Sky Sports News Jo Wilson: NCTJ helped kick off my career

Sky Sports News presenter Jo Wilson has told how Glasgow Caledonian's multimedia journalism course helped kick off her broadcasting career.

Jo, who is set to host the National Council for the Training of Journalists' Awards for Excellence on March 3, has been working at Sky since 2011 when she joined on a graduate trainee scheme.

Glasgow Caledonian's MA Multimedia Journalism is the only postgraduate journalism degree in Scotland accredited by the NCTJ and the Broadcast Journalism Training Council.

Jo said: “The NCTJ training absolutely set me up for a career in journalism as it gave me the skills I needed.

"The NCTJ was one of the criteria for the graduate trainee scheme at Sky Sports News so, without it, I wouldn’t have had a look in for even applying for the role.”

GCU media tutor Josh Joseph has been nominated in the Innovation of the Year category at this year's NCTJ awards for his outstanding use of video tutorials in teaching.

The awards ceremony will be preceded by an accreditation seminar for course leaders to meet with each other and discuss the latest developments in journalism training with the NCTJ.

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