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Sue Smith has been named as the new editor of the weekly Stroud News & Journal in Gloucestershire. She succeeds Skip Walker, who moves to the Gloucestershire Gazette as editor from the end of this month, replacing David Cullimore, who
Writers are being given a chance to win some of the £2,500 of prizes on offer in a competition surrounding the world of horse racing. No knowledge of the sport is needed, and the article or prose can be fact
Last year saw a surge in the number of press cards allocated to regional and local newspaper journalists by the Newspaper Society. The Society issued 3,546 press cards in 2004, up from 1,452 in 2003 and 1,325 for 2002. To
Former South Wales Echo editor Alastair Milburn has begun the New Year with a bang, with the launch of his new business, Effective Communication.
Eileen Green has been named the new editor of the Rutland and Stamford Mercury. Currently deputy editor of the Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph, she will leave the Kettering-based title next month after winning her own editorship at one of the oldest
The Scotsman has joined the growing number of newspapers that have pledged to donate the proceeds of the cover price for a day’s sales to the Indian Ocean tsunami appeal. Wednesday’s circulation sales revenue from this week will boost the
Tributes have been paid to Farnham Herald journalist James Bowman, who has died aged 30. The chief reporter (pictured), who joined the Herald’s editorial team in 1998, had fought a long battle against cystic fibrosis. He joined The Herald from
But News & Star is back today with 30 pages of floods news and pictures
Editor Emma Silverthorne has returned to the newsroom of the Sidmouth Herald following her lucky escape from the tsunami terror. Twenty-six-year-old Emma and new husband Steve Cooling had been honeymooning on the Malaysian island of Penang when disaster struck. Around
Print schedule changed as press goes up in flames; news staff evacuated
Newsroom team effort gets edition out, despite flooding at home
A six-strong team of brave Essex Chronicle staff took part in this year’s Maldon Mud Race, raising more than £1,100 for charity. They were among 180 competitors who ran, swam and crawled their way through Maldon’s glorious mud over a
The Press Association has signed a 12-month deal with Johnston Press to supply a range of feature-led supplements to its daily and weekly newspapers. The supplements cover generic lifestyle topics and are delivered page-ready complete with words, pictures and graphics.
A journalist at the Ellesmere Port Pioneer is celebrating the publication of his debut novel – 15 years after he first came up with the idea for the mystery thriller. News editor Chris Smith, (32), began creating the characters for
A hoaxer who sent a threatening video to the Weston and Somerset Mercury has been caught – after he left footage of himself on the tape. He posted the video – showing a youngster putting a firework in a post
It was out with the old and in with the new for the Evening News in Norwich, which this week unveiled its ‘new concept’ paper. It greeted the New Year with a relaunch, and doubled its print run to give