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Paul Linford

Paul Linford has been Publisher of HoldtheFrontPage since June 2008. He is a former assistant editor of The Journal, Newcastle and has also worked for the South Wales Echo, Derby Telegraph and Mansfield Chad.

Oh the irony: new media mag scraps print edition

I couldn’t help but be slightly amused by the news that New Media Age magazine is to axe its print edition and go online-only.  It almost makes you wonder why it had one in the first place! Now all we

Deadline nears for diversity fund applications

Would-be journalists have just days left to apply for a bursary through the Journalism Diversity fund. The fund is aimed at people from ethnically and socially diverse backgrounds who want to train in journalism on a National Council for the

Regional journalists set to quiz Pickles

Local government and communities secretary Eric Pickles is to be quizzed by regional press political editors at a lunch next week. The Cabinet minister, who is the architect of new rules designed to clamp down on council newspapers, will be