The Orcadian
- Address: 50 Albert Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1HQ
- Phone: 01856 878000
- Website: www.orcadian.co.uk
- Frequency: Weekly
What we have written about The Orcadian
February 20, 2008
Would-be hacks to benefit from new online knowledge base
Regional press man asks: “Do you want to beajournalist.co.uk?”
February 5, 2008
Lifetime achievement award presented to Scottish journalist
Plus: Newsquest’s 62m page impressions online, staff changes at New Nation and more news in brief
December 12, 2007
New health service role for editor
Former councillor gets back into public service after setting up media group
November 26, 2007
£1m print investment for island media group
Move will allow remaining titles to be brought in-house following company merger
June 25, 2007
Orkney journalist puts best foot forward for half marathon
Reporter will tackle hilly island course for charity close to his heart
June 25, 2007
Weekly titles in company merger
Papers will continue to be published independently and have their own editors and reporting staff
June 25, 2007
Island newspaper owners consider merger
Staff at two weekly titles are told that talks are taking place
June 25, 2007
Weekly beats the silly season with biggest ever paper
Summer may traditionally be a quiet time in newsrooms up and down the country – but not at The Orcadian, where staff have just produced…
June 25, 2007
Orkney title gets ready for launch
A new weekly paper for Orkney, giving the island a second weekly paper for the first time in 40 years, is ready to launch in…
June 25, 2007
Unidentified Headline 148
Keep your favourites rolling in, folks! Wayne Swiffin, of the Derby Evening Telegraph, was amused by this, on BBC’s Ceefax: Reward: £5,000 for shooting culprits…
June 25, 2007
Regional press complaints resolved
Resolved complaints dealt with by the PCC during Autumn 2001 The majority of complaints made to the Press Complaints Commission, which raise a possible breach…
June 25, 2007
New design to mark paper's 150th anniversary
The Orcadian, Orkney’s biggest selling weekly newspaper, is beginning 2004 with a bang. To mark the start of the paper’s 150th anniversary, a special January…










