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23 Nov 2018
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Facebook investing £4.5m to train local reporters in the UK

Facebook investing £4.5m to train local reporters in the UK Gillian Waddell, MD for Fuel PR responds to the Facebook news  Social media giant Facebook has announced a £4.5m training scheme for local UK newsrooms. The scheme consists of training 80 new local newsrooms through the NCTJ, a charity which offers formal training to aspiring journalists. According to the Telegraph, Facebook will work with UK local newspaper publishers Newsquest, JPIMedia, Reach, Archant and the Midland News Association to oversee the […]