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Editor Gledhill set for vice presidency role

Bath Chronicle editor David Gledhill is set to become the next vice president of the Society of Editors. He will be unanimously nominated by the board at the AGM during next month’s conference in Newcastle, and if the nomination is

Editors' conference set for Newcastle

Leader of the Opposition Michael Howard MP and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens will be the keynote speakers at the Society of Editors’ annual conference in Newcastle upon Tyne later this year. The conference, Let’s Get Real, is to

Former T&A staff remember the 'the good old days'

Former editors, journalists and photographers from the Telegraph & Argus in Bradford have been remembering ‘the good old days’ at a reunion in the city. Seventy former staff, whose time at the paper spanned the 1970s to the present day,

Journalists are told to think before they act

Journalists are being told to think before they act in a bid to rebuild the public’s trust in the media. Neil Benson, editorial director of Trinity Mirror Regional newspapers, said that before publishing a story journalists should put themselves in

New Society vice president is nominated

Keith Sutton, editorial director of the Cumbrian Newspapers Group, has been nominated as the next vice president of the Society of Editors. The 57-year-old, who is also editor of the News & Star in Carlisle and The Cumberland News, has

Newspaper group aiming to get closer to its readers

Trinity Mirror is planning to tailor its regional newspapers closer to the needs of their readers with the launch of a major new project. After conducting a major survey of its readership, the group is now aiming to ensure its

Society's next president prepares for office

Jonathan Grun, editor of the Press Association, is set to succeed Liz Page as the Society of Editors president for 2002-3. Currently vice president, Jonathan will address the Society’s annual meeting in York next month, where members are due to

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

Amardeep awaits decision

A Sunday Mercury journalist held by the authorities in Pakistan amid claims of espionage has been placed in a lower security facility. Amardeep Bassey had been held at the Joint Interrogation Centre in Peshawar after he was found not to

"Crucial day" for Midlands journalist

A judicial review hearing which could decide the fate of the Sunday Mercury journalist being held by the authorities in Pakistan will take place tomorrow. Amardeep Bassey (left) was detained in the border town of Torkham 12 days ago when

New editorial chief for Trinity Mirror's regional press

Neil Benson, former editor of the Newcastle Evening Chronicle and Coventry Evening Telegraph, has been appointed editorial director of Trinity Mirror Regional Newspapers. His work will involve adopting a ‘best practice’ culture across the company’s regional titles and organising newsrooms

Sad farewell for GMC's managing director

Neil Benson, former editor of the Newcastle Evening Chronicle and Coventry Evening Telegraph, has left his post as managing director of Gazette Media Company to take up a new position with GMC’s parent company. Mr Benson, 46, has been appointed

Charity windfall from Gazette

Seven charities were each handed cheques of £700 thanks to a superb fund-raising effort by staff at the Middlesbrough Evening Gazette. It was part of a regular donation from the newspaper – but was swelled this year after staff gave

People in the News

New editors for Echo, Gazette as Journal loses top two Pastures new: Mark Dickinson (left) and Paul Robertson. Three big regional newspapers are set for new editors as Thomas’s Newcastle Journal prepares to lose its top two – both to

Journal to lose its top two

New editors for Echo, Gazette as Journal loses top two Pastures new: Mark Dickinson (left) and Paul Robertson. Three big regional newspapers are set for new editors as The Journal, Newcastle, prepares to lose its top two. Editor Mark Dickinson