One of the nominees for the Young Journalist of the Year prize at last month’s Regional Press Awards is off to join a national newspaper.

Henry Holloway, left, has been appointed as a general news reporter at the Daily Star Online, having previously worked for Brighton daily The Argus.

While at the Newsquest-owned title, he earned a nomination for the HTFP-sponsored Young Journalist prize with his handling of a major national story on his patch.

Henry’s revelation that two Sussex police officers had taken a selfie at the scene of last year’s Shoreham Airshow disaster and shared it on social media with the hashtag #humanBBQ ultimately saw them quit their jobs.

Sussex Police initially stonewalled when asked about the story, but Henry stood up the facts through other sources, leading eventually to a public apology from the chief constable.

Other recent job moves in the regional press include

• Lizzie Anderson has returned to the Northern Echo as a reporter covering Crook and Weardale. She had previously left the paper for a role as communications co-ordinator at St Cuthbert’s Hospice.
• The Yorkshire Evening Post has appointed Georgina Morris as crime reporter. Georgina was formerly deputy communities content editor at a series of Johnston Press sister titles in East Yorkshire.
• Lisa O’Brien has been appointed content manager at the Express & Star.
• Sunday Post Westminster correspondent James Millar has left the paper to join the House of Commons communications team.
• Derry Journal reporter and features writer Ellen Barr has returned from maternity leave.
• Southport Visiter reporter Francesca Fitzsimmons has been seconded to the Liverpool Echo to cover night reporter responsibilities.
• Natalie Walker has left her role as a senior reporter at the Wigan Evening Post to join sister title the Lancashire Evening Post as community reporter.
• Dan Kerins, previously digital editor at the Southern Daily Echo, has been appointed assistant editor of BBC South.
• Ned Bristow has been appointed as a reporter for the Middlewich Guardian.
• Katherine Clementine has left her role as reporter at the Uxbridge Gazette to join the national news agency SWNS.

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