Sports journalist Justin Allen is joining the Daily Star as page editor and writer after two yearswith the Evening Argus in Brighton.Justin, (24), had previously worked for BBC Radio Kent and Kent Messenger Group title, the East Kent Mercury, where
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Integrated news gathering as KMG snaps up CTFM
The Kent Messenger newspaper group has further expanded its interests in local radio. The firm already owns Thanet Local Radio and has now acquired a controlling interest in CTFM at Canterbury. KMG Newspapers has informed the Radio Authority of its
Cricket writer's new stand
Cricket correspondent Mark Pennell will help present one of the game’s most prestigious awards this summer. The 40-year-old former wicketkeeper batsman from Larkfield has been invitedonto the Cricket Writers’ Club awards’ sub-committee. The Kent Messenger Group correspondent will join a
Role is a 'first' for theregional press
Kent Messenger group chief football writer Tony Hudd has accepted aninvitation to become vice-chairman of the Football Writers’ Association witha view to taking the chair next year. Tony, a long-serving member of the FWA national committee, will make history in
Designer Zandra honoured as the Pride of Medway
International fashion designer Zandra Rhodes has been awarded a lifetime achievement trophy at a Pride in Medway award ceremony. The year-long awards campaign was run by the Kent Messenger Group daily newspaper, Medway Today. Readers were invited to nominate people
KM Group is one of the top50 firms to work for
The Kent Messenger Group has started the year on a high with news it has earned a place in the Sunday Times 50 Best Companies to Work for in the UK list. The accolade is all thanks to KMG’s own
And you thought OUR trains were bad
Page 1 of 3 With railways in the news, Debbie Eales – editor of the Kent Messenger Press Agency and Kent Courts Reporting Agency – thought she would share with HoldTheFrontPage visitors the story of one of her regular trips
Press Fund boost
The Newspaper Press Fund charity for media workers and their families has received a financial boost from Kent newspaper chief Edwin Boorman. Mr Boorman, chairman of Kent Messenger Group Newspapers and NewspaperSociety vice president, bought the top item – a
Reporter praised for asylum seeker coverage
Page 1 of 2 The chief reporter of the Dover Mercury, Graham Tutthill, has been praised at a national conference for his coverage of the asylum seeker situation in the town. Gurbux Singh, chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality
High Court action ends Adsmart name row
A scheme to launch a free classified advertising service under atitle already used by the Kent Messenger Group has been thwarted in the HighCourt. Paul Russell, who has an address in London, had set up a companycalled Adsmart and proposed
Gravesend reporter dies at 81
A former Gravesend reporter has died suddenly at the age of 81 after acareer that took him to Fleet Street. George Pollock – known to his friends and colleagues as Archie – left Gravesend Grammar School for Boys to become
Open weekend at Larkfield
The printing press at the Kent Messenger’s head office inLarkfield will be open to the public this weekend (September 16 and 17). It is one of a series of events which are taking place throughout thecountry as part of a
We're scared of heights – honest!
Abseiling down a 180ft Chatham tower block with your family and friendswatching your every move is not for the faint-hearted. But a brave trio from Medway Today decided to take the plunge in aid of Macmillan Cancer Relief. Managing Editor
Sharp-eyed court reporter saves time and money
Court reporter Ann Price saved time and cash when she challenged an “illegal” sentence handed down at Maidstone Crown Court. Judge Harvey Crush had sentenced an 18-year-old woman to nine monthsyouth custody, suspended for two years, after she admitted possessingEcstasy
Editor steps up at Kent
Ron Green, editor of Medway Today and Kent Today, is stepping up to become managing editor of the Kent Messenger Group. New editor of the Kent and Medway titles is Bob Dimond, formerly editor of the Gravesend Messenger and Dartford
Watchdog role for Elliott
Former regional newspaper editor Geoff Elliott has been appointed to the Broadcasting Standards Commission. Mr Elliott, (55) was editor and director of The News, in Portmsouth, from 1990 until last year when he was sacked after the paper was taken