The News Academy summer school paper ‘The Point’ rolled off the press at Broxbourne today, after a week of hard work.

The 2016 cohort were given a full tour of the world’s biggest print works, before each were handed a copy of their newspaper ‘The Point’.

The 16-page paper features interviews with stars including Arsenal legend Ian Wright, TV presenter Stephen Mulhern and The Times’ Henry Winter.

Other stories include an investigation into why the young generation booze less, the price of funding GB gold medals in Rio, and reporting on the front line of the Labour leadership contest.

The students were aided in putting the paper together by editor-in-chief Andrew Ewart, who guided and mentored them throughout the week.

The week was packed with masterclasses from News UK’s top talent, including Sun editor-in-chief Tony Gallagher who urged students to “maintain curiosity and skepticism” to go far in journalism.

Other highlights included sessions with The Times Red Box editor Matt Chorley, a sport writing workshop with The Times’ Henry Winter and masterclasses with The Sunday Times editorial director Eleanor Mills and The Sunday Times news editor Stephen Bevan.

Mason Boycott-Owen also found time to get his article featured in this morning’s Times Red Box, which can be read here.

Co-editor of ‘The Point’, Susannah Keogh said “I’ve learned not to take things personally – something Eleanor Mills said to us. Rejection of an idea isn’t a rejection of you, and that’s something I will take with me.”

Hussain Ahmed said, “One of the most important things I’ve learned is that persistence is key. You have to follow up every lead, and work at being insistent whilst polite.”

Emily Dinsmore added, “The news team’s biggest concern was ensuring our stories were fresh and different. We wanted to give people a reason to pick up our paper and I think we have succeeded in this.”

The student’s work was critiqued by The Sun’s managing editor Paul Clarkson back in The News Building to round off the week.