A consultation period has begun at the Southern Daily Echo on the proposed relocation of two of its reporters who are currently based at the paper’s Winchester office in Upper Brook Street.
The Echo’s sister title, the Hampshire Chronicle, also has an office in Winchester, and both editorial teams produce material for both newspapers.
It is understood that the two journalists at Upper Brook Street could be moved to the Chronicle’s office or to the Echo’s head office in Southampton, but front of house staff will remain.
Ian Murray, editor-in-chief for Newsquest Hampshire, said: “It isn’t a closure of an office by any means, both will remain, and there will be no redundancies. It is a continuation of Newsquest reporters working together and we are having a consultation to see how that will work.”

Peter Waters has been appointed deputy editor of the Eastern Daily Press.
He joins the paper after working in Cheltenham as publisher of a group of magazines owned by EDP parent company Archant, and had previously worked at the paper as publishing editor of its Saturday magazine and EDP Norfolk magazine.
Peter, (39), succeeds James Ruddy, who left the paper earlier this year to work in the health service.

John Turner has joined Isle of Man Newspapers as a reporter.
He previously worked for the Sidmouth Herald and before moving into journalism had spent 13 years teaching law.

Former Grimsby News photographer Keith Horsewood has died.
The self-taught professional photographer went on to set up his own business, Keith Horsewood Photographic.
The 66-year-old had fought a ten-year battle with prostate cancer.

The Oxford Mail has launched a new online service for readers, broadcasting trailers of current movie releases.
Exploiting promotional material provided by online agencies, oxfordmail.net has a growing list of high quality trailers for films like World Trade Center, The Devil Wears Prada and The History Boys.
They are the latest addition to the site’s growing multimedia portfolio, which now includes home-grown videos by specialist reporters Giles Sheldrick and Nione Meakin, as well as podcasts and blogs. Do you have a story about the regional press?
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