Shine news

Helen Esmonde, Master of the Stationers’ Company, talks to Shine

The day before the 2016 Awards Day, Helen Esmonde, the Master of the Stationers’ Company, was filmed for a short movie we made about Shine.

For the purposes of that film, we only included part of our interview with Helen, but here are her full reflections on Shine and what it means to the Company.

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Judges tell all: Paula Erizanu

London-based writer Paula Erizanu – judge of the Features Category for Shine 2016 – talks about her Shine story and offers some advice for aspiring Shine award-winning journalists.

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Judges tell all: John Cary

John Cary, Head of Accreditation at the NCTJ (at the time of this post, he has subsequently left) gave us some feedback on the 2016 Feature Article category.

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NCTJ offer new prizes

We are delighted to announce that the NCTJ will be offering some fantastic new prizes for Shine 2016.

Take the first step in your journalism training with a NCTJ Certificate in Foundation Journalism unit. The winner can choose 1 of 18 units depending on their area of interest.

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