Welcome to holdthefrontpage.co.uk
- About us -

This is a website for journalists and journalism students everywhere and offers free and unrestricted access to everyone.

If you are working, or want to work, in the regional press, this is one of the best places to find out more about the industry.

We offer exclusive news stories about what is happening in the regional press, information on campaigning journalism and updates on breaking news.

If you are looking for a new job then this is the best place to come for regional journalism vacancies. The latest jobs are highlighted on our home page and there are many more in all areas of journalism on our dedicated vacancies section.

Our advertising rates are very competitive, with advertising costing from £150/week+VAT.

holdthefrontpage was launched in 2000 by Northcliffe Electronic Publishing.

The Newsquest publishing group acquired a 50 per cent stake at the start of 2001. Trinity Mirror came on board in 2002 and Johnston Press joined the partnership in 2004. The site is now equally owned by these four powerful regional newspaper publishers.

We are editorially independent and all-inclusive, writing about the smallest free weeklies and the biggest regional dailies.

The site is run and managed by publisher Patrick Astill (left) with reporter Tamlyn Jones, who work from our Derby HQ. They source, write and upload all the news content and maintain, monitor and update all the site's other features and databases.

If you would like to place a sits vac ad, or inquire about banner or button advertising, or sponsor our daily newsletter, please call Erica Hardie on 01332 228025.

If you need help with a story you are working on, we have a directory of contacts and also a database of useful websites where you might find more background information. There is also a section explaining tricky terms you might come across at work.

If you are looking for someone with specialist knowledge to write your story for you, we have a list of freelance journalists who might be able to offer their services.

We have built up a loyal, niche audience who regularly voice their appreciation of the service holdthefrontpage offers.

And we would also like your news, your views on what you read here, and what else you would like to see on this website.

Every page has an e-mail link where you can forward your views, either for inclusion on our bulletin board or to contact the editor. Please get in touch.

Our content and navigation is straightforward and with few graphics - to allow the pages to download quickly.

Our main news index can be found here.

We enjoy excellent listings on Internet search engines.

We are classed as a news source on the new Google news service.

holdthefrontpage is also a news source for the NewsNow news feed. We are now also listed on the Moreover.com subscription news feed. Stories often appear on its 'Journalism' news, and sports feeds. We are also listed highly on searches on the Ananova news finder.

The site is also a resource for newsroom staff, with
- a freelance register;
- website reviews;
- a jargon-buster to unravel tricky local government or court terminology,
- a list of weekly and daily newspapers with editors' names and up-to-date ABC figures, where relevant,
- a contacts directory for journalists working on a story,
- story ideas, for the proverbial rainy day.

Other main site features include:
- jobs for journalists
- register for updates
- media law news
- journalists' CVs
- Press Complaints Commission news
- training news and information
- awards news
- regional press campaigns
- quirky stories and funny headlines
- online journalism
- press photography and photojournalism
- get in touch with us