Welcome to our main news index. Here you will find all the news stories that have appeared on the site since our launch in February 2000.
If you want to look up a story from a certain month you can use our Journalism News Archive which lists stories by date and also according to which channel or category they appeared in (eg law, campaigns, awards.)
If you are looking for a story about a particular newspaper or media company, you can use the links in the ‘Main News Links’ list to the right to take you to our directory pages. Here you will find indexes of all the stories we have written about each of the newspapers and media companies featured on the site.
A new, fully-searchable directory of freelance journalists has launched at Holdthefrontpage.co.uk. Our established directory is being upgraded to allow commissioning editors to search by the freelance’s name, their location or their speciality. The new database, which is free to use,
Following our story about Aberdeen FC goalkeeper David Preece’s hopes to become a journalist when he hangs up his football boots, we decided to profile some former players who now write the news instead of making it… Gary Matthews, managing
The Evening Chronicle’s latest advertisements in Newcastle United’s match programmes are becoming a talking point among the fans. Shot at the famous St James’ Park, the adverts, which will appear in all the home-game programmes this season, feature Smiley, one
More than £1m from Johnston Press and Newsquest in Lancashire is helping save historic newspapers for the future. Long-gone titles such as the Preston Argus, The Trader and the Morecambe Times have been microfilmed as part of Newsplan 2000 to
A charitable organisation is looking for a would-be journalist to join them on a three week adventure on a trip to Moldova. Members of the Moldova Orphans Fellowship are planning a trip to the former Soviet state as part of
When North Devon Journal reporter Andrea Charters was invited to take to the skies in a microlight, her immediate response was: “There is no way…” Soaring through the air in a “jumped-up hairdryer” was something Andrea thought was only for
The big boys from the national press pack visited a Scottish island for a wedding of the year to find themselves working alongside half the team from the local weekly – which has an editorial staff of two. The Buteman
A film drama based on the controversial case of Stephen Downing, and Don Hale’s long campaign to free him, has begun filming for BBC One. In Denial of Murder will see Ballykissangel’s Stephen Tompkinson starring as former Matlock Mercury editor
A man who inundated the Bristol Evening Post with abusive and racist telephone calls has been sentenced to six months in prison. Gordon Maddocks, (44), of Broom Hill, admitted racially aggravated harassment after leaving 28 messages for Post deputy editor
The holiday picture postcard is making a comeback in the tourist city of York, where the Evening Press is sending out postcards – welcoming readers back home from their holidays. The paper has been sending a series of postcards to
Northcliffe Newspapers has become part of the directory enquiries revolution by launching its own service in place of BT’s old 192 service. The full directory enquiries service – on 118850 – offers calls at 10p per minute, giving callers access
The intervention of an evening newspaper has prevented a child rapist being freed from jail back into the area where his attack took place. The mother of the seven-year-old victim contacted the Worcester Evening News after a letter from the
The Liverpool Echo today unveiled an expanded newspaper with a host of new supplements and features to its readers. The relaunch is part of a wide-ranging investment programme – estimated to be in excess of a quarter of a million
Martin Elliott, of the Derby Evening Telegraph, entered this story to our recent writing competition about the dangers of investigative journalism when you’re a regional press photographer. My admiration for correspondents who lay their life on the line for the
Drug dealers in Plymouth have been warned that the police are on their tail – thanks to the catch-a-rat campaign.More than 1,000 Catch a Rat campaign posters have been distributed with The Extra, a free weekly newspaper in the city.
Readers are getting in touch with the Aberdeen Evening Express in their hundreds after the newspaper was scuppered in its bid to publish the details of every season ticket holder at the city’s main football club. Six rebel supporters claimed