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Staff changes at Portsmouth title

Regional press news – this story published 19.6.2000

Staff changes at Portsmouth title
by HoldTheFrontPage staff

Staff changes and the launch of two weekly supplements have been announced at The News, Portsmouth.

A 12-page sports insert will be published on Mondays and a 16-page entertainment supplement on Fridays.

Both are due to be launched during the week beginning June 26.

A number of new appointments in the subbing department has been announced by editor Mike Gilson.

Calvin Shulman has been appointed chief sub-editor and Lorraine Proudlock assistant chief sub.

David Brown has been given a new role as features production editor. He will have overall responsibility for features supplements, commercial features and the paper’s website, which is to be relaunched.

Dave King remains as sports editor but in a new integrated sports department, with a brief to bring more grass-roots sports into the paper. Colin Channon has been appointed sports production editor and another sub-editor is to be appointed to the team.

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