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Former Leicester Mercury journalist Simeon Garner has died. He was 89. Simeon joined the newspaper as an editorial office boy after leaving school and worked his way up the ladder to become deputy editor. After becoming a reporter in 1930
Journalists from newspapers, television and radio will celebrate next Tuesday as they collect prizes for crystal-clear reporting. There are six categories in the media section of the annual Plain English Campaign awards. The Western Daily Press has scooped the award
Brian Aitken is to be the new editor of The Journal in Newcastle. The 43-year old father-of-four will join the paper after leaving his current position as editorial development manager for Trinity Mirror Regionals. He has previously held senior positions
A senior journalism lecturer at Cardiff School of Journalism has died, aged 60. Geoff Mungham Geoff Mungham, a war reporting specialist, died in his sleep in Utrecht, where he had been teaching, and had enjoyed a party with his students
A major journalism conference in Belfast is to tackle the topic of press freedom. The National Union of Journalists, which is organising the event, claims the Government’s attack on BBC journalism was just one of the pressures in independent journalism.
A Western Gazette journalist has helped to raise thousands of pounds for charity – by climbing around on her hands and knees caked in mud. Chief reporter Zena O’Rourke joined more than 1,000 people who gave up their Sunday morning
The Oxford Mail is preparing to celebrate its 75th anniversary with an in-house party, a souvenir supplement – and even a tea dance. The big day falls on December 12 and the paper is planning a week of festivities to
George Wheatman, editor of the SE Lincs Target Series, is to retire at the end of the year. The 66-year-old has spent more than 50 years working for newspapers in Boston, starting out as a trainee for the Lincolnshire Standard
Reporter Jemma Pearce is currently gaining first-hand knowledge of a range of new experiences for her regular feature ‘Challenge Jem’. In her latest task, the Bucks Free Press writer faced her fear of flying with a helicopter lesson – and
Reporter Robert Wilkinson has “volunteered” to be locked up at Oxford police station in aid of a deafblind charity. Making a break Of course, being arrested, bundled into a police van and thrown into a cell is not the best
The two remaining London newspapers targeted by Newsquest in a bid to expand its portfolio in the capital have been given the go-ahead to be sold to the group. They were part of a bid for 27 weekly papers owned
The proprietor of the Fishguard-based County Echo, Sir Ray Tindle, has paid a visit to the newly opened office in Brodog Court to meet the staff of the paper. He toured the premises together with the managers from Cambrian News,
Lancashire Evening Post features editor Peter Richardson writes about the death of a colleague. You may not have known Alan Burgess. If not, count yourself unlucky. Alan never did count himself unlucky, not really. True, he had plenty cause to
Journalists at the Birmingham Post are set to begin a “work to hours” protest against redundancies planned at the title. Nine posts are under threat in a restructure which is part of the 500 job cuts nationwide announced by parent
The Mid Devon Gazette’s newsroom was bombarded by calls from the national press after it ran an exclusive interview with teenage soul-singing sensation Joss Stone. Her success caused something of a media frenzy in the village of Cullompton, with reporters
Robin Burgess, the chief executive of newspaper publisher the CN Group, has been selected as a future High Sheriff of Cumbria. The 52-year-old will take up the ceremonial post in March 2006 after becoming the latest addition to a list