Getting a job as a trainee reporter with our titles can be achieved in two ways.
The first involves a direct approach to the editor of a specific paper. If selected for interview applicants can expect to sit a series of standard written tests and to take part in group and face-to-face interviews.
Successful candidates will either be sent to Newcastle to attend one of the twice yearly, 16-week Press Association Foundation courses, or they will attend a series of two-day roadshow training sessions during their traineeships. All trainees are expected to sit preliminary examinations in law, government and shorthand before eventually taking the Trinity Mirror Certificate, which if they pass confirms them as senior journalists.
The second route involves applying directly to the
Editorial Training Centre in Newcastle. As well as catering for trainees from our regional and national titles the Newcastle Training Centre is also usually able to offer a small number of privately funded places on one of the courses.
We recruit twice a year for courses starting in August and January, the closing dates for applications being the end of May and the end of October respectively.
Candidates need to be of the highest standard and to be successful you will need talent, an understanding of newspapers and a portfolio of cuttings that demonstrates you have already made a strong commitment to journalism.
Fees for the course are £3,900.99 plus VAT.
Those interested in pursuing a place in the Trinity Mirror Editorial Training programme should
apply online or contact:
Paul Jones, Head of Editorial Foundation Courses
Trinity Mirror Editorial Training Centre
Thomson House, Groat Market,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1ED
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