NCTJ recruits ITV Anglia news chief in broadcast training expansion
Catherine Houlihan appointed chair of new working group and chief examiner for broadcast journalism by the training council
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The National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) has announced details of plans to expand its work in broadcast journalism training with the appointment of a new working group.
Catherine Houlihan, head of news at ITV Anglia, has been named as chairman of the group and chief examiner for broadcast journalism at the council.
The group, which consists of employers, educators and trainers, will meet for the first time in November and will advise on a new broadcast journalism module to be written by Phil Harding, former editor of the Today programme and senior executive at the BBC as part of the NCTJ's new journalism diploma.
Houlihan, who will outline the group's plans further at the NCTJ's Journalism Skills conference in December, became head of news at ITV Anglia in November 2009. She was previously head of news at ITV Border and worked for ITN in its Westminster, Five News, London Tonight and ITV News.
"Young people entering the industry now expect a broad training across all platforms. Our intention is to ensure that the journalists of tomorrow are equipped with industry-standard knowledge of all aspects of broadcasting as well as the solid values and standards of traditional journalism at its finest," says Houlihan, in a release from the NCTJ.
"I'm absolutely thrilled to be part of this ground-breaking and exciting project." In November 2008, the NCTJ and separate body the Broadcast Journalism Training Council announced plans to work more closely together on issues of multimedia journalism and convergence, forming the Joint Journalism Training Council forum.
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Laura Oliver is a freelance journalist, a contributor to the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, co-founder of The Society of Freelance Journalists and the former editor of Journalism.co.uk (prior to it becoming JournalismUK)
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