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
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Media group celebrates first web diploma success
First graduate for pioneering KMG qualification
Prof test rules about to change
Page 2 of 2 Neil Webber, editorial training manager for the Kent Messenger Group, is not convinced that the open book move is a good idea, but said that the vast majority of the group’s trainees studied NVQs rather than
PA snaps up Editorial Centre
The Press Association has agreed to buy The Editorial Centre in Hastings. The national news agency has bought an initial 50 per cent stake in the training, consultancy and design company, and has an option to buy the remaining shares
Training boost as qualifications group re-forms
The Newspaper Qualifications Council has been re-launched with Wolverhampton Express & Star managing director Keith Parker as chairman. The Council aims to actively support training and qualifications to high professional standards in all sectors of the regional newspaper industry. It
43 per cent pass rate for Autumn NCE
The National Certificate has been awarded to 103 candidates who sat the NCE earlier this year – a pass rate of 43 per cent. Just under half the 239 candidates entered for the exam have qualified as journalists after sitting
NCE success for 44 per cent of candidates
A 44 per cent pass rate in the National Certificate Examination means that 116 candidates have qualified as journalists. A total of 263 candidates sat the National Certificate Examination in October at 15 centres across the UK. The candidates who
51 per cent pass rate for NCE
A 51 per cent pass rate in the National Certificate Examination means that 136 candidates have qualified as journalists. A total of 265 candidates sat the National Certificate Examination in April at 16 centres across the UK, as well as
Death of veteran lensman who was 'incapable of taking a boring picture'
Tributes are paid to former Chatham News photographer
Snapper 'saves girl's life'
A press photographer’s swift action may have saved a five-year-old’s life when she began choking and turned blue at an official event. Grant Falvey, of the Kent Messenger, spotted Ruby Gadsby choking on a meatball during a school dinner with
Lensman's bid to make a wish come true
When Kentish Express photographer Paul Dennis met Bernadette Waitson he was so touched by her bravery and spirit that he decided to do something very special for her and make a dream come true. Thirteen-year-old Bernadette, from Newchurch, suffers from
Firefighter needled by new visitor
A prickly customer gave a fireman a shock when he walked into the firestation unannounced. But this was no usual visitor – it was a baby hedgehog who had wandered in from the cold. Leading fire fighter Paul Dennis –
Interactive online family notices trialled by Johnston Press
Another regional newspaper group takes an online platform for hatch, match and dispatch
News in brief
The Liverpool Echo has launched digital television channel Echo TV. It is now being broadcast in 100 local Hackney cabs and is expected to reach 435,000 viewers a month. Programmes include celebrity interviews and entertainment, news on the city’s redevelopment,
Quake brings reader boost across Kent titles
Multi-media hit for KMG as news staff produce coverage online, in-paper and in a picture special
Digital editions of KMG titles go online
Service targets readers from outside Kent with interactive replicas