Andrew Knight and careers in journalism

For the past ten years I’ve been actively involved in training young journalists as part of my job within some of the country’s largest newspaper groups. An award-winning writer with 20 years’ experience in the regional press, I now work as a freelance editorial tutor and lecturer.

The driving force behind journalism4schools.com was my frustration at the poor guidance about careers in journalism received by many young people trying to get started in the profession.

My experience has been that school leavers appreciate honest, no-nonsense advice about the choices they face in getting the best form of on-the-job journalism training that will help them pursue their writing career.

This website aims to do just that, as well as offering a couple of keenly-priced distance learning journalism courses for beginners who want to find out whether the job is really for them without spending thousands of pounds on inappropriate training.

I was lucky – when I finished university I was offered a job by the local evening paper and sent on a first-class journalism training course where all the costs were paid for by my employer. Such opportunities still exist, but with thousands of young people expressing an interest in media careers, competition to get into the industry has never been stiffer – and many aspiring journalists will today have to spend thousands of pounds on their journalism training before finding out whether they are really suited to careers in journalism.

I hope the website provides one way of helping you to make the best choice of the course that is right for you. Whether or not you choose to take up one of our short journalism courses, I’d like to take this opportunity of wishing you every success in careers in journalism that can be as rewarding and exciting as it they are challenging.

Good luck!