Comments on: Editor quits Northcliffe to help journalists in Africa

By: Paul Warren

Paul Warren — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:36:32 +0000

Good luck, Alan. The industry is losing a big beast….

By: Brendan Martin

Brendan Martin — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:13:02 +0000

Good luck, Al. Off on your globe-trotting adventures again. Lucky Ugandans, I can testify that Al is a great teacher having worked with him over the years.

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By: Orpheus

Orpheus — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 07:33:39 +0000

Alan is a brilliant editor and is easily the biggest loss to the industry of all those who have left NML within the past year or so.

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By: Long Gone

Long Gone — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:19:01 +0000

Would it not be easier all round if this Friday HTFP just listed all Northcliffe editors with more than two years’ service (thus seemingly making them an ‘expensive’ commodity to the Derry Street barons) and added ‘STILL REMAINING IN THEIR POST THIS WEEK AS FAR AS WE ARE AWARE’ alongside their names?
We could all then print this out as a ‘cut out and keep’ guide to the carnage that is Northcliffe editorial “strategy” at the moment and watch as more and more bite the bullet……sorry ‘move on to pastures new/seek fresh challenges/look for further opportunities/collect my payoff’ (I made that last one up – no-one actually tells the truth in these scenarios, natch).

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By: Steve Dyson

Steve Dyson — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:48:48 +0000

Wow – I’d love to be a fly on the wall in the Kampala classrooms when Zebedee gets to work! His students won’t know what’s hit them… but they won’t half get a good grounding in journalism. Best wishes, Alan!

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By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:37:49 +0000

Good luck Alan’s – a journalist’s journalist and great fun to work with. Kampala won’t know what’s hit it. Less of the Margate jibes though.

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