Members of the UK's regional press will debate the future of journalism training later this week, following a report by the Society of Editors Conference which found that trainees are not meeting the industry's needs in terms of news gathering and writing.

The first Journalism Skills Conference will be held in Greater Manchester on Friday, where delegates and industry leaders will discuss the lack of "core skills" in multimedia.

The need for training to reflect the needs of "converged" newsrooms and "multi-platform" journalism will be the main focus of the conference, Hold the Front Page reports, and take "a strategic view of the issues associated with educating and training journalists.

Source: Hold the Front Page