London Evening Standard and the Independent launch diversity driven apprenticeship programme

The London Evening Standard and the Independent have launched an apprenticeship programme designed to encourage greater diversity in newsrooms.  
The apprenticeships will offer a structured combination of college-based education and on-the-job experience over a two-year period and have been backed by partners including Goldman Sachs, Peabody, the Worshipful Company of Stationers & Newspaper Makers and the Journalism Diversity Fund.
The scheme will focus on recruiting candidates from a d