I think the profession now has entry standards amd most of those entering the calling have degrees in journalism.
Don't make me laugh. The very best training a journalist could have is the old-fashioned 'apprenticeship' of learning on the job, preferably on a local paper, initially covering golden weddings, clever pets' skills, giant marrows and Friday evening parish council meetings. And the risk of being derided by sub-editors for the simplest mistake soon tightens up a rookie's spelling skills. These days, few graduates in
any subject can spell properly - and I doubt whether it's important on a 'meeja studies/journalism' degree course. More importantly, this sort of apprenticeship teaches
comprehension (any other 50-plussers like me recall that as a primary school subject?).
As for journalists reporting military matters well, I would nominate BBC East's Alex D****p for endeavouring to 'get it right'. Being out in Afghanistan with the ISAF forces has probably helped his accuracy no end.