Young Academies Group

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Web Name: Young Academies Group

WebSite: http://www.yja.org.uk

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Think you’ve got what it takes to be part of the exciting worlds of journalism or publishing?Our training and opportunities are free to aspiring journalists and story-tellers between the ages of 16 and 19 with a state-school education. Our support continues for our alumni network. This is far and away one of the best things I’ve been involved in – it’s fun but intelligent, inspiring yet rigorous. Richard Lawson, Broadcast Journalist, BBC The Young Academies Group (YAG) runs two academies the Young Journalists’ Academy and the Young Publishers’ Academy.For aspiring journalists and storytellers, we provide free training and opportunities from the best in both media and publishing industries.Our academies meet for our flagship programme the annual summer school where 20 of the best applicants get a week of masterclasses and behind-the-scenes access into the worlds of publishing and journalism.We continue to support our students after the summer school by securing meaningful work experience, internship and even apprenticeship placements. And, in addition to the summer school, we also offer free masterclasses throughout the year. Our opportunities are free and open to 16- to 23-year-old students, predominantly in London. Past students have gone on to work at high-profile media companies and publications including The Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Sun, Reuters and the BBC. Sign up to our newsletter No spam. No Nonsense. Only high quality relevant information. Thank you. We have just sent you an email asking you to confirm your subscription. Please click the link in the email to confirm. Please wait... Oops! Something went wrong. Please try again. The Young Journalists’ Academy is a unique programme aimed at inspiring and training the newsmakers of tomorrow. In partnership with some of the world’s leading media organisations, the YJA gives aspiring journalists the skills and the contacts they need to kick-start their careers in the media.Check back here soon for 2019 summer school applications.  The YJA provides an unmissable opportunity for anyone who wants to be a journalist, but doesn’t have any way in. Elias Hirst, 17, Tower Hamlets The Young Publishers’ Academy (YPA) launched in April 2018 at the London Book Fair.The YPA provides young talent with the skills and the contacts to take their first steps in the publishing industry.Check back here soon for 2019 summer school applications.  The YJA has given me a kick up the backside to create a blog, keep writing and stop thinking that I can do better by just thinking it! I'm now a news junkie! Arjun Chana, 17, Waltham Forest There was an eagerness, an enthusiasm, a thirst for knowledge, that made speaking to the group an honour. And the young people were rewarded with a great agenda. What a fabulous project this is! Daniel Finkelstein, OBE, political columnist, The Times In February 2019, Simran completed a week s work experience in the book cover design department at HarperCollins Publishers.Tell us about your work experience week.My week in the book cover design department at HarperCollins fiction was amazing.I shadowed and worked with designers and editors as they showed me what it takes to create covers for paperbacks, hardbacks and and even audiobooks. I even got the chance to work on designs for crime novels, teen fiction, fantasy and mythical stories. Holly, the Deputy Art Director, said that one design I was working on for an audiobook cover she could actually see becoming the real cover! I just thought ‘wow!’ I was so shocked.What was the best thing about the week?I can’t believe how deeply I got to work within a department at a huge publishing house, working on actual books that are coming out and being trusted to see titles and designs before anyone else has! I have never heard of anyone else who has had a work experience like this.What about the worst thing?There is only one bad thing about the week, that it had to end. It was over too quickly! I took my first steps into journalism with the Young Journalists’ Academy. Before, I had never met a journalist or had my writing critiqued by anyone other than my mother. The YJA taught me to understand the rigours of a modern newsroom, from coming up with original ideas to writing well under pressure. After the YJA summer school, I knew I wanted a career in journalism. Fast forward a few years, now with an English degree and countless training and work-experience opportunities with the YJA, I am the first ever paid apprentice at The Sunday Times. Taking part in the summer school gave me a great insight into the world of journalism and allowed me to learn from some of the best in the business. Since then, I’ve worked in journalism, public relations and communications.After the YJA, I then worked at the YJA for a year before joining a global Public Relations agency as a content writer, writing bylines for various clients. After working in PR, I completed a Masters at the London School of Economics and have since been working in the Corporate Communications team at Dow Jones, supporting on internal comms and communications for the CEO.Elsa has recently joined the Young Academies Group as a charity trustee. Thank you very much to YJA for coming to Google. I'm honoured to have been invited to take part in such an important project, and it was wonderful to meet such enthusiastic students. Based on their insightful questions about data journalism, I'm sure they all have a bright future ahead of them! Clara Guibourg, data journalist at Google News Lab I’d like to think as a child I always had a wild imagination; living in Nigeria without always having sufficient means to entertain myself, my siblings and I often had to find other ways. We were obsessed with Enid Blyton books and as I continued to read the different tales she’d spin, my need to create a story like hers had only deepened.After the YJA summer school, I shadowed a radio producer and developed skills in a work experience scheme with Tremr, a social blogging site, I am incredibly keen on expanding my experience and gaining as much knowledge as I can.I’m still 18 years old, so I have a long path ahead of me, but the more advice and knowledge I get, the more I’m ready to find my own path into journalism and uncover the route I’d like to go down. I read books like I read the news: to be informed, inspired and made uncomfortable. I read about Israeli occupation while reading All the Presidents Men; I read about Time’s Up while reading Lolita and I read about Yemen while reading Malcolm X’s autobiography. To me, journalism and literature are interchangeable with the same skills; to ask questions, to target an audience and to have a good eye for a story, and the Young Journalist Academy has taught me those skills and much more. The academy has shown me the benefit of being open-minded and the necessity of being prepared to do anything, allowing me to explore my interests while expanding my skills and capability. I am a young, Egyptian man with hopes of stretching the minds of the reader or viewer. Pushing their thinking to another level by presenting different perspectives and opinions, is something I wish to perfect. Since the YJA, I ve been studying hard to get into Oxford. I ve also worked for WORLDbytes, an online tv channel, where I co-produced and presented a documentary on public toilets in London and scored an interview with Arsenal FC. I shot and edited a short Christmas-themed vox-pop that featured on The Sun’s video Facebook page.I have always been interested in Journalism, both in the traditional form of writing and the modern form of film, and the YJA made me aware of my ability and is helping me develop my talent. I love a great story. Orwell’s 1984 is my favourite, and inspires me to pursue journalism so that I can dig for the truth.The Young Journalists’ Academy has taken my love of story-telling and applied it to the world of journalism. I now edit an online student blog ‘Twenty Minutes Till Bedtime.’I believe some of the best stories come from discovering obscured truths of the past, so I volunteer in museums across London and create historical video documentaries with the BBC. The most important tale I take from 1984 is that the powerful can shape perceptions in society it is up to us to find and report the truth. Listening to my father’s accounts of the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 in India, I learned that the best stories and narratives let you experience a world different to your own. I see journalism like fiction as a form of story-telling and in an effort to make and break more stories, I became one of twenty young Londoners to win a place at the coveted Young Journalists’ Academy in 2016. I have always loved writing and I have had my short stories and poetry published in several Young Writers’ publications. Now, I run an online blog with friends and have had several bylines in my local newspaper, The Hackney Citizen and Get Surrey, on a work experience placement the YJA secured. RT @davidlrroche: The Young Publishers Academy (@young_journos) is taking applications from 16-19 year olds who want a career in publishing… Aged 16 to 19 and want to focus on honing your skills as a journalist or take a step into the world of publishing? Apply NOW for our free journalism and publishing summer school: https://t.co/ypMqk0BH3i. #summeropportunities #journojobs #jobsinpublishing RT @journohandbook: What a great opportunity. https://t.co/VMr4I67uHu Are you 16-19 and looking to break into the world of journalism? Apply for our FREE summer school to kick-start your career and network with and learn from some of the UK’s top journalists and publishers. Apply at https://t.co/ypMqk0BH3i #journojobs Young Academies Group uses cookies on this website. Read about how we use cookies and how you can control them in our privacy policy. If you continue to use this site, you consent to our use of cookies.

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