Nottingham Evening Post deputy editor Jon Grubb was among the media professionals advising local charities how to get their message across at an East Midlands seminar this week.Make the Regional Media Work for You was aimed at the voluntary sector
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Death of Jim Smith
Former Western Mail journalist Jim Smith has died, aged 62. He had worked for The Western Mail for more than 20 years, most of that time covering his home county of Pembrokeshire. He started his career at the Western Telegraph
Western Mail to take legal action over foot and mouth
The Western Mail is taking legal action against the Government over its refusal to hold a full public inquiry into the foot-and-mouth crisis. The legal challenge will be headed by Richard Lissack QC, a leading barrister and farmer, who has
New MD for Western Mail and Echo Ltd
Western Mail and Echo Ltd has announced Keith Dye as its new managing director. Mr Dye has worked in the newspaper industry for more than 20 years, and is currently managing director of Trinity Mirror’s Midlands Weekly Media division. He
Western Mail launches Welsh language initiative
The Western Mail has launched a new initiative for those wanting to learn Welsh, in the form of Welsh Learners Week. In conjunction with S4C the paper is offering a special learners starter pack which includes a mouse mat, tape
Welsh journalist David dies
Former Western Mail journalist David Hewitt has died, aged 70. He began his journalism career at the Carmarthen Journal, before joining the Western Mail and South Wales Echo as a staff reporter in the early 1950s. He later became the
Campaigning journalist was former Western Mail sub
Donald Woods, the South African journalist and anti-apartheid campaigner who died at the weekend after a two year battle with lung cancer had a short spell at the Western Mail in the late 1950s. Mr Woods spent 10 months with
Editors unite in fight for foot and mouth public inquiry
Regional papers from across the country are linking up to fight for a full public inquiry into foot and mouth disease. The Western Morning news is working with The Journal, Newcastle, the Western Mail and trade magazine Farmers Weekly to
News in brief
The blanket-knitting record is set to be broken for the Idle Tide feast celebrated near Bradford – and the Telegraph and Argus is set to feature heavily in the celebrations.The blanket being created is emblazoned with the letters T&A as
New member needed
The Society of Editors is looking for a new board member to replace Neil Fowler, who will shortly complete his term on the board. Mr Fowler, editor of the Western Mail, will retire as immediate past president at the AGM
Mail & Echo announces print investment
Western Mail and Echo Limited is to make a multi-million pound investment in a new printing facility. The company has applied for planning permission for a new print site to be built at Pacific Park, Cardiff, and it is hoped
Former Wales reporterdies abroad
A former journalist and motoring enthusiast from South Wales has died of a sudden heart attack in Dubai. Mike Williams, (56), started in journalism as a junior reporter with the Carmarthen Journal before becoming a reporter with the Herald of
Nicole moves up at the Argus
Nicole Garnon has been appointed assistant editor of the South Wales Argus. She has been news editor of the Newport-based evening paper for the past three years and has spent more than 13 years with the Argus. Nicole, 37, started
Cardiff journalist loses leukaemia fight
A journalist with the Western Mail in Cardiff has lost his four-month fight against leukaemia. Rhodri Jones, 24, lived in Camarthen before going on to study A-Levels at Aberystwyth followed by law at Swansea University and then a journalism diploma
You can leave your hat on
Star-struck Lucy Hynes has jetted out to New York to cover the celebrity wedding of the year – between Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas. Though the Shropshire Star might not have a direct claim on the girl from the
My experience at the"other end" of a news story
In his final speech before standing down as President of the Society of Editors, Neil Fowler – editor of the Western Mail – used a dramatic example of his own involvement with the press to stress the need for vigilance