Welcome to our main news index. Here you will find all the news stories that have appeared on the site since our launch in February 2000.
If you want to look up a story from a certain month you can use our Journalism News Archive which lists stories by date and also according to which channel or category they appeared in (eg law, campaigns, awards.)
If you are looking for a story about a particular newspaper or media company, you can use the links in the ‘Main News Links’ list to the right to take you to our directory pages. Here you will find indexes of all the stories we have written about each of the newspapers and media companies featured on the site.
A south coast newspaper is to find out more about its readers and the issues they want to read about, by sending its reporters out on the road. Portsmouth newspaper The News has begun a week-long series of roadshows as
The Guardian series in the North West, which includes the Runcorn & Widnes World, has a new publisher, Eleanor Underhill. Eleanor took up her new post after Chris Hughes was promoted to regional managing director for Newsquest (North West). She
A seriously ill man has been reunited with the long-lost brother who could save his life – thanks to the Daily Echo. Neil Phillips, (39), was diagnosed with leukaemia and desperately needed a bone marrow transplant within months to give
Would-be Asian journalists had their chance to network with successful writers and broadcasters at a busy print media event. Practical advice to help get their foot on the career ladder was the name of the game for the Dynamic Asian
Journalist and PR expert Helen Sanderson has been appointed public relations manager at the Manchester Evening News.She has spent the past five years in PR and originally trained as a broadcast journalist, working for CBS in America after graduating from
Early indications show that the Scotsman’s new compact Saturday look has been well-received. The newspaper has reported that readers have welcomed the change, and has not ruled out a move away from its traditional format on Monday to Friday too.
Media organisations were asked to abide by a voluntary news blackout as news of a kidnap on Teesside emerged. Cleveland Police organised a news blackout – which affected the Hartlepool Mail and Teesside’s Evening Gazette, as well as other media
London’s Docklands News has published its first issue as a weekly paper, after 21 years as a monthly. Publishers Docklands Media Ltd decided to make the jump after feedback from readers and advertisers showedthere was a demand for a more
Regional press man Dyker Thew, one of the first reporters to enter the Belsen concentration camp on its liberation, has died aged 96. After working as a young reporter in Brighton he became editor of the Lynn News, then known
While Archant East London & Essex continue to work in temporary accommodation opposite their old offices, their new £2m base is slowly taking shape. The new publishing centre’s main shell is now complete, with construction taking place in front of
Archant North East Scotland has taken delivery of a new printing press at its Peterhead premises, P Scrogie.The A2 two-colour Heidelberg press will help expand the range of print services offered by P Scrogie to its customers as well as
Portsmouth-based newspaper The News has today hit the streets with a bright new look. Changes to both the design and content of the Johnston Press-owned daily have been introduced, and include a more ‘poster-like’ front page. From today readers will
The journalist at the centre of a dispute between union members and management at the Yorkshire Post has been given a new role. The redundancy of women’s editor Jill Armstrong was announced as part of a review at the Leeds-based
Journalist-turned-politician Martin Bell is to return to the hustings – after being persuaded to stand for the European Parliament by the Eastern Daily Press. He is crediting the morning newspaper with offering the support he needed to get back in
The Daily Echo in Bournemouth is set to get a new editor – but only for a day! The top job will be up for grabs at a charity auction next month, and editor Neal Butterworth is preparing to step
Former South Wales Argus sports editor and assistant editor Willis Huntley has died, aged 92. He worked there until the 1970s and supplied a weekly article for years after his retirement. His death followed deteriorating health since before Christmas. Ken