PMA Become a Journalist

Home
United Kingdom
London
PMA Become a Journalist

Wanna be a journalist? We can get you there, fast. The journey to your dream career starts here. Spend two weeks on work placement at a magazine or website.

Our nine-week Postgraduate course give you all the core skills required of today's multimedia journalist. You will cover...

News and feature writing for all media platforms, interviewing, sub-editing, headline writing, proof-reading, design and layout for apps and print, social media skills, video and audio production and editing, media law and if that isn't enough shorthand too. PLUS you will...

Create a magazine both as a mobile app, website and in print from scratch. Shoot and edit videos for the web and report your experiences on the daily blog. INTRODUCING: Our new post A-Level course, "The Apprentice Multimedia Journalist"

Why spend three or even four years studying for a journalism degree, when we can teach you all you need to know in 12 weeks? Our post A-level certificate will save you thousands of pounds worth of debt and set you in the job market years ahead of your peers. But you don’t need to “miss out” on the university experience – at PMA you will be working and socialising with people your own age. But forget about falling asleep in the back of long, boring lectures. Journalism is a practical skill and we’ll treat you like working journalists from day one. Of course, you’ll also get a few formal exams, course work and a graduation day attended by top publishers and editors. It’s work hard — play hard at PMA. And at the end, you’ll be on your way to a successful media career. Be prepared to write off three months, but also be prepared to have an amazing, life-changing experience.

06/06/2023

18/09/2018

Great advice.

28/07/2014

Press Association — Free Journalism Training Session — Thursday August 28

07/03/2014

7/3/14 GRADUATION DAY — 2 GRADS HAVE JOBS ALREADY!

The market for PMAers is as buoyant as ever. Hywel Roberts has started work as a reporter on HR Magazine, and in a week's time Lauren Houghton starts her new job at Big Hospitality.

The other postgrads are on first and second interviews for titles ranging across consumer and business publishing.

The guest editors dished out some great advice and really sold their profession as the best job in the world. But we knew that anyway!

04/02/2014

THIS IS FOR WOMEN
Jennifer Richardson, editor of award-winning UBM magazine Chemist and Druggist sent this invitation today. She's on the panel and likes to recruit from PMA's graduates. It's worth hearing what she and others at the event have to say.
WOMEN IN JOURNALISM
WiJ Seminar :So you want to be a journalist?
Date: Thursday 20 February: Time: 6:30pm arrival for 7.30pm start. Location: Trinity Mirror offices, Canary Wharf (Room TBC)
The panel discussion will be followed by a drinks reception and networking
Price: Students : £10 - includes a year’s free annual membership to Women in Journalism , evening drinks and nibbles . WiJ members £10. Non members £15.
Join Women in Journalism and Wannabe Hacks for an evening of discussion and debate on how to make it in the media industry. Hear from successful young journalists on how they made it in the nationals, online and trade press – and find out how you can follow in their footsteps.
We will address the obstacles that face young journalists today and how to stand out in a competitive industry.
Journalism is changing and we want you to be part of it.
Chair: Kay Burley: Sky News anchor and Britain’s longest serving female newsreader
Panel: Krissi Murison: Sunday Times Magazine associate editor and first female editor of the NME: Fay Schelsinger: Award-winning journalist, now Times home news editor, formerly of the Daily Mail: Katie Hind: Sunday People showbiz editor who began her journalism career editing her university paper: Sue Ryan: Head of the Daily Mail trainee reporters' scheme and former Managing Editor of the Daily Telegraph: Alice Vincent: Founding member of Wannabe Hacks and arts and entertainment writer for the Telegraph: Jennifer Richardson: Award-winning journalist who quickly rose the ranks at Chemist + Druggist magazine to become the editor

31/01/2014

JOURNALISM OPEN DAY AT THE PRESS ASSOCIATION
Our next Open Day is Monday 3 March from 6-7.30pm.
Book your place to meet the tutors, talk to the current Postgrads and see round the amazing central London facilities at the Press Association — where you'll be learning alongside some of the UK's top journalists.
Call Joseph Wilkinson on 020 7963 7920 to reserve your place.

31/01/2014

30/1/14 PMAer TAKES OVER EDITORSHIP OF BROADCAST MAGAZINE FROM ANOTHER PMAer!

Chris Curtis has taken up this prestigious editorship from another PMA postgraduate, Lisa Campbell. Chris is from the class of winter 2000, and has been working as the deputy editor of the flagship Emap title for the past eight years.

Lisa has been appointed director of the Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, starting on 24 February. She has been with the TV industry weekly for a decade and editor since 2007. Lisa is from our class of summer 1996.

14/01/2014

Don't forget to book your place for the next Open Day on 30 Jan from 6-7.30 at the Press Association, 292 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 1AE. Meet the tutors, find out about us and the course, tour PA and talk to some Winter PMAers taking the course right now.

14/01/2014

You learn from the mistakes of others....

Unfortunate publishing layouts of our timeApril 26, 2013Tweet1. Pretty sure it wasn’t them..2. Parents magazine needs pay more attention to its sticker placement3. When font reflections go bad…4. The abbreviation of job titles is inadvisable5. Readers of Where magazine could also be mislead into thi...

13/01/2014

Polly Bryan makes Deputy Ed
Polly did our course in 2012 after despairing about ever getting a job in equine journalism. Her first job was with Polo Times. And they obviously value her contribution as she's been made deputy editor.
Polly says:"Just to let you know that I have been promoted, and am now deputy editor, which is exciting. It's a lot of work, but plenty more in the way of big interviews and features, as well as staying in charge of everything online etc. I'm also off to China again on Monday!"
Well done Polly!

13/01/2014

Lucy Ingham called to let us know about her promotion by Future PLC, the Digital Publisher of 2013. She is now editor of three digital titles: Future Rail, Design and Build Review (plus a new launch into the consumer tech space). She graduated from the winter 2012 course proving that her digital journalism skills are exactly what publishers are looking for.

10/01/2014

Well done to Tom Newcombe who's started the year with two great strides to conquering the media world. He's shortlisted as one of 30 young journalists to watch in 2014. And he's landed a new job as Online Editor of Buying Business Travel. So no more cattle class for him!!

10/01/2014

The postgrads are blogging and trying to outdo each other... they're a competitive team... we're expecting a great new online magazine to emerge from them in a few weeks' time.

10/01/2014

Our next Open Day is Thursday 30 January from 6-7.30 at the Press Association — which is now our home. Get your skates on to book a place to meet the tutors and past alumni, tour the building, meet the journalists and find out all about us and the course.

06/01/2014

New Winter Postgrads started today. All primed and ready for the leap into new careers.

19/12/2013

Lisa Campbell, a PMA Alum, lands a high profile job as Edinburgh's new TV Festival Director.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/dec/19/lisa-campbell-edinburgh-tv-festival-director

Journalist, who has been editor of trade magazine Broadcast since 2007, will take over from Louise Benson on 24 February. By Jason Deans

26/11/2013

DAN KEMP WINTER 2013 IS ONE TO WATCH
Dan, a multi-media journalist with Emap's construction News, wrote to tell us about this great achievement... less than eight months since graduating. He was recognised by his industry peers as a rising star. Dan sent this message to us yesterday:

'I was Highly Commended at the IBP (International Building Press) Awards last week. I was nominated in the Multi-Media Journalist of the Year category - and the judges said that, although I didn't win, they wanted to give me the HC as I was "one to watch for the future".

Out of the 15 or so categories, only two had a HC in addition to the winner so it's still great. I'm obviously really pleased with it! Even got a nice framed certificate to prove it.

Thanks for all of your help at PMA guys - it's only upwards from here.'

Well done Dan, we'll be expecting great things as you progress in your career. If you'd like to find out more about the course that helped Dan achieve such rapid success, book a place at our next Open Day at the Press Assocaition, Tuesday 17 December from 6-7.30pm. Call 0207963 7920 or email [email protected]

15/10/2013

The Post A Level group is showing great promise as they start putting all their new skills into practice. Some great starter job opportunities are coming in too. The next group is being recruited now for Autumn 2014.

10/09/2013

Phew that's another great postgrad course over. Nina and Aiysha started jobs yesterday straight from the course. Looking forward to welcoming the brand new Post A-level intake on 30 September.

19/08/2013

FIND OUT ABOUT PMA's APPRENTICE MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM COURSE At our Open Day you will meet the tutors and past PMAers who have graduated from our intensive courses. You will find out about how you can get a passport to a media career. We offer this intensive training course to 12 bright students t...

18/07/2013

At last the new video is back up on the website. Our best vid yet! We're getting a whole new look too, now we're part of the Press Association.

05/06/2013

Great opportunities with PMA's NEW Post A-Level course.

Francesca Rice has achieved her dream job on Marie Claire magazine. After taking the Winter 2013 course, Francesca was determined to work on a women's glossy. It's very hard to achieve this goal straight from a course, but Francesca's hard work and focus has resulted in a great new career. She wrot...

11/12/2012

Well the awards season is with us again and we've seen a clutch of citations for our PMAers. Will Drew was voted Editor of the Year by the British Society of Magazine Editors, and Ced Yuen has been voted as Newcomer of the Year by Haymarket, HIghly Commended. He completed the course last March, and is making his mark.
We expect nothing less of our postgrads.
It's our 25th anniversary in 2013. We aim to make it a bumper crop for our quarter century alumni. Places are still available for the Post A-level course in April and the Summer Postgrad course in July.
If you'd like to speak to some of our previous PMAers, you only have to ask. They will tell you like it is.

20/10/2012

Publishers are ready to swallow the tablet pill. If you want to learn more about this, we will make sure you avoid the pitfalls and get you up and running fast. Wanna know more? Just contact us at PMA.

Address

London
SW1V1AE

Telephone

020 7963 7920

Website

http://www.becomeajournalist.co.uk/, http://www.becomeajournalist.com/blog

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when PMA Become a Journalist posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.