Dyson at Large: Superfluity can weaken ‘killer’ splashes
Blogger makes repeat visit to South Coast daily
Dyson at Large
The regional press receives too-cursory a glance from doom-mongering, London-centric media experts. We therefore let experienced former editor Steve Dyson loose to critique regional or local newspapers from across the UK in a column that ran from 2010 to 2020.
He tasted splashes, assessed courts and council reporting and measured story counts, as well as starting debates on major issues facing the sector. His unique, detailed analysis of the ink on paper and websites that so many British adults still read became one of the most popular columns here on HoldtheFrontPage for more than ten years.
To contact Steve, visit www.dysonmedia.co.uk.
Dyson at Large: Names at inquests help prevent deaths
Regional daily praised for commitment to court reporting
Dyson at Large: New Sunday paper’s instant profit
‘Ink on paper still making money’ says blogger
Dyson at Large: Why good subs are worth keeping
Weekly is ‘one hell of a subbing operation’ says blogger
Dyson at Large: Strong start to thin daily
Choice of splash was spot on says blogger
Dyson at Large: Newsquest’s little hub of horrors
Blogger runs the rule over titles produced from central unit
Dyson at Large: Readers love Johnston weekly’s UGC
No blurry cat pictures or PR masquerading as news here says blogger
Dyson at Large: Paper dulled by lack of good pictures
HTFP blogger hits out at ‘condescending’ Greenslade
Dyson at Large: Old-fashioned newspaper full of UGC
Traditional weekly’s readers provide ‘wealth of stories and pictures’
Dyson at Large: Paper right not to splash on fetish teacher
Readers ‘may not have appreciated too sensational an approach’
Dyson at Large: My regional heroes of 2013
Our blogger names his top ten regional press personalities of the year
Dyson at Large: The hidden treasures of court reports
Blogger finds criminal pensioner hiding away on page 14
Dyson at Large: Holding the great and good to account
Exposing politicians’ bad behaviour ‘is sign of good newspaper’
Dyson at Large: Traditional paper still serving time-warped town
Solid stories and not a sniff of modern design says blogger
Dyson at Large: Nasty folds hide decent title
Creases hiding part of masthead could have prevented sales says blogger
Dyson at Large: Title earns praise in print and online
‘Paper has helped me get to know my new home’ says reader