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Welcome to our main news index. Here you will find all the news stories that have appeared on the site since our launch in February 2000. If you want to look up a story from a certain month you can use our Journalism News Archive which lists stories by date and also according to which channel or category they appeared in (eg law, campaigns, awards.)
Coast editor to step down after three years - Journalism News …
2 days ago · by Paul Linford Published 21 Oct 2024. 0. A former regional newsman who took up a new role following a company takeover is stepping down after three years. Andy Cooper was made redundant from Devon Life after 27 years in regional media after its publisher Archant was taken over by Newsquest in 2022. At the time, he commented that it “feels ...
NCTJ rescues community news funding after Facebook axe
6 days ago · by Paul Linford Published 17 Oct 2024. 0. The National Council for the Training of Journalists has stepped in to rescue funding for community news reporters after Facebook pulled the plug on the project. Facebook owner Meta announced last September that it would no longer fund the Community News Project, which had paid for the training and ...
Date and venue announced for print newspaper awards
2 days ago · The date and venue have been announced for an annual awards ceremony designed to showcase excellence in print newspapers. Entries will shortly open for the 2025 Newspaper Awards with the prizes to be handed out on Wednesday 2 April 2025 at the London Hilton Bankside.. The awards have already received the support of major industry sponsors including UPM and Resolute Forest Products along with ...
Union branch backs editor over police IPSO complaint
5 days ago · by Paul Linford Published 18 Oct 2024. A journalists’ union branch has welcomed a recent IPSO ruling backing a regional daily editor in a secrecy battle with the local police force. As previously reported on HTFP, the press watchdog threw out a complaint by Nottinghamshire Police against the Nottingham Post for having claimed it had asked ...
2021 Archives - HoldtheFrontPage
Tips on choosing a journalism course Emma Clark, former marketing and communications manager for the National Council for the Training of Journalists, offers her advice on choosing between journalism courses. Recently I've attended numerous careers fairs around the country, meeting students of all ages keen to break into journalism - whether that be in newspapers, television, radio or magazines.
Fond farewells: Remembering the journalists we lost in 2021
Dec 31, 2021 · Adrian Curtis. Journalist who had worked for the Cambridge Independent since its launch in a career in which he also worked for the Lincolnshire Echo and national titles. He died suddenly aged 63. “My dad was an inspiration and to be able to work alongside such a top operator and a fantastic journalist at the Echo was an honour and a privilege.
Josh Widdicombe and Nish Kumar's Hold The Front Page to air on …
Jan 3, 2023 · A new series in which two comedians tour a regional publisher’s newsrooms is set to air tomorrow. Hold The Front Page, which sees Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe undertake work experience at six National World offices, will be broadcast on Sky Max.. Newsrooms to feature in the programme include The Scotsman, Yorkshire Post, West Sussex Gazette, Blackpool Gazette, Northamptonshire Telegraph ...
Sky Max to air comedy entitled Hold The Front Page - Journalism …
May 13, 2022 · A comedy series set in local newsrooms is to be launched after two comedians undertook work experience at a weekly newspaper. Sky has commissioned the new series – to be called Hold The Front Page – which will star Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe.. It comes after a successful pilot was produced last year, in which the comedians wrote a series of articles for the West Sussex Gazette.