Dyson at Large
The regional press receives too-cursory a glance from doom-mongering, London-centric media experts. So we’ve let experienced former editor Steve Dyson loose to critique regional or local newspapers from across the UK.
You won’t know how, where or when he’ll taste your splash, assess your courts and council reporting or measure your story counts. All we guarantee is that his unique, detailed analysis of the ink on paper that more than 80pc of British adults still read will appear here, every other Wednesday.
To contact Steve, visit www.dysonmedia.co.uk.
February 15, 2012
Dyson at Large: Running wraps round paid-for papers
South London weekly gets the once over
February 1, 2012
Dyson at Large: Newest weekly must get to grips with its name
HTFP blogger reviews the latest regional daily to go weekly
January 18, 2012
Dyson at Large: Back to the future with broadsheet weekly
HTFP blogger gets to grips with ‘enormous’ title
January 4, 2012
Dyson at Large: There’s something fishy going on here
HTFP blogger heads for the hills for latest review
December 21, 2011
Dyson at Large: Fine weekly soothes din of Christmas closures
HTFP blogger enjoys good read alongside roaring fire and fish and chips
December 7, 2011
Dyson at Large: ‘Making local matter more’ in Kent
HTFP blogger reviews the soon-to-close East Kent Gazette
December 2, 2011
Dyson in Belfast: Journalists, violence and phone-hacking
HTFP blogger’s second despatch from the Journalism Skills Conference
December 1, 2011
Dyson in Belfast: Les Dennis, Lord Leveson and death knocks
HTFP blogger reports from the Journalism Skills Conference
November 23, 2011
Dyson at Large: A much-loved maverick’s last Post
As Midlands weekly bids farewelll, our blogger reviews the final two editions
November 15, 2011
Dyson at Runnymede: Missing the point and Cold War seating plans
Plus: Which weekly editor won the Best Dressed Guest award?
November 14, 2011
Dyson at Runnymede: Popular penguins and marvellous mullets
Plus: How editorial director got his lucky break
November 2, 2011
Dyson at Large: The future is weekly
Our blogger reviews the new-look Lincolnshire Echo
October 19, 2011
Dyson at Large: Mining tragedy undersold on page one
HoldtheFrontPage blogger reviews the Pontefract and Castleford Express
October 5, 2011
Dyson at Large: Child porn, school governors and miracle escapes
HoldtheFrontPage blogger Steve Dyson reviews the Rochdale Observer
September 21, 2011
Dyson at Large: Screaming blue murder – calmly
HoldtheFrontPage blogger reviews channel island daily newspaper
