Trinity Mirror is sponsoring a new survey to track both the media consumption and the attitudes of ethnic minorities in England.
The study, by Minority Report, will involve Indian, Pakistani, Black, Caribbean and Chinese people, and run throughout May.

Readers can now buy their Yorkshire Evening Post from three American-style vending machines in Leeds, and is using the new technology to offer readers a free pass for a sports and leisure club at the same time.
The Evening Post says it is the first regional newspaper in the UK to make use of the vending machines.

The Jersey Evening Post's campaign calling for politcal action to prevent greedy landlords from ripping off tenants by overcharging for electricity, gas and water bills, has won a swift victory.
The paper carried a series of articles about the Citizens' Advice Bureau and local electricity board receiving numerous complaints – and now the Government has promised to tackle the problem head-on before its summer recess.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown wrote an exclusive article for all Archant newspapers about the campaign to eradicate global poverty.
The deal was struck by Ayrshire Extra editor John Matthews, who has been developing an in-paper campaign highlighting how local initiatives can contribute to the cause.

The Manchester Evening News has revealed how schoolchildren are embracing drugs following the relaxation of cannabis laws.
The paper caught on camera several children smoking joints between classes, and ran a series of articles to show that the dangers of increasing tolerance of drugs outweighed the potential benefits.

A day at The Journal in Newcastle is one of the prizes on offer to the winners of The Journal and Northern Electric Distribution School Newspaper Awards 2005.
More than 1,000 schools in the North East can compete for thousands of pounds worth of prizes.