Company “well placed to make good progress” in 2021
Covid-19
Regional newspapers and websites have been in the forefront of covering the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, getting vital information out to people in their areas and tackling ‘fake news’ about the outbreak that has appeared on social media – at the same time as having to deal with the inevitable loss in advertising revenues as a result of the economic lockdown, leading to staff furloughs and temporary pay cuts in some publishing groups.
Throughout the crisis HoldtheFrontPage has been closely following the industry’s response to the outbreak, both in terms of how the regional media has covered the story, and in terms of its impact on the sector. You can find all our stories here.
What we have written about Covid-19
Journalism students launch own news site to combat lack of work experience
Pandemic prompts classmates to embark on project
Journalist undergoing cancer treatment shares coronavirus jab ‘relief’
Writer receives first does of vaccine
Editor urges councils to retain Zoom after lockdown ends
Editor says move is an “unexpected benefit” of pandemic
Daily’s front page spoof casts Johnson as eccentric movie scientist
Newspaper parodies classic film
Sister dailies to publish readers’ drawings of coronavirus ‘heroes’
Newspapers to run “lasting tribute to all frontline workers”
Journalist invited for vaccine because NHS thought he was six centimetres tall
Notes showed political editor had Body Mass Index of 28,000
Daily reveals pandemic sales boost for Sunday edition
Average weekly sales have increased for title
Journalism awards to be given out more than a year after postponement
Pandemic causes event to move online
Hyperlocals win thousands as government reveals ‘urgent’ cash boost
Eight titles set to benefit
Weekly launches campaign highlighting importance of takeaways
Readers urged to support local economy by ordering
Daily uses symbols of patch to mark tragic coronavirus milestone
Newspaper’s special front page remembers dead
Industry chiefs warn of ‘crisis’ over plan to axe newspaper rate relief
Move is due to affect titles in Scotland
Editor who also ran psychic magazine dies aged 92 after contracting coronavirus
News chief “breathed new life into the paper”
Reader went to IPSO over letter branding vaccine recipients ‘human guinea pigs’
Newspaper issues correction after investigation launched
Daily’s front page honours Captain Sir Tom Moore after death aged 100
Hyperlocal news service also launches digital memorial