Only 25 paid-for weeklies post sales increases
Crawley Observer
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Papers rapped over reporting of chainsaw death
Weekly newspaper website breached Code of Practice
Full list of successful NCE candidates
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Improved pass rate in latest round of NCEs
The pass rate for reporters taking the National Certificate Examination (NCE) has risen. Results for the latest round of exams, taken by 200 reporters during September, show that 130 passed – increasing the pass rate by 15 per cent on
Prizes for top trainee journalists in autumn exams
– Five receive cash prizes for outstanding work gaining their qualifications
New editors for Sussex titles
New editors have been appointed at a number of weekly newspapers in Sussex. A reshuffle at several titles owned by Johnston Press will see Eastbourne Herald and Gazette editor Peter Lindsey return to the group’s Hastings titles after eight years
Brighton takes top honours
BT saluted the cream of the regional media at the 1999 BT Southern Home Counties Press and Broadcast Awards presentation lunch held at the Gatwick Renaissance Hotel, Surrey. Announcing the winners, Roger Broad, BT strategy and development (Southern UK), told
Southern Home Counties winners
Business Journalist of the Year:Winner: David Litterick, The News, PortsmouthHighly Commended: James Scott, Crawley Observer and Liz Woodford, Basingstoke Gazette David Litterick, formerly of The News, Portsmouth, and now working for the Daily Telegraph, was named the BT Southern Home
Shortlist for BT's Southern awards
The Brighton Evening Argus and the Southern Daily Echo will be competing for the title of BT’s Southern Daily Newspaper of the Year at the regional finals on May 26. It will be a journalist from one of those newspapers
Successful NCE candidates – Autumn 2005
Read the full list of hard-working reporters who have qualified as seniors
New editors for Sussex titles
Reshuffle sees new appointments made at several Johnston weeklies
News in brief
Readers of the Llanelli Star have embarked on a letter writing campaign to save the town’s 24-hour accident and emergency service.Readers are signing ready-printed letters published in the paper after the paper ran five pages of news stories, opinions and
Action over hospital stories was justified
Complaints by Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust about the Crawley Observer have not been upheld by the Press Complaints Commission. The Trust complained that a photographer had taken pictures at the hospital without permission. These were then used with
Crawley Observer
April, May and June, 2000 Adjudication of a complaint against the Crawley Observer Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust complained that photographs accompanying an article headlined Casualty crisis worsens, published in the Crawley Observer on February 23, 2000, were taken
Gazette named Regional Newspaper of the Year
Editorial Awards Campaigning newspaper of the year – All daily and Sunday paid-for newspapers Winner: Bristol Evening Post, Save Our Streets Highly Commended: Western Daily Press, Lelaina Hovercraft Rescue Fund Commended: Nottingham Evening Post, A range of four campaigns. Lincolnshire
Newspapers on the up
The South Wales Argus, Paisley Daily Express, York Evening Press and Irish News were the daily papers that scooped awards for their circulation growth at a gala awards ceremony hosted by The Newspaper Society. The top-selling regional and local newspapers