Proposed job losses at the Birmingham Post & Mail have promoted union members to take steps towards strike action. The National Union of Journalists members yesterday voted in favour of a ballot on industrial action by 47 votes to nil
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Media is giving young people a 'bad press'
Media coverage of young people is “overwhelming negative”, according to a new report. Young People Now magazine claims that wall-to-wall coverage of teenage gangs and violence could give a whole generation a bad name, and has launched a campaign to
Author dedicates book to former editor
Former Cannock Advertiser and Walsall Observer editor Barry Gough, who died last year, has had a book dedicated to him by the niece he inspired to become a writer. New author Dr Suzanne Harris said that Barry – who was
Group-wide efficiency project prompts press closure
Trinity Mirror has announced it is to close its press in Chester as part of a group-wide project to cut costs and improve operating efficiencies and newspaper quality. The Chronicle Series, North Wales Weekly News Series and Buy Sell group
Regionals man to leave Trinity Mirror
Stephen Parker, managing director of Trinity Mirror’s regional newspaper division, is to step down from his role at the end of the month. In a company statement Trinity Mirror said the newspaperman would resign as a director on July 26
Union anger as bonus request is denied
Trades union members at the Birmingham Post and Mail have failed in a bid to get the company to pay forfeited bonus payments to charity. Sixty-nine members of the NUJ who took part in industrial action last year had a
Wider role for NEP editor
Keith Perch has been appointed to the joint role of managing director and editor of Northcliffe Electronic Publishing. Keith, who is already editor at NEP, will take up his new position on March 1, succeeding Richard Karn who is leaving
Mourners pack chapel for former editor's funeral
Around 250 mourners packed a crematorium chapel for the funeral of former Cannock newspaper editor Barry Gough. Many had travelled long distances to Stafford to pay tribute and support his grieving family after Barry, (54), was found dead on Cannock
Tributes paid to former editor
Tributes have been paid to the former Cannock Advertiser and Walsall Observer editor Barry Gough, who was found dead at New Year after being missing for more than two months. Barry had also worked as a journalist at the Birmingham
Flooding forces Post & Mail disaster plan into action
Papers at the Birmingham Post & Mail were under threat as millions of gallons of water flooded into the papers’ city centre headquarters. An eight-inch water hydrant which feeds the former Post & Mail tower had sheared during Friday evening,
Award for Mark after turning from fact to fiction
Regional press journalist-turned-fantasy writer Mark Chadbourn has won a top award at this year’s British Fantasy Awards. The former Burton Mail journalist, who had his first novel published in 1992, won first prize in the short fiction category for his
'Work to hours' protest planned at Post
Journalists at the Birmingham Post are set to begin a “work to hours” protest against redundancies planned at the title. Nine posts are under threat in a restructure which is part of the 500 job cuts nationwide announced by parent
Redundancies sought at Midlands title
A raft of fresh redundancies at the Birmingham Post has been announced by parent company Trinity Mirror. The paper is set to lose the roles of deputy editor, head of news, head of content, head of features, head of business,
News in brief
Daily Star editor Peter Hill has joined the Press Complaints Commission as an editorial member, replacing Neil Wallis, former editor of The Sunday People.Before joining the Daily Star in 1978, Peter had worked at several other national and regional newspapers,
The Birmingham Post has a new editor
A former editor of the Sunday Mercury is to take over at The Birmingham Post. Fiona Alexander – an award-winning editor with the Sunday title – will take up her new role later this month. Her current role is that
New Vision for Birmingham
The Birmingham Post has launched a free quarterly magazine called Birmingham Vision. Set up through a joint partnership between Marketing Birmingham, Midland Independent Newspapers, Locate in Birmingham and Advantage West Midlands, the magazine hopes to showcase the people, businesses and