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Newsquest
- Head Office: 58 Church Street, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 8DP
- Website: www.newsquest.co.uk
Owned by US-based publisher Gannett, Newsquest is one of the UK’s largest publishers of local and regional newspapers with more than 300 titles.
Its major UK publishing centres include York and Glasgow and it employs more than 8,000 staff.
A relatively young company, Newsquest was born in 1995 from Reed Regional Newspapers and has since acquired long-established publisher Westminster Press.
More information can be found on the company’s website at www.newsquest.co.uk.
What we have written about Newsquest
Press heavyweights at awards ceremony
Senior figures from the regional press were due to join Prince Charles at the first annual Prince’s Trust Local Reporting Award ceremony today. Newspaper Society president Alec Davidson, of Northcliffe Newspapers, was at St James’ Palace with Philip Graf from
Belfast Telegraph wins top award
The Belfast Telegraph was named as the Internet site of the Year at the first-ever Newspaper Society New Media Awards held at the St John’s Swallow Hotel in Solihull. Judges said that the site – also named as Best Internet
Newsquest award winners
The Northern Echo has been named as Newsquest’s Daily Newspaper of the Year. Editor Peter Barron collected the award in a year in which his paper has already been named Best Daily Newspaper in the North East in the Tom
Newsquest awards shortlist revealed
Darlington is up against Swindon and York in the battle to be named Newsquest Daily Newspaper of the Year. The Northern Echo, edited by Peter Barron, hopes to crown a year in which it was named best daily newspaper in
Flood of outrage at wages survey report
“No journalists I know are earning that kind of money – who took part in the survey?”
Union pushes for national talks as Newsquest drops
£65m pension fund deficit claim could cost staff more than £40 a month to put right
Argus turns its patch plastic in bid to make nights out safer
Glassing instances set to be cut as campaign for plastic beakers in pubs takes hold
NWN Media chairman to take on Newspaper Society presidency
“Industry’s in the best possible position to grasp the opportunities of the digital age”, says new president
NUJ members to ballot on industrial action over compulsory redundancies
Union says the company has gone back on an agreement to avoid compulsory job cuts
Prizes awarded for best NCE performances
Four journalists have been singled out for awards on the back of how they fared
Prizes awarded for regional journalists' exam success
Top performers are rewarded for the NCTJ October NCE
Top trainees lift exam awards
Reporters who impressed the examiners in the 2005 prof test pick up prestigious awards
Prof test rules about to change
Major changes are about to be made to the journalists’ proficiency test, the National Certificate Examination. Trainees sitting the NCE later this year will face a more “realistic” test of their skills, following changes announced by the National Council for
Successful NCE candidates – Spring 2004
The following candidates, listed under the centre at which they sat the examination, have now gained the National Certificate. Click here to see the successful photographers. BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY Lily Canter Wiltshire Gazette & Herald; Guy Collender The News, Portsmouth; Thomas
Journalism exams record 55 per cent pass rate
More than half of the journalists who took the new-style National Certificate Examination in April have qualified as seniors. The pass rate of 55 per cent saw 150 of the 273 reporters who took the exams at centres across the