Paid Members Surf Digby Posted January 23, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted January 23, 2015 So long as you're better than this guy. Â https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQwNXcN1DT0 Â And remember what wrestling taught you. The key to getting something over is repetition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Maverick Posted January 23, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted January 23, 2015 If you want to be a Journalist you'd probably be better off pursuing the NCTJ Diploma which only takes a year to complete and makes you a qualified journo at the end. I did it last year at a local technical college and it was pretty good. It's usually quite cheap (relatively speaking) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted January 23, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted January 23, 2015 I'd love to go to Uni and get properly educated. I'd want to do something based around music, but at the same time I can't really be throwing 2/3 years away on what would essentially be vanity learning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted January 23, 2015 Author Paid Members Share Posted January 23, 2015 Pity: I don't have an active blog or anything like that. I've tried in the past but always lost interest due to being a lazy fuck. I think if it was in conjunction with something like that course, I'd be more inclined to stick with it. Â Maverick: The problem I have is that I would need the course to be fully funded, which the degree would be. Not to mention the six and a half grand maintainence loan. Â Surf: I figure, I'm 30 in 2017. If I'm going to do this, now is the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted January 23, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted January 23, 2015 I'll be 41 in 2017. Â If anyone wants me, I'll be the sobbing ball in the corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammorgz Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 If you want to be a Journalist you'd probably be better off pursuing the NCTJ Diploma which only takes a year to complete and makes you a qualified journo at the end. I did it last year at a local technical college and it was pretty good. It's usually quite cheap (relatively speaking) I'm studying English and Creative Writing at Uni with the intention of becoming a journalist at the end of it. Major balls up on my part really as there was only one module on journalism and that was in the first and second year with very little attention to detail so I've been left doing my journalism dissertation feeling like I'm struggling a bit. Anyway, my point and question is, I'd never heard of the NCTJ before. How does it work? Do you need qualifications to qualify to do one? It sounds ideal for me to do after I finish uni as I don't know what I'm going to do with myself otherwise. Thanks mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted January 23, 2015 Moderators Share Posted January 23, 2015 I don't really see how doing journalism gets you away from your current area of media! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted January 23, 2015 Author Paid Members Share Posted January 23, 2015 It's more the writing that I'm into. Also it's a different area entirely in terms of the type of media jobs I'm currently doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members garynysmon Posted January 23, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted January 23, 2015 If you want to be a Journalist you'd probably be better off pursuing the NCTJ Diploma which only takes a year to complete and makes you a qualified journo at the end. I did it last year at a local technical college and it was pretty good. It's usually quite cheap (relatively speaking) Â Exactly. I was the last person taken on by Trinity Mirror North Wales (back in 2010) that didn't have the NCTJ diploma as I only have a BA Journalism Degree. Thankfully they paid me to complete the course on the job, but now they won't take any new journalists who don't have one beforehand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Refused Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I've got a BA in Joruanlism, but a series of bad choices means I'm now stuck in admin. Something like the NCTJ sounds perfect to give me a kick up the arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil is brill Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Went to Uni at 27 so I was considered mature then. Loved the course, hated the youngsters in there giving me shit looks and judging me because they had worked for 3 years getting to degree level, while my acceptance on the course wasn't judged on my previous academic success, but on my life's experience up till that point. Essentially I was the working class man on the middle class course.  Needless to say, they had a chip on their shoulder from start to finish. The end result being, they mostly got 2:1's and 2:2's and I got a first. Sticking it to the man!  As for loans and finance, Uni was probably the richest time of my life but also the most tiring. I worked 2 part time jobs, got student loan and a mature student grant (can't remember what they called it) which matched my loan and didn't need to be paid back, so while everyone else was getting just shy of £2000 a term, I was getting just under £5000. Student finance and the uni you're applying to will provide you with all the info of whatever you're entitled to. Not sure if any of this is much help though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted January 23, 2015 Moderators Share Posted January 23, 2015 Wow. That video is so awkward, Surf. I couldn't get more than a few minutes in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Maverick Posted January 23, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted January 23, 2015 Here's more information on the NCTJ course for those asking http://www.nctj.com/journalism-qualifications/diploma-in-journalismthere should be one fairly close by as they are all over the place. The price is usually about a grand I think but I got mine for a tenner due to some technicality or some such. Not to take this off topic but is there much opportunity for Journalists in England/Scotland/Wales? I've got a degree and am fully qualified but I'm only covering for someone at the minute and when they come back in February I'm out the door. There are no jobs in that area here (Northern Ireland) and I'm thinking I might have to move if I want to continue my career in that area.  Also those saying they are most interested in the writing or creative aspect I wouldn't really recommend the NCTJ it's all very rigid with little room for creative writing. Obviously you might get more freedom depending on where you work but the creative types in my class seemed very disappointed.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Wow. That video is so awkward, Surf. I couldn't get more than a few minutes in... Â I watched almost all of it. It's almost mesmerising, it might be the most awkward thing I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammorgz Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Here's more information on the NCTJ course for those asking http://www.nctj.com/journalism-qualifications/diploma-in-journalismthere should be one fairly close by as they are all over the place. The price is usually about a grand I think but I got mine for a tenner due to some technicality or some such. Not to take this off topic but is there much opportunity for Journalists in England/Scotland/Wales? I've got a degree and am fully qualified but I'm only covering for someone at the minute and when they come back in February I'm out the door. There are no jobs in that area here (Northern Ireland) and I'm thinking I might have to move if I want to continue my career in that area. Â Also those saying they are most interested in the writing or creative aspect I wouldn't really recommend the NCTJ it's all very rigid with little room for creative writing. Obviously you might get more freedom depending on where you work but the creative types in my class seemed very disappointed. Thanks for the follow up post. Really going to consider doing this when I finish uni in May. The creative writing thing isn't an issue for me as I've had three years of that and I dont feel like I'm improving or its going anywhere. Learning and getting a qualification specifically in journalism sounds very appealing to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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