“I really hope the students came away from the YJA inspired to pursue careers in journalism, as from everything I saw they clearly have what it takes.” Decca Aitkenhead, lead interviewer, the Guardian
4 August 2011 Summer School 2011 blogs Check out the blogs created by this year's summer school participants.
20 April 2011 The YJA alumni survey Calling all YJA Graduates: Take a couple of minutes to fill in our survey to help us improve the summer school and get some media coverage! If you participate in the survey, you may even be contacted for a media interview... Click here to fill in the survey.
18 April 2011 Column Idol The Column Idol competition offers 18 to 25-year-olds the chance to be mentored by top journalists – with one lucky winner getting the chance to have their column printed in the Sun.
8 April 2011 Time to close the journalism colleges? Former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie argues that courses are useless - journalism is a knack to acquire, not a lesson to be taught in classrooms.
23 March 2011 Tips from a YJA graduate Robin McMichael, who did an internship at The Times after winning the Best Blog competition at the 2010 summer school, has two tips for aspiring journalists:
1) Take whatever opportunity you get to talk to people in the know. Five minutes of talking to a top class journalist can do a lot of good.
2) Look at newspaper and big news websites. Their writing is the best in the UK and should help your quality of writing.
18 March 2011 Urban obsession YJA graduate Lauren Powell has started a new site called Urban Obsession. She is looking for contributors! The contact details are on the website.
15 March 2011 2011 YJA Summer School The 2011 Young Journalists' Academy Summer School will take place Saturday 3o July to Saturday 6 August. Apply here!