ITV Academy News Trainees 2025-2026

ITV News delivers high quality and trustworthy coverage attracting record audiences across a growing number of platforms. They are offering opportunities to join its national and regional news teams as trainee journalists. You will be taught all the skills you’ll need to work in one of its multi-media news operations. We’re looking for people who can demonstrate a commitment to journalism, have great story ideas and are ambitious.

This is a great opportunity to begin your career with ITV, one of Britain’s most popular commercial broadcaster. You will be learning from talented people who want to share their skills and experience with you. It’s a fast-paced and challenging environment so you should be ready to work hard and to high standards. You will be well supported with regular feedback and guidance.

This is a nine-month programme starting on Monday, 29th September 2025 and ITV is looking for 12 talented journalists, seven of whom will work in one of its English Regional newsrooms in ITV Anglia (Norwich); ITV Central (Birmingham); ITV Granada (MediaCity, Salford); ITV Meridian (Whiteley, Nr Southampton); ITV Tyne Tees & Border (Gateshead, nr Newcastle); ITV West Country (Bristol); or ITV Yorkshire (Leeds). Two trainees will be based in its national newsrooms; one for ITV Cymru Wales in Cardiff and the other for UTV in Belfast. Two trainees will be working in its Network newsroom based in London, and one trainee will be based in its Jersey office for ITV Channel (St Helier).

The ITV Academy News Traineeship is providing trainee journalist opportunities for those who are looking to start their career in News and is particularly keen to receive applications from those who are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and those from lower socio economic groups as ITV recognises that individuals from these groups are currently underrepresented in the industry.