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last week, which deals with the struggles faced by journalists who aspire to enter the industry, found resonate with many young graduates looking to get a foot in the door.

For those who dream of working with an organization of national media unpaid offices in London are certainly an injustice to those who can not afford to move into the capital without pay.

However, when reading about Glen sold the perceived wisdom of "going to London, if you want to be," I could not help but wonder - why young journalists seeking more opportunities for local newspapers am a trainee journalist at the Times, Retford, a small weekly newspaper in a market town in North Nottinghamshire. It may be an option that many students of media ambitious dream for their first job, and I will not break important stories in the world every day. But since October, just months after the end of a course at Darlington College NCTJ, I can honestly say I loved every minute for the reminder of the premises.

As a member of a very small news team gave me a lot more responsibility and a greater contribution in the stories I write what to expect on the first rung of the scale in a large national newsroom.

I have the freedom to come up with my own ideas and covering a variety of areas of communication, rather than to specialize at an early stage of my career.

Every day I do something different - when I write this, I just received an invitation from a local paranormal investigation group to join them on a ghost tour some hotspots frequented Glen mentioned the disappointment of receiving e-mails from rejection, a feeling that we all know. However, Retford was the third work I submitted my application and I was competing with about 20 realistic candidates rather than hundreds of high caliber candidates to apply learning systems, such as the BBC and other functions, and thus usually based in London.

Part of the problem seems to be trend journalism courses, including those based in universities, to guide students in London and national, the 'glamor' option in the industry. It is not difficult to understand why - the institutions, universities exist to encourage students to aim for the top, whatever career path they choose to follow, and for many professions - law, finance -. The capital is the pinnacle of achievement

However, traditionally, journalism was learning his trade in a local newspaper, and later in his career, with experience in grassroots organizations reporting to a national if you follow the London line. Pathways than the BBC and national newspapers are a recent phenomenon.

• outstanding examples of leading journalists who began in a humble include Jeremy Clarkson, who has been trained to
• Rotherham Advertiser
• and former CEO BBC Greg Dyke, who began his career in the
• Evening Mail
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Many of these celebrities to speak enthusiastically of his days often eccentric press room near the province.

my own journalism course is based in Darlington, in a school of higher education over the years has been a fertile ground for journalists unlikely to have made their mark at the highest level, many of them in the north-east, considered one of the hotfixes in the UK the best release. Study at Darlington is not suitable for everyone, but the course fits closely to local journalism and has good connections with major regional titles such as
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