Health Writer’s Award shortlist announced
The Guild of Health Writers‘ has annouced the shortlist for its 2009 Awards with journalist Jerome Burne leading the field…
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Former Scotsman editor tipped to take helm at the Belfast Telegraph
!!UPDATE 12:45: It’s happened…Former Scotsman editor Mike Gilson to edit Belfast Telegraph!!
ByWrexham Evening Leader becomes a morning
The Evening Leader in North Wales is the latest daily title to switch from being an evening to a morning…
ByWashington Post’s Loudoun Extra hyper-local project to close
The Washington Post has announced that its hyper-local journalism site LoudounExtra.com is to close after two years, claiming the project’s…
ByBirmingham may scrap £600,000 a year council newspaper
Birmingham city council is considering whether to scrap its £600,000 a year fornightly newspaper in order to cut costs. The…
ByGovernment considers legal limit on licence fee top-slice
The Government is considering a legal limit on any possible “top-slicing” of the BBC’s licence fee to help fund news programming…
ByWeekly editor claims he was sacked for being too old
An editor who spent 32 years with Johnston Press-owned weekly the Haverhill Echo is claiming that making him redundant amounted…
ByThe UK’s successful independent ultra-local news websites
After my posting about the success of ultra-local news websites in the US I’ve been pleasantly suprised to hear reports…
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