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News values travel well, says globetrotting editor
Production editor Jayne Thomas has returned from a study trip across the Atlantic with an insight into the way North American newspapers treat the news. Jayne, who works at the Neath and Port Talbot Courier, visited a clutch of newspapers
Sale of Welsh newspaper under discussion
Northcliffe Newspapers is setting up a deal to buy the Neath and Port Talbot Tribune from Tindle Newspapers. The competition minister has been asked to rubber-stamp the deal, which would not need to be referred to the Competition Commission because
Ambassador Jayne to hit the USA
Neath Port Talbot Courier production editor Jayne Thomas is going to America and Canada to learn about the newspapers industry overseas. Jayne has won a place on a Rotary study exchange scheme travelling to Washington State and British Columbia next
News in brief
More than £115,000 has been raised by the South Wales Evening Post and Port Talbot Courier’s Steel Blast Appeal following last year’s Corus explosion in Port Talbot.The appeal has already paid out £87,000 to the families and survivors and the
Snake-sitting Jayne brings in £1,000
This is the moment when Neath and Port Talbot Courier production editor Jayne Thomas got ‘up close and personal’ with a 14ft Burmese python. Jayne sat in a tank with the four-stone snake on top of her for an hour
Python date for production editor Jayne
A giant snake is the latest fund-raiser to join the appeal to raise cash for the victims and families of those injured in the Port Talbot steelworks blast. Jayne will snake-sit The 14ft python will be keeping Neath & Port
Python date for production editor Jayne
A giant snake is the latest fund-raiser to join the appeal to raise cash for the victims and families of those injured in the Port Talbot steelworks blast. The 14ft python will be keeping Neath & Port Talbot Courier production
£20,000 raised in two weeks
Readers of the South Wales Evening Post and Port Talbot Courier have helped raise £20,000 for the papers Steel Blast Appeal in just two weeks. The appeal was launched following an explosion at Port Talbot’s steel plant, which left three
Kids' paper up for award
Budding newshounds who are learning their skills with the help of the Port Talbot Courier are to receive a top award. They will be among a dozen Youth Work in Wales Excellence Awards winners and be in contention for the
Action on subway dangers
A call by readers of the Port Talbot Courier for a clean-up to a subway in Neath has proved a success. They contacted the paper earlier this month claiming the underpass had become an intimidating place. A petition of 230
Readers help produce second local history book
A journey back in time is being promised for readers of the Port Talbot Courier, who can now get their hands on a new pictorial nostalgia book. The book, Memory Lane: Neath & Port Talbot, has been produced by the
Papers give £2,000 to encourage readers
An appeal to raise £100,000 for victims of the Welsh steelworks blast in November is expected to meet its target by the end of March. The South Wales Evening Post and Port Talbot Courier appeal has been boosted with the
Northcliffe given green light for purchase
A Welsh newspaper is set to change hands after the competition minister agreed to the move. Northcliffe Newspapers has been given permission to buy the Neath and Port Talbot Tribune from Tindle Newspapers. Northcliffe already owns the weekly Neath and