 September 2020

Rosetta Fourlagawo joins Sky News’s Foreign Desk

21 September 2020

Sarah Gough’s mentor helped her make the leap

21 September 2020

Jason Keen joins BBC Radio 4’s Today programme

21 September 2020

Charlotte Gay prepares for first national TV feature

21 September 2020

Dhruti Shah writes a bestiary of business terms

21 September 2020

Thinking of applying to our face-to-face mentoring scheme? Here’s some words of advice from our manager

20 September 2020

Top tips on podcasting from three masters

20 September 2020

Significant donation from EBRD

18 September 2020

Dan Johnson moves to education

12 September 2020

Our next masterclass: everything you need to know about podcasting THURSDAY Sept 17 at 7pm

10 September 2020

Former mentee is a judge for BBC Young Reporter of the Year competition

28 August 2020

John Schofield Trust on David Olusoga’s MacTaggart Lecture

25 August 2020

New job for Lola Lawal!

24 August 2020

Amy Sutton presents the news

24 August 2020

Jack Fenwick investigates the British Army unit focused on information warfare

24 August 2020

A corporate gift from Frontinus

24 August 2020

Brad Grant’s television reporting debut!

24 August 2020

Charlie Haynes investigates coronavirus antibodies tests for BBC Newsnight

24 August 2020

What next for David Chipakupaku as he completes his apprenticeship with Sky News?

24 August 2020

Dhruti Shah’s top tips for storytelling on social

20 August 2020

25 years on

16 August 2020

Highlights of #RememberingJohn

12 August 2020

Broadcasters remember John

10 August 2020

A tribute to John

9 August 2020

How we made the #RememberingJohn campaign

8 August 2020

#RememberingJohn

7 August 2020

Joseph Ataman wins GroundTruth Fellowship

3 August 2020

Let’s talk about diversity

1 August 2020

Covering sensitive stories

30 July 2020

Finding solutions to improve diversity and inclusion in the news industry

28 July 2020

Rochelle Newman tells Guardian what its like to be black in TV industry

28 July 2020

#JSTmasterclass on foreign producing in a time of Covid

26 July 2020

FREE TALK: Let’s talk about diversity in the media

25 July 2020

A project to streamline and re-cap each week’s news conversation

22 July 2020

Insaf Abbas presents a video explainer for BBC News

22 July 2020

Sophia Smith Galer

21 July 2020

Layla Wright and Ruth Evans

21 July 2020

Dion Hesson on Black Bristol After Colston

21 July 2020

Ewan Murrie on Broadcasting House

21 July 2020

Katy Austin permanent BBC News Business Correspondent

21 July 2020

Shaunagh Connaire’s new ‘Media Tribe’ podcast

20 July 2020

‘Lockdown is the worst. I wouldn’t wish this upon my worst enemy’

6 July 2020

First steps on the foreign reporting ladder

1 July 2020

Shaunagh Connaire investigates US opioid crisis

22 June 2020

Anand Shukla joins our board

10 June 2020

Simon Vigar is our top volunteer mentor, part 1

7 June 2020

Simon Vigar’s mentees tell us why he’s a top mentor, part 2

7 June 2020

Why I volunteer as a trustee

6 June 2020

Why I volunteer as a trustee

5 June 2020

Introducing our new trustees in Volunteers’ Week

4 June 2020

Thank you to our online mentors!

3 June 2020

Take a bow John Schofield Trust volunteers!

2 June 2020

Volunteers make the John Schofield Trust

1 June 2020

Thank you to all our volunteers!

1 June 2020

Masterclass on using social media in journalism

29 May 2020

Afua Hirsch leads masterclass on the burden of authenticity

15 May 2020

Ayshah wins Grand Prix!

13 May 2020

Masterclass on digital story-telling

5 May 2020

We’ve been given a grant!

30 April 2020

COVID-19 crisis

26 March 2020

As a community of journalists, it is important to support each other especially if you are directly involved in covering COVID-19

Martha Kelner wins RTS Young Talent of the Year award

29 February 2020

Masterclass day: a new innovation for the John Schofield Trust

19 February 2020

Journalism taster day for e-mentees

3 February 2020

Lessons learned from the 2018/19 mentoring scheme

29 November 2019

New voices, new narratives and circular mentoring

19 July 2019

A new mentoring year gets underway

24 June 2019

RTS Young Talent of the Year

1 March 2019

Our successful first online mentoring scheme opens up pathways for sixth formers

24 February 2019

Trustee Kate completes half marathon challenge

18 December 2018

Sky apprentice and mentee 2017 graduates

18 December 2018

Mentee, Georgia Coan, describes her journey to working on the new BBC podcast aimed at under 35s

31 October 2018

Charlene White, ITV News Presenter, was our host at our annual reception in 2018. Here is the speech she gave to our assembled guests.

19 October 2018

Support the John Schofield Trust

8 October 2018

Online mentoring scheme in schools begins

8 October 2018

Sarah Corp Fellowship

10 September 2018

Try everything, trust your instincts and grow in confidence!

7 September 2018

BBC announces student journalism awards

20 July 2018

Messages about mentoring

21 June 2018

Welcome reception 2018

18 June 2018