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The Orcadian
What we have written about The Orcadian
Journalist wins five nominations ahead of annual awards
Winners will be revealed next month
Council gags weekly over interview with person in its care
Editor brands court action “ludicrous and unnecessary”
Journalist wins civic honour for services to sport on patch
Plus: Round-up of other recent journalism awards news
Weekly printed off patch for first time in history at plant 300 miles away
Newspaper produced on island for 164 years also reveals relaunch
Would-be hacks to benefit from new online knowledge base
Regional press man asks: “Do you want to beajournalist.co.uk?”
Lifetime achievement award presented to Scottish journalist
Plus: Newsquest’s 62m page impressions online, staff changes at New Nation and more news in brief
New health service role for editor
Former councillor gets back into public service after setting up media group
£1m print investment for island media group
Move will allow remaining titles to be brought in-house following company merger
Orkney journalist puts best foot forward for half marathon
Reporter will tackle hilly island course for charity close to his heart
Weekly titles in company merger
Papers will continue to be published independently and have their own editors and reporting staff
Island newspaper owners consider merger
Staff at two weekly titles are told that talks are taking place
Weekly beats the silly season with biggest ever paper
Summer may traditionally be a quiet time in newsrooms up and down the country – but not at The Orcadian, where staff have just produced the biggest paper in its 150-year history. A 16-page farming feature, produced ahead of the
Orkney title gets ready for launch
A new weekly paper for Orkney, giving the island a second weekly paper for the first time in 40 years, is ready to launch in three weeks. Orkney Today is the brainchild of freelance photographer Ken Amer, who hopes the
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Keep your favourites rolling in, folks! Wayne Swiffin, of the Derby Evening Telegraph, was amused by this, on BBC’s Ceefax: Reward: £5,000 for shooting culprits Neil Burns, of The Orcadian, mailed us with what he considers a classic, written by
Regional press complaints resolved
Resolved complaints dealt with by the PCC during Autumn 2001 The majority of complaints made to the Press Complaints Commission, which raise a possible breach of the Code of Practice, are resolved directly between the Commission’s staff, editors and complainants.