The cost of training to be a journalist
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- How much does journalism-training cost?
- Julie
Well, it’s been a while since both of us have trained. Unfortunately I couldn’t really give you …., I mean the course that I did was a year. I really couldn’t give you... I mean the course that I did an accurate figure on that I don't think, but it’s basically, you know, it’s as expensive as…
- Lynn
If you did the polytechnic course as we did, if you really as we did, knew what we wanted to do, that’s by far a cheaper option because I think it's still a one year course in Wellington, and the Canterbury course is great. That's a post grad course and there's a broadcasting school. The possibilities are endless if you wanted to do university then specialise, then it's going to be expensive because you do your course and I think…unless you are really, really sure what you want to do, you’re best to do a university course and then decide. It’s a big commitment at this stage to know exactly what you want to do. But I do know that the Canterbury broadcasting course, for Radio New Zealand, is our main source of employees because they’re fantastic, and the post grad course apparently is great too.
- Julie
Yeah that’s a really good course that one, in Christchurch.