Picking a fight to beat stress
Page 3 of 3 Only when I felt truly threatened was I encouraged to raise my hands – never fists; don’t look like you’re starting a fight – palms facing the thug and to switch to ‘Back Off!’. The louder
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Printing success for Post
The South Wales Evening Post in Swansea is celebrating after winning Britain’s top newspaper printing award – beating The Sun. More than 30 publishers representing all newspaper sectors entered The Newspaper Printing Award category in the Printing World Awards 2002.
Teen reviewer joins the professionals
A GCSE pupil has won the chance to be a Leicester Mercury journalist for a day. Nirma Muslim won the prize – which will see her work alongside the reporters in the St George Street newsroom – after writing a
Journal gets things moving
Major changes to a town’s gridlocked roads are being achieved thanks to the North Devon Journal. A scathing editorial in the paper last year, which called on authorities to do more to ease traffic problems in Barnstaple, prompted a forum
Success for south coast careers push
More than 1,000 people visited the second Argus Careers and Training Fair of the year. Some of Brighton’s biggest companies were at the show, where job seekers and employers have the chance to meet. The day was hailed a success
Neil has fashion at his fingertips
Hundreds of men may copy David Beckham and his ever-changing hairstyles, and some may even have donned a sarong to be like their hero, but what about his latest fashion statement? The England captain was recently spotted wearing bright pink
Getting to the heart of its readership
The Press and Journal in Aberdeen is aiming to get to the heart of the community by holding a series of special surgeries. A group of reporters from the paper will be heading out to towns and villages around Aberdeenshire
Writer's expertise could free more prisoners
Investigative journalist Don Hale has become involved in several high-profile cases as a direct result of his success in securing Stephen Downing’s freedom from prison after he was wrongly locked up for 27 years. Don, former editor of the Matlock
Lucy makes tracks…
When a reporter makes tracks, it’s usually straight to the pub at the end of the day. But for Lucy Stokes, it meant joining the train gang and taking her sledgehammer and shovel to the Chasewater Railway in Staffordshire for
Cricketing tribute to former sports editor
Gloucestershire cricket club Old Patesians have staged a day of cricket to honour Pete Walter, who was their president and secretary for decades before his death just before the start of the 2001 season. Walter, sports editor of the Gloucestershire
Reporter shocked by easy drugs purchase
Less than 24 hours after the Home Secretary’s announcement to downgrade the possession of cannabis, reporters from the Peterborough Evening Telegraph went out and bought some. And they found the dealers weren’t running scared, despite the new threat of a
Editors look ahead to October date
More top names from national and regional newspapers have joined the list of speakers at the York conference of the Society of Editors in October. Tim Bowdler, president of the Newspaper Society, will give the Society of Editors Lecture at
Picking a fight to beat stress
Page 1 of 3 He said it: “Hit me as hard as you can.” So I did. As often as I could. I hit him until my hands were sore. I kneed him until my knees were bruised. Luckily for
Postgrad course reunion
Former students joined university staff and representatives from the BBC, commercial radio and television, to help celebrate the tenth anniversary of a successful postgraduate broadcast journalism course. Among the guests at the University of Central England in Birmingham was Owen
Cancer claims assistant editor, 45
The assistant editor of the Bristol Evening Post, Steve McLean, has died of cancer. Steve, who was just 45, passed away on Wednesday night surrounded by his family at Malmesbury Hospital. In a deeply moving article written shortly after he
News in brief
A 32-page supplement to celebrate the success of the Eden Project in Cornwall has been published by the Western Daily Press.It looks at the history of the popular tourist attraction near St Austell, its origins, and explores what makes it