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AWARD-WINNING TRAINING FROM ONE OF BRITAIN'S TOP PRESS AGENCIES

News Associates run full and part-time training courses which are accredited by the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ).

All courses lead to a Pre-Entry Certificate in Newspaper Journalism - the only recognised journalism qualification. To become an accredited centre, our facilities and tutors went through a vigorous vetting process, which included site visits and tutor interviews by NCTJ staff and leading newspaper editors.

Our results are closely monitored to ensure high standards - as is the success rate our graduates have in finding full-time journalism jobs.

In addition to running NCTJ courses, News Associates/Sportsbeat also run regular practical-based short training seminars, ideal for those thinking about a career in the media before committing to full-time training.

We believe the advantage of training with a working press agency offers numerous benefits to our students.

News Associates/Sportsbeat is one of the fastest growing press agencies in the UK with a hard-won reputation for award-winning journalism.

In the past 12 months our journalists have scooped prizes and recommendations at the Press Gazette Press Awards, the Sports Journalists' Association Press Awards, the BBC What the Papers Say Awards and the Guild of British Picture Editor Awards.

Our words, camera ready pages and photos reach millions of readers every week across a range of UK National, regional and local newspapers. Our clients also include international publications, top sporting event sponsors, specialist sporting and general interest magazines and online publishers.

We manage the largest network of football reporters in Europe - covering over 300 matches per week during the season.

We cover major world events from the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, Fifa World Cup, all golf majors, all Grand Slam tennis events, the Tour de France, the Rugby World Cup, World Athletics Championships and Commonwealth Games.

And we consistently set high standards for news reporting and feature writing.

Our contract publishing service, PageDirect, supplies ready-for-press pages for newspapers and magazines, a cost-effective answer to rising production costs.