Year Three BJTC work attachment

YEAR THREE: IF you want to do a work attachment of two weeks in BBC local radio (or maybe regional TV) or GCAP commercial radio please let me have your name now. You have seen the previous dire warning but I think many of you might benefit from it. We are allowed to submit the names of half the cohort (so that means a maximum of eight). It means that you will be working from day one in a newsroom, doing stories or some closely related thing such as preparing story lists, etc. But if you have done just a half day on ENPS (coming soon!) then you will feel relatively confident. Please let me have you name soonest if you want to be considered. I have to register your names with the BJTC so that you are entered on the scheme. If you do take part you are pretty much guaranteed two weeks on a news desk at some period between Easter and June (I think) and they will try and fit you in at places that are no more than 1 hour's commuting distance (much nearer if possible). This attachment will be a real high point for people who in particular want to start their careers as local community news reporters and who have good on-air skills (voice, presentation, script). The BJTC matches the number of placements to the number of students on BJTC validated courses (such as ours) which is why there are such small numbers of students on BJTC courses...