Former Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies MBE has spoken of local newspapers giving vital publicity to upcoming sports stars in a message for Local Newspaper Week. Said Sharron: “Even before I started competing as a professional swimmer at the age of eleven,
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Journalists wanting to attend Wimbledon need to apply for written press accreditation before 7 February. Editors wishing to send a journalist to cover this year’s Championships on 25 June to 8 July should write to the Newspaper Society on their newspaper’s
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PM tweeted about successful scheme
Families to be pre-warned about press at inquests
Move aims to avoid distress for relatives
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The Newspaper Society is to merge its communications and marketing departments under the current comms director Lynne Anderson, it announced today. The move follows the decision by marketing director Robert Ray to leave the NS in January. Johnston Press chief
Meeting to thrash out London 2012 regional press pool
Industry leaders continuing to press for additional passes
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