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HoldtheFrontPage Staff

Articles from HoldtheFrontPage writers past and present. For technical reasons it was not possible to import bylines for former members of staff when we relaunched the site in April 2011, but for the record - and because their contributions deserve to be noted somewhere - most of the archived stories listed here were written by Patrick Astill (2000-2008), Nikki Sargeson (2001-2007) and Tamlyn Jones (2007-2010.)

Take Five: Ed Asquith

Scarborough Evening News editor takes our quick quiz

Take Five: Steve Dyson

Former Birmingham and Teesside editor takes our quick quiz

Take Five: Peter Sands

Journalism trainer and former Northern Echo editor takes our quick quiz

Name change for community news website

A community news website that has evolved from a blog into an “important news resource” has changed its name. The Lichfield Blog, founded two and a half years ago, has now become Lichfield Live. Founder Ross Hawkes said: “It’s been

MP tables Commons motion backing Tindle staff

Staff at Tindle Newspapers in North London who have been campaigning over staffing levels have received the backing of their local MP. Edmonton Labour MP Andy Love tabled early day motion in the Commons backing the National Union of Journalists

Metro website unveils new-look masthead

  Metro has today unveiled a new online look and masthead for its companion website metro.co.uk. The metro.co.uk logo has been replaced at the centre of the site’s masthead with a smaller ‘M’ icon consistent with Metro’s presence on mobile