Journalism Graduate Programme 2025- Station Application

Section 1 - Station Details

Name of Station:*

Name:*

First NameLast Name

Job Title*

E-mail Address:*

Has your station taken part in the Journalism Graduate Programme before *

If yes to the above, has the graduate been offered work with your station as a result of the programme, please give details :*

Section 2 - Position Offered For Graduate

Position offered for Graduate:*

We will commit to giving the graduate the opportunity to present the news/present a report live as part of the programme*

We are in a position to allow the graduate to present as Gaeilge as part of the programme?*

Presenting in Irish will only need to be an element of the overall programme, not all reports/bulletins will need to be in Irish

Where will Graduate be based:*

Please indicate if the graduate will be based in station : (if not, please indicate where the graduate will be based)

Graduate Hours of Work : *

Please give an indication of the hours the graduate will be required to work and how this will be spread out over the working week.

Days of Work for Graduate : *

Please specify if the graduate will be working weekdays, weekends etc

Who will mentor Graduate in station:*

Mentor Name:*

First NameLast Name

Job Title:*

Mobile:*

CodePhone Number

E-mail Address:*

example@example.com

Will this be same person to liaise with Learning Waves?*

YesNo

If No, give details of:

Learning Waves Contact:*

First NameLast Name

Job Title:*

Mobile:*

CodePhone Number

E-mail Address:*

example@example.com

What resources will the station provide to the Graduate during this programme:*

e.g. phone / laptop / recording equipment etc.0/20

Section 3 - Description of Work For Graduate

This section should include :

Details of the graduates Daily/Weekly responsibilities
Specify any on-air or online programme teams that the graduate will be assigned to work with
Clearly outline the role and responsibilites in relation to any news/current affairs programming or reporting they would undertake during their internship
Please note that during the 2025 programme graduates will be required to produce and broadcast content that focusses on Diversity, Irish Language, Sustainabilty and Climate Change
Please detail any in-house training that will be provided for the graduate

Description of Work for Graduate : (maximum 500 words)

Please type the description here : *

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Section 4 - Reason for Application

500 Word description as to why your station should be considered a host station in this programme:*

0/500

Would you consider giving the graduate a full-time/part-time role on successful completion of the programme : *

Section 5 - Terms of Agreement

The following are the terms of the programme for participating stations. As part of the programme stations must agree to :

Pay the graduates under the terms of the graduate programme(see below)
Raising the awareness of the bursary on-air and through their social media channels
Ensure that graduates attend all editorial meetings and are involved hands on in story generation, selection and verification
Ensure that graduates work as part of newsroom/sports team during the 5 months to produce on-air and online content
Ensure the graduate produces at least one piece of content that will focus on Diversity, Climate Change/Sustainability and/or the Irish Language as part of the internship. This content must be broadcast as part of one of the stations programmes (see details below in Section 7).
Allow the graduate full access to studio’s and equipment as required during the 5 month placement
Release the graduate for designated Learning Waves courses
Provide access to laptop/phone/zoom recorders etc for the graduate, as required over the duration of the programme
Ensure graduates are covered under the stations insurance
Sign a written agreement with Learning Waves and the graduate on commencement of the placement. This agreement will detail all parties responsibilities and entitlements over the course of the programme.
Sign off on graduates monthly reports
Participate in the evaluation of the programme on its completion
Support the graduate in achieving certfication associated with the programme.

We agree to the above terms of the Learning Waves Journalism Graduate Programme:*

Agree

Section 6 - Graduate Payment Terms

Graduate Payments

Under the Learning Waves Journalism Graduate Programme students will be paid in the following way :

A total of €1950 per month will be paid to the graduate.

€1250 of this will be supported by Learning Waves(funding for this will come from the Coimisiún na Meán and Learning Waves0)
€700 of this will be covered by the station

The full amount will be paid by the station who is hosting the graduate for the 5 months with Learning Waves paying the station €1250 per month receipt of the graduate monthly report. The report must be submitted by the student and signed off by the station mentor. Full and transparent records of graduate payments will be required by Learning Waves on a monthly basis from the host station

Over the 5 month period, Learning Waves will contribute €6,250 towards the cost of the salary for the graduate and the station will contribute €3,500 towards the cost of the salary for the graduate

Any PAYE/PRSI costs will be incurred by the host station for the duration of the programme

The host station will cover graduates expenses to attend Learning Waves training courses if required

The host station will cover any mileage or travel expenses incurred by the graduate during the course of the programme where this relates to the work for the station.

Full payment terms will be written and agreed with Learning Waves, the graduate and the station on commencement of the programme.

We agree to the above payment terms of the Learning Waves Journalism Graduate Programme:*

Agree

Section 7 - Development of Programme Content

The host station will commit to broadcasting content created by the graduate as part of the programme that will focus on one of the following areas :

Diversity and Inclusion
Sustainability/Climate Change
Irish Language

Graduates will be given a brief from Learning Waves in relation to the above. This will be in addition to content created for general programming/news bulletins etc.

This content can be broadcast as either a programme feature, a series of news inserts/features, one long piece. Overall the content must be 20 minutes in duration and the content must focus on the above two topics and must relate to the demographic of the station.

In addition to the above, the content generated by the graduate will be submitted as part of the certification process for the course.

We agree to supporting the graduate in researching, producing and broadcasting content as part of the Learning Waves Journalism Graduate Programme:*

Agree

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Learning Waves Journalism Graduate Programme 2025 - Station Application Form

Section 1 - Station Details

Section 2 - Position Offered For Graduate

Section 3 - Description of Work For Graduate

Section 4 - Reason for Application