The Young Reporter scheme gives students aged 14-18 an opportunity to write for a real live online newspaper. Get in touch to find out how you can get involved.
19/09/2025
📰 Our national journalism scheme is now LIVE!
Open to students in school years 10-13, it’s a chance to get published, build a portfolio & enter our national competition.
📅 Registration is still open, don’t miss out!
👉 youngreporter.co.uk/registration
Please complete the form to register your school's interest to take part in The Young Reporter Scheme for the next academic year.
08/07/2025
And we are LIVE! 🤩
Our brand new 2025 Awards Brochure is now live on the front page of our website 🌟
Go and check it out 👇
youngreporter.co.uk
01/07/2025
Introducing our 2025 winning Young Reporters and the new faces of the scheme for this year, Florence Roberts and Kathryn Tuck! 🎉🏆
Congratulations to each and every one of you, this was an incredible achievement given how many students take part in our scheme each year. You should all be very proud of yourselves 👏
24/06/2025
We're proud to announce that The Young Reporter Scheme has been named the Winner of the Online News Publication of the Year at The Prestige Awards 2025/26 🎉🏆
This is our second time winning at the awards and we're thrilled to receive this recognition for our scheme.
Here's to introducing many more students to the world of journalism 🙌
18/06/2025
The summer holidays are fast approaching! 🌞
Don't forget to secure earlybird pricing for your school 🏫
Click the link below to register your interest. Please note, there is no commitment from registering.
youngreporter.co.uk/registration
10/06/2025
Read all about it 🗣️
Find out how our students got on at University of Roehampton, where they experienced life as a journalist for the day 🤩
Winners of the 2025 Young Reporter scheme were privileged to be invited to a university day at Roehampton on Saturday 7 June.Julie Powell, head of careers together with her university ambassadors and graduates, helped make the day a success with lots of smiles and encouragement for our intrepid Youn...
09/06/2025
🎉 Huge congratulations to CH student Kiishi, who has been named a winner in The Young Reporter Scheme! 📰👏
She took part in an Insight Day at Roehampton University, where she learnt how to produce a student newspaper that will be published across Newsquest’s online sites — a fantastic addition to her CV! 💻✨
Kiishi also got a taste of undergraduate life — an inspiring and exciting experience. Well done! 🙌
Photo credit: Toby Phillips Photography
21/06/2024
Don't forget your discount ‼️
Head to our registration page to get started 👇
youngreporter.co.uk/registration
19/06/2024
21/05/2024
Another successful University Day for this year’s winners ✅
13/05/2024
Congratulations to our 2024 Young Reporter winners 🤩🥳👏🙌🏆🎉
Students will find out which category they have won in, during the annual Awards Ceremony in June.
This is a huge achievement and you should all be very proud of yourselves 🤩
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When Diana Jarvis launched the Young Reporter Scheme in 2008, she had no idea how successful and popular the scheme would become with students from within the Greater London areas. Having worked in journalism for over twenty years, her idea was to create a scheme where students could try their hands working as reporters, in what has become a highly competitive industry.
She said: “I wish the scheme had been available to me when I was a student, as it is a great way of experiencing life in the media, working for a real live news organisation.“
The scheme was started with two pilot schools and a handful of students in South West London and from there it grew. It is open to Years 10, 11, 12 and 13 and students start their ‘writing career’ uploading articles directly onto the Newsquest websites, within specified deadlines and categories.
What is involved?
• Students sign up for eight months writing one article per month
• ALL articles are published on our online newspapers
• The scheme runs from September 2019 through to April 2020
• All those completing the scheme receive a written recommendation
• At the end of the scheme, there is a chance to go forward and compete for prizes
• Winners receive an undergraduate day at a London University
• Top thirty-three students attend a Media Award Ceremony
• One student from each age group becomes the face of 2019/20
• Students doing Duke of Edinburgh can do the scheme as one of their skills