Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with 22, ahead of Janet Boyle on 21, Antony Tiernan and Marguerite Turner on 20, Robert Rea on 18, Toby Brown on 17 and Gavin Devine on 16. The top team was Maura and Phil Parsons with 22, ahead of Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 18, Our Peter and Carole on 17 and Adam Batsone and Lucy Thorpe on 15. Here is this week’s quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and let me know your score.

A selection of today's front pages

1. Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, announcing she was standing down, said: 'In my head and in my heart I know that time is now. That it is right for me, for my ___ and for the ___’. What are the two missing words? Half a point for each.
2. Nicola Sturgeon was the longest-serving First Minister in Scottish history, holding office for how many years?
3. Who commented on Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation with a social media post that said: 'Good riddance to failed woke extremist Nicola Sturgeon of Scotland! This crazed leftist symbolises everything wrong with identity politics’?
4. Home Secretary Suella Braverman raised concerns with Lancashire Police after they revealed that missing mother Nicola Bulley had 'significant issues' with what?
5. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said that who would not be standing as a Labour party candidate at the next General Election?
6. Two 15-year-olds were charged with the murder of 16-year-old Brianna Ghey, who was found stabbed to death in a park in which town?
7. British Gas owner Centrica posted a profit of how much for 2022, more than three times that of the year before?
8. Which bank announced profits of £5.1billion before tax in its 2022 results - the highest since 2007 and an increase on the £3.8billion profit in 2021?
9. A teenage boy, who was rescued from a flooded Thai cave in 2018, died after being found in his dormitory at a football academy in which UK town?
10. Three students were killed and five others critically wounded when a gunman attacked which American university?
11. The Met Office issued yellow warnings as a storm with what name brought 80mph winds to almost all of Scotland and North-East England?
12. The UK's Head of Counter Terrorism Policing, Matt Jukes, said his unit had stopped how many late-stage terror attacks in 2022 - describing them as goal-line saves?
13. The International Institute for Strategic Studies said the UK was set to fall behind which country as NATO’s foremost military power in Europe?
14. Which soft drink vanished from the UK after 48 years and has been rebranded as a new type of Fanta?
15. Who cancelled visits to Elmhurst Ballet School in Birmingham and a library in Telford because of Covid?
16. She shot to prominence with roles in Fantastic Voyage and One Million Years BC and won a Golden Globe for her role in 1974's The Three Musketeers? Who is she?
17. Whose family announced he had frontotemporal dementia, saying it was a 'relief to finally have a clear diagnosis’?
18. Which team came from behind to win the Super Bowl for the second time in four years?
19. Who said he had donated around $1.95billion (£1.6billion) worth of shares to charity last year?
20. Love Island contestant Kaz Crossley was jailed in which country on suspicion of drug offences?
21. What lit up the sky over the English Channel early on Monday morning?
22. Which celebrity couple marked their first Valentine's Day as husband and wife by getting complementary tattoos?
23. Which Premier League manager joined the 100-club ... coaches sacked after less than 100 days in charge?
24. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were the latest celebrities to be ‘brutally’ lampooned by which animated television series?

25. Harry Styles won four Brit Awards but which two artists collected two? Half a point for each. 

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Give the newsquiz a go

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was Janet Boyle with 20.5, narrowly ahead of George Mann and Liz Gerard on 20. Tony Smith, Robert Rea, Toby Brown and Marion Fountayne all scored 19, Gavin Devine 18, Enid Shelmerdine 17 and Marguerite Turner 16. Maura and Phil Parsons and the Three Legs drinkers Stacey, Peter, Les and Nicky scored 20, ahead of Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 18 and Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 17. Here is this week’s quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and let me know your score.

A selection of today's front pages

1. The earthquake that hit southeast Turkey and northern Syria, killing more than 20,000 people, was of what magnitude?
2. Which former Chelsea and Newcastle footballer was reported missing in the Turkish earthquake?
3. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, on a surprise visit to the UK, presented Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle with what which had ‘we have freedom, give us wings to protect it’ written on it?
4. At a joint press conference with the Ukrainian president, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said 'nothing is __ __ __' when asked about sending jets to Ukraine. What are the missing three words?

5. Who replaced Nadhim Zahawi as Conservative Party chairman in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's first cabinet reshuffle?
6. In an interview with the Spectator, days before being appointed deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, Lee Anderson said he would support the return of what?

7. In a 4,000-word essay published by which newspaper, former Prime Minister Liz Truss argued she was brought down by a left-wing economic establishment?
8. Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services union, said about 100,000 civil servants would walk out on March 15 to coincide with what that is due to take place that day?
9. Strike action by firefighters was put on hold while union members consider an increased pay offer which included pay rise of what per cent backdated to July last year and another of five per cent from next July?
10. Transport Secretary Mark Harper said that LNER, which operates trains along the East Coast mainline, would extend its trial of scrapping what?
11. Jared O’Mara, former Labour MP for Sheffield Hallam, was jailed for four years for making fraudulent expenses claims to fund what?
12. The head of which private school was found dead along with her husband and seven-year-old daughter?
13. Serial rapist and former Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick was sentenced to how many life terms by a judge at Southwark Crown Court?
14. Peter Faulding, chief executive of Specialist Group International, said his team was pulling out of what?
15. A Chinese surveillance balloon was shot down by a US jet over which state’s coast on Saturday?
16. Manchester City were charged by the Premier League with breaches of financial rules, including not giving full details of which former manager's remuneration?
17. Which clothes retailer, formerly known as Mackays, announced it was to close its 170 stores with the loss of almost 2,000 jobs?
18. Jaswant Singh Chail, who climbed the wall at Windsor Castle armed with a crossbow and told a protection officer 'I am here to kill the Queen’ was the first person in the UK since 1981 to be convicted of what offence?
19. Who was released from The Verne prison in Dorset, after serving eight years, half his sentence of 16 years, for sexually abusing three schoolgirls?
20. Why was 40-year-old Sasha Walpole in the headlines?
21. Royal Mail unveiled stamps bearing King Charles with one difference from the style of those that featured the Queen. What is it?
22. Fashion and fragrance company Puig said that which man, who died aged 88, was 'among the most seminal fashion figures of the 20th Century’?
23. Songwriter Burt Bacaharach, who died aged 94, wrote 39 chart hits for which artist?
24. Which sit-com is to be revived after more than 40 years and will feature the star of the original show and his daughter?
25. Which band from the Isle of Wight, won Best Alternative Music Performance and Best Alternative Music Album at the Grammy Awards?

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Give the newsquiz a go ...

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with 21, ahead of Rob Lawrence and Hilary Scott on 19, Marguerite Turner and Robert Rea on 18 and Toby Brown 17. The top team was the Three Legs Drinkers of Stacey, Les, Jim and Julie with an impressive 22 ahead of Maura and Phil Parsons on 18. A lot of regular quizzers posted scores under 16, well below their averages, so it must have been a tricky one. Here is this week’s quiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week’s events. Give it a go and let me know your score.

Today's front pages

1. Around 500,000 workers took part in the biggest day of industrial action in a decade - but which of these did not strike on Walkout Wednesday? a) The Public and Commercial Services Union (civil servants) b) National Education Union (teachers) c) Royal College of Nursing (nurses) d) Rail, Maritime and Transport (rail workers).
2. Prime Minster Rishi Sunak wrote to Nadhim Zahawi, telling him of his sacking as Conservative party chairman, and saying ‘it is clear that there has been a serious breach of the ___ ___’. What are the two missing words?
3. Shadow justice secretary Steve Reed said the severity of the claims against who mean that he should be suspended 'in the interests of safety’?
4. The Bank of England blamed higher than expected wage rises for the tenth consecutive increase in interest rates to what per cent?
5. The International Monetary Fund said it expected which country to be the only major industrialised nation to see its economy shrink this year - predicting a decline of 0.6 per cent?
6. Which company reported record annual profits of $39.9billion (£32.2billion) in 2022, double those of the previous year and the highest in its 115-year history?
7. Which airline stopped trading with 277 staff redundancies?
8. Chris O’Shea, the boss of which company, said he was horrified that debt collectors, acting on its behalf, had broken into vulnerable customers’ homes?
9. In an interview to mark 100 days in office, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, asked by Piers Morgan if he was 'stinking rich', replied: 'I think most people would consider that I'm financially ___, yes.’ What is the missing word?
10. Why was a candlelit vigil held and music, including Amazing Grace and Over The Rainbow, played at Grand Union Vineyard Church, in Netherfield, Milton Keynes?
11. Missing mother-of-two Nicola Bulley was last seen walking her dog next to which river in Lancashire?
12. Five police officers were charged with second-degree murder after 29-year-old Tyre Nichols died following a traffic arrest in which American city?

13. All 43 police forces in England and Wales promised 'cultural change' after an apology for 'profound failings' which 'continued to blight' relatives of the victims of what?

14. The Crown Prosecution Service confirmed it had dropped all charges against which sportsman because of 'the withdrawal of key witnesses and new material that came to light’?
15. A 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death in which rural Northern town? 
16. What is the name of the campaign launched by the Princess of Wales in London which was described by Palace sources as her life's work?
17. At a hearing in Reading, an employment judge ruled that what were now 'fairly commonplace' at work and have 'lost all their significance’?
18. Novak Djokovic equalled the all-time men’s singles record of 22 grand slam titles by winning the Australian Open again. How many times has Djokovic now won the Australian Open?
19. Australia’s new $5 banknote will not feature King Charles but have a new design that honours what?
20. Which actress, who died aged 89, shot to fame in the 1958 film Ice Cold in Alex, was nominated for two Bafta Awards, played Olive Woodhouse in EastEnders and was awarded an OBE for her charity work?
21. Former Bond actress Eva Green, who is suing a production company for her £810,000 fee after the film A Patriot was cancelled, told the High Court in London that her abusive behaviour was down to her what?
22. Which song did the Welsh Rugby Union strike off its choir playlist because of its 'problematic and upsetting’ lyrics?
23. After this week’s semi-finals, which two football teams will meet at Wembley in the Carabao Cup final on February 26? Half a point for each.
24. The prospective buyer of what, on an online eBay auction, backed out of the £62,000 offer less than an hour after making the winning bid?
25. The BBC said that what will use a design that demonstrates 'how music can transcend borders and has been inspired by 'a wide hug' to give the impression of 'opening its arms to Ukraine’?

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Give the newsquiz a go ...

The top solo scorers in last week’s newsquiz were Robert Rea and Janet Boyle on 22.5, ahead of Liz Gerard, Marion Fountayne and Marguerite Turner on 21, George Mann on 20.5, Toby Brown on 19.5, Damon Wake and Gavin Devine on 18 and Antony Tiernan on 16.5. The top team was Maura and Phil Parsons on 23, ahead of Neil and Jo Benson on 22, Our Peter, Sarah and Joe with a personal best of 21.5, Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 19, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 18 and Three Legs drinkers Stacey and Peter on 17.5. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and let me know your score. 

Today's front pages

1. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told newly-appointed Laurie Magnus to investigate claims that Tory Party chairman Nadhim Zahawi was forced to pay a fine and millions of pounds in unpaid taxes to HMRC. What position does Magnus hold?
2. BBC chairman Richard Sharp is to be questioned by MPs after the disclosure that he helped former Prime Minister Boris Johnson to secure a loan of how much?
3. Germany agreed to send 14 of what type of tanks to Ukraine?
4. Labour accused the Government of 'a total dereliction of duty' for doing nothing to find 76 asylum-seeking children who are missing from Home Office-run hotels in which city?
5. Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced that Isla Bryson, who was convicted of two rapes, would not be allowed to do what?
6. In a major speech at Bloomberg's European headquarters, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said: '___ about Britain was wrong in the past - and it is wrong today' and later added 'if we look further ahead, the case for ___ becomes weaker still.' What is the missing word?
7. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he would legislate to work around a court ruling preventing what being built on the Grade II listed Victoria Tower Gardens beside the Houses of Parliament?
8. It was announced that the production of what in the UK has sunk to its lowest level for 66 years?
9. Geza Tarjanyi, 61, from Lancashire, was charged with assaulting who at Westminster underground station?
10. Which entertainer called in to a live Sky News phone-in offering to donate money for medical scans and tweeted: 'In all my years in this country I've never seen it so bad ... change the bloody government’?
11. A 72-year-old gunman killed 11 people at a Chinese New Year celebration at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in which city in Los Angeles county?
12. Romario Henry was found guilty at Chelmsford Crown Court of a knifepoint robbery, in which watches worth £700,000 were stolen, at whose home?
13. Whose brother said he had come to terms with the fact 'he has gone' and he had already said his 'goodbyes'?
14. Five firefighters were injured, one of them critically, in a blaze at the Jenners building in which city?
15. Lloyd Morrisett, who died aged 93, was the co-creator of which educational television show watched by millions of children around the world?
16. Who married Dr Anca Faur, his long-term partner, on his 93rd birthday said the couple were as 'excited as eloping teenagers’?
17. Which football club sacked their manager after a run of eight Premier League games without a win?
18. Beyoncé was criticised by some fans for a private concert held where for a reported fee of $24million (£19.4 million)
19. What colour is the comet, that was last visible during the Stone Age and won't be visible again for another 50,000 years, which will have its closest approach to earth on Wednesday?
20. Why was seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry fined by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association?
21. Four-year-old Teddy Hobbs, from Portishead in Somerset, became the UK's youngest member of what?
22. Which football team, from the birthplace of scientist Alexander Fleming, pulled off one of the greatest upsets in Scottish Cup history by beating top flight Aberdeen?
23. Which artist sold his share of the rights to his music to Hipgnosis Songs Capital for a reported $200million (£162million)?
24. Which British actor, aged 73, received his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor for his performance in the film Living?
25. Who was announced as the replacement judge for David Walliams for the new series of Britain's Got Talent?

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Time to tackle the newsquiz

The top solo scorer in last week’s newsquiz was George Mann with 22, ahead of Marion Fountayne on 19, Antony Tieran on 18.5, Robert Rea on 18 and Toby Brown and Gavin Devine both on 17.  The top team was Phil and Maura Parsons with 23, ahead of Lou, Joe and Sam Hart on 21, Neil and Jo Benson on 19, Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 18 and Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 16. Here is this week’s newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week’s news. Give it a go and let me know your score.

Today's front pages

1. The TUC earmarked what date next month for coordinated national action including strikes by rail staff, train drivers, teachers, university lecturers and civil servants?
2. Who has reportedly agreed to pay several million pounds in tax after a dispute over his use of an offshore company to hold shares in the polling firm YouGov?
3. For the first time ever the Government triggered Section 35 of the Scotland Act 1998 - vetoing what bill?
4. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologised for an 'error of judgement' after he was filmed doing what?
5. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak came under fire for taking two short internal flights on Thursday. Which two Northern airports did he fly to? Half a point for each.
6. What is the name of the Metropolitan Police officer who appeared at Southwark Crown Court and admitted 49 offences, including 24 counts of rape?
7. Jacinda Ardern announced she was standing down as New Zealand's Prime Minister saying: 'I know what this job takes. And I know that I no longer had enough __ __ __ to do it justice.’ What are the missing three words?
8. An inquest jury decided that blogger Beth Matthews, 26, who took her life by swallowing a poisonous substance, was failed by which hospital?
9. Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was filmed being carried by police at a protest over what in Germany?
10. The directors of which football club were instructed not to attend Saturday’s home game because of 'a real and credible threat to their safety and security’?
11. Four women and two children were injured in a drive-by shooting at what occasion at a church in Euston, London?
12. Seventy-two people, including a ballet dancer from Essex, were killed in which country's worst air disaster in three decades?
13. Actor Alec Baldwin is to be charged with ___ manslaughter over the shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins who was killed on a film set when he fired a prop gun. What is the missing word?
14. Which retailer announced it has been put up for auction and was looking at potential administration because of rising costs and lack-lustre sales?
15. Joseph Watts, 35, from Hackney, was charged with assault after being filmed kicking who?
16. Food Standards Agency chair Professor Susan Jebb said that what could be as harmful as passive smoking?
17. Which actress, who was a Hollywood star in the 1950s and 60s and became known as 'the most beautiful woman in the world’, died aged 95?
18. The BBC apologised after Gary Lineker was interrupted by what while presenting the FA Cup game between Wolves and Liverpool?
19. Matteo Messina Denaro, who was arrested this week after being on the run since 1993, was the leader of which organisation?
20. A double decker bus carrying 70 construction workers, heading to work at which facility, overturned in Somerset?
21. Who announced he was leaving his job to take up an ambassadorial position saying: 'I have had the privilege of working with an exceptional team of dedicated individuals during the past 13 years with the agency, which has been incredibly exciting and rewarding’?
22. Tennis player Andy Murray beat Thanasi Kokkinakis in a match which lasted five hours 45 minutes, the longest contest in Murray's career, and finished at what time in Australia?
23. Musician Dave Crosby, who died aged 81, played with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and also had two UK top ten songs with Bob Dylan covers in 1965 with which band?
24. Jim Ratcliffe, chairman and co-founder of the INEOS chemicals group and considered Britain’s richest man, officially stated an interested in buying what?
25. Radio 2's Ken Bruce announced on air that he was leaving the BBC after 31 years of hosting its weekday mid-morning show to join which station?

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Test your knowledge with the newsquiz

The top solo scorers in last week’s newsquiz were Robert Rea and George Mann with 21, ahead of Marguerite Turner on 19.5 and Celia Mindelsohn on 19. The top teams were the Three Legs drinkers Peter, Stacey, Nicky, Les and Rosie and Maura and Phil Parsons 22, ahead of Adam Batstone and Lucy Thorpe on 20 and Bruce and Sarah Hayward on 19. Here is this week's newsquiz. As usual there are 25 questions about the week. Give it a go and let me know your score. 

Today's front pages

1. According to the publishers, Prince Harry’s autobiography Spare became the UK’s fastest-selling non-fiction book ever, with how many copies sold on its first day on sale?
2. In Spare, Prince Harry wrote that who had made his 'blood boil' for 'milking’ his mother's death for money when he published a book called A Royal Duty?
3. Prince Harry said he had to ask the Queen’s permission to do what at his wedding?
4. Prince Harry wrote of his stepmother: 'In a funny way I even wanted Camilla to be happy. Maybe she’d be less __ if she was happy.’ What is the missing word?
5. On their first appearance since Prince Harry's book was released, the Prince and Princess of Wales visited Merseyside where Kate told a boy in the crowd that what did not work for some people?
6. Emergency care figures for December, released by NHS England, were the worst since records began with an average wait of how many minutes to reach calls for problems such as heart attacks?
7. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence gave approval for GPs to prescribe what drugs to anyone over the age of 18 to help prevent heart attacks and strokes?
8. A Daily Mirror investigation found that up to a dozen firefighters had been diagnosed with rare cancers linked to what incident?
9. Andrew Bridgen was suspended as a Conservative MP for posting a tweet that compared Covid vaccines to what?
10. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson was reported to have told Downing Street staff that 'this is the most __ __ party in the UK right now' during a boozy Downing Street leaving do in November 2020. What are the two missing words?
11. LauncherOne failed to reach orbit after being carried skyward from Spaceport Cornwall by a converted jumbo jet named what?
12. What was missing from a photograph that Business Secretary Grant Shapps tweeted of himself meeting staff at Spaceport Cornwall?
13. Lisa Marie Presley, who died aged 54, was married four times - to musicians Michael Lockwood, Danny Keough and which other two celebrities? Half a point for each.
14. The Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command was investigating after metal contaminated with what was found at Heathrow Airport?
15. A knifeman was shot after stabbing six people at a railway station in which European city?
16. What happened to 25-year-old teacher Abigail Zwerner, while she was taking a class at school in Virginia?
17. Which company apologised for its backlogs which it said were caused by Royal Mail strikes, staff shortages and bad weather?
18. A school in Lewisham, named after which historical figure, was renamed the Twin Oaks Primary School following a vote by staff and parents over the man's role in the slave trade?
19. Actress Honeysuckle Weeks told Worthing magistrates that she drove her car while over the limit to avoid what?
20. A cryptic invitation to attend 'Selma's Party’ was used online encouraging people to storm which country’s congress, high court and presidential palace?
21. Guitarist Jeff Beck, who died aged 68, was in the UK top 20 in 1967 and 1972, with which song that was originally recorded by The Attack, covered by Slade and became the anthem of Wolves football supporters?
22. Lee Ryan, from which pop band, was found guilty at Ealing Magistrates’ Court of the racially aggravated assault, telling a black flight attendant 'I want your chocolate children' while drunk on a BA flight?
23. Which 33-year-old sportsman announced his retirement, saying he was 'stepping back' and that 'the dragon on my shirt is all I need?’
24. Golden Globes host Jerrod Carmichael started the ceremony in Los Angeles by saying: 'I’ll tell you why I’m here, I’m here because I’m __.’ What is the missing word?
25. What caused the fishing lake Rochford Reservoir in Essex to close?

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Nick Herbert - a champion of editorial integrity

Back in 1989 I got a call asking why I had not applied for the editorship of The Northern Echo. I replied that I thought there were people ahead of me and that, perhaps, I was too young. I was encouraged to reconsider and was interviewed by Westminster Press’s editorial director Nick Herbert at the Viking Hotel in York. Three weeks later a letter arrived offering me the job and I remember sitting on my bed and staring at it in disbelief. What followed was a genuine life-changing experience. Nick took a gamble on me, as he did with many other young editors. In the 70s and 80s he was responsible for huge changes in the regional newspaper industry. He appointed young and often untested editors to shake-up the industry, he was a pioneer,  bringing in new technology, and he was a huge champion of editorial integrity. He was also a thoroughly nice man. I had run-ins with judges, politicians, advertisers planning to boycott the paper, and was twice threatened with prison, and he never failed to offer wise counsel and support. He was certainly one of the good guys and I owe him a great deal. Nick died, aged 88, just before Christmas and there are tributes on InPublishing here, in his old paper the Cambridge News here and on Hold The Front Page.

 

Mail looking for trainee journalists

Trainees from last year's March course

Last year I trained 36 young journalists who were beginning their careers at MailOnline, DailyMail.com, Metro.co.uk, the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday. They included reporters, news subs and sports journalists. Most of the trainees then went on a five-month placement, working for the Mail in Dublin and Glasgow, the Sunday Post, the Liverpool Echo, the Press Association, the Evening Standard and the i newspaper. Others went straight to the newsroom. There has since been impressive work and plenty of bylines. Now the group is recruiting for this year’s scheme. It is looking for reporters for both print and online, print sub-editors and sports journalists. If you are committed to becoming a journalist and want to work for Britain's most successful newspaper group, the details are below or you can apply here. The Mail is also running a scheme in New York for trainees eligible to work in America. The details are here. 

Trainees from last year's September intake

TRAINEE JOURNALISTS

Sub-editors, sports reporters and news reporters

Applications are invited for the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and MailOnline editorial training schemes (news and sports reporters and print sub-editors).

We are looking for budding journalists with broad interests who want to work for Britain's most successful newspaper group. 

Our trainees embark on a two-year programme that involves intense training, assessment and on-the-job experience at regional daily newspapers.

The successful applicants will probably have an NCTJ qualification and will have shown a commitment to journalism by writing or editing for their student newspaper/website and gained work experience in newsrooms.

We want self-starters with a real interest in current affairs who can write and edit accurately and in style. Previous graduates of the training scheme now hold senior positions on the Mail, Mail on Sunday and MailOnline. 

The sub-editing course starts on June 19 and the news/sports reporting course begins on September 11. There will be four weeks of intensive in-house training during which the trainees are introduced to Mail style.

It is followed by five months’ placement – on a regional daily paper, the Scottish Daily Mail in Glasgow or the Irish Daily Mail in Dublin - after which the trainees will join the Mail newsroom. 

Trainees will be on the best journalism course in the business and paid a competitive salary while they train. 

Nearly all are offered staff jobs at the end.

How to apply

To apply send a covering letter, your CV and the three best examples of your work to sue.ryan@dailymail.co.uk by Friday February 17, 2023.

Please specify in the subject of the email that your application is for a trainee sub-editor, trainee news reporter or trainee sports reporter.

Interviews will be held in March.