THE Olive Press’ very personal Yzabelle Bostyn has received the UK’s prestigious NCTJ Trainee of the Yr award.
She picked up the gong for her distinctive campaigning on the hazard drug Nolotil in Spain.
The award recognises Yzabelle’s excellent work and the excessive journalistic requirements she demonstrated whereas studying her commerce at the Olive Press.
The Yorkshire native’s hard-hitting investigation not solely earned her accolades but additionally firmly established her as a rising star in world journalism.
Yzabelle’s journey to this vital achievement started at the Olive Press, the place she has labored as a trainee journalist in her first media job since leaving Sheffield College.
It was right here that she developed the abilities, dedication, and investigative mindset which have propelled her profession.
The Olive Press supplied her with a stable basis, permitting her to sort out advanced tales with the identical professionalism and dedication to fact that marks the perfect of investigative reporting.
Her marketing campaign on Nolotil – following on from two earlier years of labor probing the hazards of the drug for Northern Europeans – exemplified her skill to dig deep into vital points and current them in a transparent, impactful manner.
It was this high quality of labor that impressed the NCTJ (Nationwide Council for the Coaching of Journalists) and earned her the Trainee of the Yr honour, placing her within the highlight alongside a number of the finest younger journalists within the UK.
Yzabelle’s success at the Olive Press is a part of an extended custom of the publication producing gifted journalists who go on to make their mark within the wider media panorama.
One such former reporter, Anatoly Kurmanaev, lately made headlines with a front-page story in The New York Instances. Anatoly’s piece on the rising tensions amongst Russia’s elite within the wake of the Ukraine warfare is an ideal instance of the type of groundbreaking work that the Olive Press fosters.
Different notable Olive Press alumni embrace Iona Napier who moved from the Olive Press to ITN, Laura Balfour who has labored for exhibits which were screened by Netflix, the BBC and Channel 4.
Jorge Hinojosa landed a coveted function at The Solar after his time at the Olive Press, whereas Joe Duggan,additionally headed to The Solar after a three-year traineeship.
Yzabelle now joins this spectacular record of profitable former employees members.
Former, as sadly she now leaves us for a yr touring round Canada, little doubt monitoring down wrong-doing on the Klondike Path!
Together with her expertise, willpower, and the assist of her colleagues at the Olive Press, she is definitely on monitor to comply with in her predecessors footsteps and obtain even higher success, wherever she goes.
Nicely executed Yzzy!
