Thirty new cadets have arrived at News Corp across the country

30 new cadets have NewsCorp, where they will rotate through the NT News and get formal on-the-job training.

NEWS Corp Australia has reaffirmed its commitment to quality journalism by welcoming 30 new cadets from across the country.

The cadets will be given “on-the-job training” by rotating through news rooms including the NT News, as well as formal tuition.

“This investment in training the best and brightest from the ranks of the next generation of journalists reaffirms our commitment to professional journalism and will help position Australian journalism for long-term success,” News Corp Australasia executive chairman Michael Miller said.

“The 30 new cadets we are welcoming today represent a significant investment in our central purpose – to deliver news and information and tell the stories that matter most to the local communities and regions we serve. Our cadets will receive training in both the traditional news skills we’ve learnt from decades of our history combined with the contemporary digital skills needed to effectively report today’s world with a focus on data, audio and video.”

The 30 new positions in NSW, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia, will form part of the inaugural intake into News Corp’s Digital News Academy, which was established with tech giant Google, and will equip 250 journalists a year with the digital skills needed to empower their storytelling.

“Announcing our cadets today is fresh confirmation that the strategy to transition to digital journalism outlined over many years by our co-executive chairmen Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch along with chief executive Robert Thomson is now gaining significant momentum,” Mr Miller said. Another 13 candidates who missed out on the cadetships have been offered various roles in News Corp newsrooms.

Kayla McLean, Chloe Grimshaw, Georgia Clelland and Finn Morton are just four of the new cadets starting at News Corp. Picture: David Clark

Georgia Clelland, 24, of Calamvale, studied journalism at UQ. “Growing up in a third world country (Vanuatu) opened my eyes to a lot of inequalities and my main goal as a journalist is to uncover injustice and give a voice to people who might not otherwise have a voice in the media,” she said.

NT News editor Denise Cahill said the cadets who rotated through Darwin would help to break the stories that mattered most to Territorians.

“Our readers are at the heart of the NT News,” she said.

“Cadets and journalists who have learnt their craft at the NT News have become some of the finest journalists in Australia and I have no doubt the current crop will have a bright future.”

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