Winners of the Press Gazette Regional Press Awards have received their prizes from former Coventry Evening Telegraph journalist Dermot Murnaghan – who now presents ITV’s nightly news. The top prize of Newspaper of the Year, sponsored by National Savings, was
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Press photographers pick up prizes at Northern Ireland event
Mark McCormick is Press Photographer of the Year. Read the full winners list here
Morning paper launches free access web TV
Programmes will cover news, business, sport, religious affairs and entertainment
Headline figures for the regional press ABC results
Snapshot of daily and weekly regional newspapers across the UK
Multimedia audience measure looks to future for regional press
Industry wants to capitalise on the growing investment in new media platforms
Johnston Press completes sale of farming title
Move follows report from Office of Fair Trading to offset new acquisitions
Johnston to sell farming title assets to resolve competition concerns
OFT said ownership of both Farming Life and Farm Week would have adverse effects
News in brief
The ‘golden era’ of newspapers in Northern Ireland is to be remembered by comedian Frank Carson for the BBC’s Bits of Belfast TV series.He’ll meet up with News Letter columnist Mervyn Pauley to remember the days when four newspapers –
Death of former editor Ted
Former Irish News editor Edward Gallagher has died. He was 89. Also known as Ted, he edited the paper during the early 1980s. His career at the Irish News began in 1929, when, aged 16, he got a job as
Mastheads replaced in the north
The Irish News and Belfast Newsletter have both run special mastheads to drum up support for the city’s bid to be declared European city of culture in 2008. Both papers have shown the logo being beamed onto the local ship-building
Mastheads replaced in the north
The Irish News and Belfast Newsletter have both run special mastheads to drum up support for the city’s bid to be declared European city of culture in 2008. Both papers have shown the logo being beamed onto the local ship-building
News in brief
The Irish News is inviting readers to suggest the new emblem for the newly-named Police Service of Northern Ireland.It ran the feature after being approached by the policing board to help out and members of a police working committee will
Life IS local ABC figures show
For the third consecutive year more than half of all regional newspaper titles have sold more copies, with 61% of weekly titles enjoying a year-on-year increase. Newspaper Society marketing director, Chris Stanley, said: “As media choice continues to grow and
BT UK Regional Press and Broadcast Awards 2000
Newcomer of the Year: Judith Moritz, BBC Look East The runner-up was:Derek Lambie (now Scottish Express), for Newsflash Press Agency The other nominations were:Krissy Lloyd, Basingstoke GazetteTania Branigan, Manchester Evening NewsJonathan Gibson, Carlton Westcountry TVBryn Jones, Daily PostChris Bucktin, Hull
Awards hopefuls line up for prestigious BT final
The cream of the regional media will be saluted on Thursday as the prestigious BT national awards for excellence are handed out. A quality field of entrants, already crowned regional winners in nine heats across the country, has been chosen
Golfer shuns the press
Journalists were left out in the cold after being invited to cover an appearance by top golfer Darren Clarke. But the Irish News proved that no comment need not mean no story, by running a nine-paragraph piece, with picture, on