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Photographer Stuart Wilde is enjoying a fresh challenge in a new role as picture editor of the Lincolnshire Echo. In the newly-created post, Stuart, who was previously chief photographer at the Derby Evening Telegraph, will oversee the work of the
Former Nottingham Evening Post picture editor Steve Mitchell is looking forward to getting back to his newspaper roots with a move to the Derby Evening Telegraph. For the past five-and-a-half years Steve has worked for Nottingham-based sports photo agency Empics
Two Norfolk Publishing group photographers are snap happy after winning awards in the 2001 Sport England Photographic Awards. Adrian Judd from the Evening News picked up the Eastern Region Sports Photographer of the Year while Eastern Daily Press photographer John
A two-week trip to Rio de Janeiro has been snapped up by a student on the NCTJ press photography course at Sheffield College. Amvrosios Demou, (38), was a category winner in Wanderlust magazine’s Travel Photograph of the Year Competition, sponsored
Celeb-snapper Frazer Harrison is changing sides. After 18 months bumping into the rich and famous around Los Angeles for World Entertainment News Network, he’s switching sides to Getty Images – and still chasing up the best celebrity pictures, paparazzi work,
The Picture Editors’ Awards, cancelled for 2002 because of a lack of adequate funding, have been rescued by Getty Images. Lead sponsor Getty Images joins the Corporation of London, Fujifilm, and Guinness, all of whom have supported the awards since
Felony charges against freelance photographer Steve Morgan have been dropped after he and his co-defendants reached a deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to a lesser charge at a court in Los Angeles. Steve, and his 16 co-defendants – 15
An inquest into the death of Middlesbrough Evening Gazette photographer Terry Reed found that he died from natural causes. Terry was involved in a head-on car crash on the A172 near Stokesley in January 2001. Former Gazette reporter Karen Bell
The Hartlepool Mail has been inundated with inquiries about a harmonica virtuoso – who just happens to be a retired photographer at the paper. Harry Harland was featured in a column that said he was about to record his favourite
Freelance photographer Steve Morgan could still be jailed for taking pictures at a Greenpeace protest in the United States – despite nine of the protesters being set free. Steve was part of a group of 17 charged with conspiracy, trespassing
A new award for students has been added to the categories at this year’s Picture Editors’ Awards. The Awards were rescued by new lead sponsor Getty Images after being threatened by a lack of funding. The Student Award, sponsored by
There will be no Picture Editors’ Awards for 2001. The ceremony, originally scheduled for mid-February, has been cancelled. The Awards still have support from the Corporation of London, Fujifilm, and Guinness but it has not been possible to secure sufficient
Bedfordshire on Sunday photographer Mike Jones has been cleared of assaulting a Bedford Borough Council lawyer. He denied causing actual bodily harm when he appeared before Luton magistrates, accused of kicking Andy Darkoh in the head. The bench decided Jones
One of the Stoke Sentinel’s longest-serving employees has retired. Trevor Slater has left his role as the paper’s picture editor after working in the photographic department for almost 42 years. Trevor, (57), joined the then Evening Sentinel in January 1960
A town museum has been presented with a set of historic pictures thanks to the generosity of photographer Phil Chisholm. When the news, wedding and arts photographer, who runs Studio Tristan, heard the lost ‘Graham collection’ was on the market
Freelance photographer Sid Hopkins has died after a lengthy battle against cancer. Sid, (94), lived in Llanelli where he was well known in photographic circles and captured most major public, civic and sporting events. His photographs frequently appeared in many