SHORTHAND teachers from Stockton have won a teaching contract with the BBC.
They have formed a company and will teach BBC journalists and producers via the Internet using a programme called OnlineShorthand.com.
The course has been designed by Elaine Galloway, who has taught generations of reporters T-line shorthand.
Reuters, the international press agency, and staff at Westminster, Stirling and Sheffield universities are also interested in the course.
"It means that reporters, secretaries or personal assistants can learn in their own time anywhere in the country, or the world," said Mrs Galloway. "It's just one more way that the Internet can help people's lives."
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