Former Daily Record journalist Mandy Appleyard is to join the Press Association as head of features. In the newly-created role Mandy will be responsible for developing feature content across all the editorial marketsserved by PA, including national and regional newspapers,
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Representatives from the Press Complaints Commission were among delegates and observers from 16 countries who attended the fifth annual gathering of the Alliance of Independent Press Councils hosted by the Swedish Press Ombudsman in Stockholm. The Alliance was established in
News values travel well, says globetrotting editor
Production editor Jayne Thomas has returned from a study trip across the Atlantic with an insight into the way North American newspapers treat the news. Jayne, who works at the Neath and Port Talbot Courier, visited a clutch of newspapers
SportsWeek supplement launched north of the border
The Daily Record has announced new investment to bring SportsWeek to its readers. Dedicated to sport, the 16-page supplement will cover Scottish Premier League football, junior football, the Highland League, rugby, golf, boxing, speedway, Amercian football, basketball and cricket. There
Death of leading Scotland sports journalist
Alex Cameron, one of Scotland’s leading sports journalists, has died following a long illness. He passed away, aged 73, at his home in Stirlingshire surrounded by his family. Alex began his 30-year newspaper career on the now-defunct Stirling Journal before
Lung cancer claims feature writer
Western Daily Press features editor George Frew has died. He was 48. The multi-award-winning journalist had been battling against lung cancer, and had penned two moving articles about his illness and how he was coping with it. Less than two
From copy boy to editor – and beyond – in 50 years!
A copy boy who rose through the ranks to become editor and travel the world during his career has retired from The Journal, Newcastle, after 50 years in journalism. Brian Nicholls met the Queen twice and interviewed Yasser Arafat, Tony
Editor to set up own media firm
Paisley Daily Express editor Norman Macdonald is to leave the newspaper next week to set up his own media company, Macdonald Media. Norman, (46), who has edited the Scottish title for the past eight years, has already secured several public
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A former Daily Record journalist has been quarantined in China after being caught up in the centre of the SARS virus scare.Peter Brennan, who works for the English language newspaper China Daily, lives in Beijing. Special editions of the Bristol
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Vijay Vaghela is appointed group finance director for Trinity Mirror Plc with immediate effect, succeeding Margaret Ewing, who left the group at the end of June 2002 to join BAA. Vijay, (36), has been acting finance director since July 1.National
New deputy editor named at Scottish title
Richard Neville has been appointed as the new deputy editor of the Aberdeen Press and Journal. The former editor of Business-am, which ceased publication last year, he succeeds Kay Drummond, who is now deputy editor of the Leicester Mercury. Richard
Regional journalist publishes first novel
Daily Record chief reporter Anna Smith has published her first novel. Spit Against the Wind is about the school holidays of four children from a small poverty-stricken Catholic community in the west of Scotland. Anna, (46), began her journalism career
Big man from the Record is at it again…
Glasgow Daily Record reporter Bob Shields got in touch with his feminine side when he spent the day dressed as a woman. There was a good reason though – he was volunteering to star in a commercial for Tennent’s Lager
A Sun-ny Christmas?
The Institute of Public Relations in Scotland has created a spoof Sun front page to plug their up-and-coming Christmas event. Matt Bendoris and John Kirkby, from the paper’s Scottish team, are giving PR execs an insight into what makes a
Illness brings out the strength in George
Features editor George Frew is facing up to life with inoperable lung cancer. Instead of buckling under the news, George, of the Western Daily Press, has grown in stature in spite of the incredible blow. Despite starting chemotherapy treatment, he
New regional editor is named by Trinity Mirror
A series of key editorial and training appointments – including a new editor for a Sunday regional – has been announced by Trinity Mirror. At Trinity Mirror Regionals’ Cardiff centre, Tim Gordon (right) has been promoted to editor of Wales