What we have written about Harry Blackwood

Mail is gagged – again

Page 1 of 2 The Hartlepool Mail has again failed to get magistrates to lift reporting restrictions on naming young hooligans who are troubling the town. But this time the paper is taking a tougher stance – and has written

Investigation launched after sex case court ban

An investigation has been launched after the Hartlepool Mail was banned from fully identifying a suspected sex attacker. Magistrates imposed a ban on the publication of the defendant’s new address after hearing his home had been subjected to demonstrations by

Mail cleared on reporting restrictions claim

The Hartlepool Mail has been cleared of allegations it breached reporting restrictions when covering the case of two youngsters dubbed the “Brothers Grim”. A police probe was launched following a claim that the Mail had illegally identified the two boys

So who did beat Harry?

Regular readers of HoldTheFrontPage will know that Hartlepool Mail editor Harry Blackwood was a tad put out this week to find he was NOT the first journalist to finish the Great North Run. If you missed his column, you can

Mail's boomerang effect

Ever felt the boomerang effect at your ‘paper?It’s that strange ‘problem’ of staff who just keep coming back.Hartlepool Mail editor Harry Blackwood tries to explain the phenomenon in his column this week.What’s the boomerang count in your office? e-mail us

Rogues' gallery: keep up the pressure

Editors have been urged to continue their fight against the police’s refusal to release pictures of convicted criminals. The call came from Bob Satchwell, executive director of the Society of Editors, after Hartlepool Mail editor Harry Blackwell went into print

Forever chauffeured by a photographer…

Can you remember the days when reporters were chauffeured around by messengers in company cars?Hartlepool Mail editor Harry Blackwood looks back to the “good old days” – when a reporter and photographer might spend all day in pursuit of a

News team to fight changes

Hartlepool Mail editor Harry Blackwood has vowed to continue to fight controversial changes planned for cancer services after a specialist panel backed the proposals. The panel of experts approved a scheme to move major cancer operations away from Hartlepool. Harry