While a video of Premier Wen Jiabao was displayed on a big screen, a woman typed on a recording machine. As she typed, Wen's words appeared on the screen as subtitles. This was in last Friday's class ...

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But shorthand is still mandatory in some professions. The National Council for the Training of Journalists insists trainees achieve a written speed of 100 words per minute to pass its diploma. It ...

The Scottish exam board that told a disabled student he would not pass journalism diploma course because he cannot write shorthand has said it will review its criteria after “clarification” from the ...

A student with cerebral palsy will be able to take part in a college journalism course after a u-turn on the need for him to take shorthand classes. Kyle Gunn completed a media studies course at ...