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An academy for storytellers

Tell the story.
Build your craft.

With hands-on practice, an AI story partner, and honest feedback from experts, you can use everything you learn here straight away.

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Trusted by professionals at

Christian Health Association of Nigeria (CHAN)Victor Bello Foundation
Your path

Choose a path.
Follow it through.

Start with the foundations that hold up every craft. Then take the path for the work you actually do, at the stage you're actually at.

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Foundations

Stories are what make people act. That is true in every field, whether you are shooting a film, writing a pitch, or designing a screen.

Inside a lesson

You learn it by doing it.

Every lesson gives you something to make, then tells you what is working and what is not.

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Photography

Where you stand changes what the photo says.

  • Shoot one photo. Send it in.
  • Hear what your photo is saying, and what to change.
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Why JST Academy

The story
comes first.

Everyone teaches the craft. We teach the story it needs.

01

Story first.

Every course carries a storytelling module. It is what makes your work stand out and the part everyone else leaves out.

02

A path to follow.

Tell us the career you are building. We point you to the courses and the certification that get you there.

03

Built for here.

African work, African clients, and prices in naira you can pay in instalments.

04

You do not just watch.

Every lesson ends with work you made on real industry scenarios.

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The Trap
Binge and forget
Ten courses open. Nothing finished.
2.2
12 courses started8% finished
The Find
Deep craft
One path worked all the way through.
4.9
One path finishedCertificate earned
Your AI story partner

You get a learning partner.

Have a question about a lesson, or about a real situation at work? Ask your AI partner and get a clear answer, straight away.

It coaches you. It never writes it for you. The craft stays yours.

Story partnerAnswers in seconds
Certification

Finish a path.
Earn a credential.

Every course you finish earns a certificate anyone can verify. Finish a whole path and you earn a named credential you can stand behind.

  • A certificate on every finished course
  • Named certifications for completed paths
  • Verifiable, and yours to share
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Certificate of completion

Storytelling for Impact

Foundations · JST Academy

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Iyanuoluwa Oluborode, founder of Journeying Storyteller
From the founder
“Storytelling is at the core of everything. I have carried other people’s stories for a living, and so has every instructor who teaches here. That is who you are learning from.”
Iyanuoluwa OluborodeFounder · Journeying Storyteller
  • 2,100+creatives trained
  • 50+programmes documented
  • NSQ L3Certified Digital Skill Trainer, CPN

Training a whole team?

Bespoke, instructor-led workshops tailored to your organisation’s own work.

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Questions

The questions people ask before they start.

Getting started

Cost & access

Time & proof

The AI & teaching

If your question is not here, contact us.

Your first lesson
is on us.

Join as a founding member and your first course is free: Foundations, built on the JST Storyteller Framework.

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