ITV Wales opens its doors to the next generation of journalists

Today, ITV Wales is opening its doors - hoping to inspire the next generation of journalists and broadcast engineers from a diverse range of backgrounds. Take to Twitter using the hashtag #CDNOpenDay for more, plus photos of familiar faces when they started out!

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Students go behind the scenes to film and cut interviews

Students have been trying out all sorts behind the scenes at ITV Wales HQ as part of the CDN Open Newsroom Day.

Students take a tour of ITV Wales HQ as part of CDN Open Newsroom Day

Students from Cardiff have been taking a look around ITV Wales HQ. It's all part of the CDN Open Newsroom Day, which aims to give budding journalists and broadcast engineers a chance to find out more about the industry.

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Familiar ITV Wales faces from when they started out!

Throughout the day some of ITV Wales's familiar faces will be tweeting what they were up to when they started on their broadcasting careers. Here are some so far.

ITV Wales takes part in CDN Open Newsroom Day

Today ITV Wales is opening its doors to the next generation of journalists and broadcast engineers looking to find out more about the industry.

The CDN Open Newsroom Day is being held in the regional and London newsrooms of the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, ITN, Sky and CNN. Those attending will take part in workshops and will learn about the range of skills needed for news production.

There has been a huge amount of enthusiasm across the broadcasters to offer a really enjoyable and informative day, with real access and insight, demonstrating a joint commitment across all members to open our doors to aspiring journalists from under-represented backgrounds.

– Michael Jermey, chair of the CDN News Industry Working Group and ITV director of news and current affairs

As part of the day, people working in newsrooms across the UK have been tweeting photos of themselves when they first started out!

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