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Founded in 1951. Set up to run the newspaper industry's training scheme, the NCTJ has developed into a registered charity serving all sectors of journalism. Aims to provide training that meets the demands of a fast-changing multimedia industry. Told the Inquiry that it was reviewing its approach to ethics training, with a view to introducing an assessed ethics module.
Multimedia company based in Edinburgh and founded in 1767. Titles include The Scotsman, the Yorkshire Post and the Belfast News Letter. The company statement to the Inquiry said its journalists were prohibited from acting in unethical or improper ways and that payments had never been made to the police for information.
A multimedia news agency operating in the UK and Ireland, PA Group is a private company with 26 shareholders, most of whom are national and regional newspaper publishers. Jonathan Grun, editor at the time of the Inquiry, gave evidence for PA and said the Association took its responsibilities very seriously indeed. PA had a reputation for speed, accuracy and flexibility and had no political views, he said, adding that all transactions adhere closely to the PCC code of conduct.
