THE NEWS reporters of the future gathered at Haverfordwest Football Club last week, as the BBC visited Pembrokeshire to encourage more people from the county into work with them.

The BBC’s journalism apprenticeship roadshow stopped in Haverfordwest on Wednesday, October 24, giving young people from the area a chance to learn what a career in the news can offer.

“People don’t quite understand what journalism is,” said Stephen Sandrey, BBC Wales’ new schemes talent manager.

“We are enlightening them. Many people think a journalism is TV presenter but they don’t realise all of the work that goes into it behind the scenes.”

The BBC roadshow has also visited Cardigan, Tenby and Aberystwyth.

Part of the reason it is bringing the apprenticeship scheme to young people in west Wales is to encourage more applications from areas outside of Cardiff and south east Wales.

“We are trying to make the BBC workforce as diverse as we can. We don’t have many applicants from this area so we are trying to redress the balance,” said Stephen.

Jo Price of Pembroke County Council Youth Service said most of the young people at the roadshow were not in education, employment or training.

The BBC’s roadshow bus demonstrated there were opportunities for them to work in careers outside what they might expect she added.

“As a service we are trying to provide opportunities and broaden horizons and achieve as much as they can possibly achieve,” she said.

The BBC apprenticeship scheme can be accessed via the BBC careers website: bbc.co.uk/careers