Posted by Press Gazette on 20 August 2008 at 11:00
Tags: Journalism
Anyone who has had doubts about why they became a journalist should take heart from the story of Adrian Sudbury - who sadly died last night aged 27.
When he was diagnosed with potentially terminal cancer two years ago he could have chosen not to work at at all, instead taking what pleasure he could from [...]
Posted by Press Gazette on 13 August 2008 at 17:38
Tags: Journalism
The last weekly edition of Press Gazette has now been put to press - after 43 years of publication - to be replaced with a monthly magazine and a renewed emphasis on breaking news online.
The dawn of this new era led has to me to reflect on the one we are leaving behind.
And leafing through [...]
Posted by Press Gazette on 7 August 2008 at 11:02
Tags: Journalism
The Daily Mail today took the opportunity to reprise perhaps the greatest pull-quote in tabloid history.
Journalists who remember the 1970s will know it well, as: “I’d ski naked down Mt Everest with a carnation up my nose if he asked me.”
The Mail believes that the US woman “Bernan McKinney” who recreated her dog “Booger” by [...]
Posted by Press Gazette on 18 June 2008 at 12:45
Tags: Journalism
Highlights of this week’s Press Gazette magazine include:
Regional press agony and ecstacy:
Full reports and 16-page supplement showcasing the best of British journalism with all the winners from the Press Gazette Regional Press Awards.
But as regional newspaper owner share prices dip further there are reports of widespread redundancies across the industry.
Iain Dale explains why, despite having [...]
Posted by Press Gazette on 11 June 2008 at 12:39
Tags: Journalism
The internet journalist turned entrepreneur who is launching an innovative news website in India.
We showcase the best news photos in the world as selected from the Photographer’s Year award winners.
What the creation of a £3bn business publishing giant with the possible merger of Informa and UBM could mean for journalists.
How journalists at Newsquest York are [...]
Posted by Press Gazette on 28 May 2008 at 12:47
Tags: Journalism
In this week’s Press Gazette magazine:
We urge three High Court judges not to compel freelance journalist Shiv Malik to hand over his notes to Greater Manchester Police in an open letter on page one:”If this cornerstone of UK press freedom is shattered by a ruling in GMP’s favour, it will undermine the very democracy that the [...]
Continue ReadingPosted by Press Gazette on 14 May 2008 at 17:50
Tags: Journalism
Great Manchester Police have launched an “unprecedented” bid to grab the notes of journalists who interviewed terror suspect Hassan Butt - even though they have him in custody.
Disclosure orders have been filed against the BBC, Sunday Times, Prospect and CBS. Meanwhile, journalist Shiv Malik next week takes his fight against disclosing his notes to [...]
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on 8 April 2008 at 17:08
Tags: Journalism, National Newspapers
The 2008 British Press Awards will be held tonight at the Grosvenor House hotel in London.
Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow will present the winners from the shortlist that was published last month.
Full results will appear here from 9pm.
For those who can’t even wait for the first blog post, the winners will be announced live, 140 characters at a time, on Press Gazette’s Twitter feed.
The first few winners have now been announced:
Young Journalist of the Year: Kate Mansey, Sunday Mirror
Cartoonist of the Year
Matt Pritchett, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
Critic of the Year
Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph
Digital Journalist of the Year
Sean Smith, Guardian.co.uk
Interviewer of the Year
Chrissy Iley, freelance
Showbiz Reporter of the Year
Sean Hamilton, Sunday Mirror
Photographer of the Year
Jeremy Selwyn, Evening Standard
Sports Photographer of the Year
Andy Hooper, Daily Mail
Sports Journalist of the Year
Martin Samuel, The Times
Supplement of the Year
Shared by You and Live, both from the Mail on Sunday
Political Journalist of the Year
Philip Stevens, Financial Times
Foreign Reporter of the Year
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, The Guardian
Reporter of the Year
Tom Newton Dunn, The Sun
11:05: The final set of awards have now been announced. International Journalist of the Year goes to International Journalist of the Year is Emadeddin Baghi of the Iranian newspaper Jomhooriyat. Andrew Gilligan of the Evening Standard wins the overall Journalist of the Year Award, and the Financial Times is crowned Newspaper of the Year. A Press Gazette Special Award goes to Associated Newspapers editor-in-chief Paul Dacre, recognising his two decades as editor of the Evening Standard and Daily Mail, launching Metro and his work on the Press Complaints Commission.
Posted on 4 April 2008
Tags: Regional Newspapers
A member of the Northern Ireland Assembly has accused the Andersonstown News of acting as a “Sinn Fein equivalent of Pravda” after it printed a front-page apology to the party’s leader Gerry Adams over a critical opinion piece.
Continue ReadingPosted on 3 April 2008
Tags: National Newspapers
The Guardian has appointed The Financial Times’s interactive editor Damian Carrington as editor of its environment pages of Guardian.co.uk.
Continue ReadingPosted on 3 April 2008
Tags: National Newspapers
Journalists at the Express Newspapers in London and Preston are set to stage the first full-day strike on a national newspaper for 18 year tomorrow.
Continue ReadingPosted on 3 April 2008
Tags: Regional Newspapers
The National Union of Journalists could overturn one its most controversial motions of recent years at its Annual Delegates’ Meeting this weekend, a boycott of Israeli goods and services.
Continue ReadingPosted on 1 April 2008
Tags: Journalism
A group of rival women’s magazine editors have agreed to work together to draw up a voluntary code of practice on airbrushing and “size zero” models.
Continue ReadingPosted on 1 April 2008
Tags: Journalism
Customer publisher Publicis Blueprint is to axe a third of its staff, several magazines and is negotiating the departure of its chief executive as a part of a major overhaul at the company.
Continue ReadingPosted on 1 April 2008
Tags: Journalism
Business magazines publisher Centaur has denied the company is engaged in a strategic review but revealed that it is currently involved in a “valuation” of the business.
Continue ReadingPosted on 1 April 2008
Tags: Journalism
Former Socialist MSP Tommy Sheridan has been ditched by Edinburgh radio station Talk 107 because he was too “confrontational”.
Continue ReadingPosted on 31 March 2008
Tags: Journalism
Broadcasting regulator Ofcom has rejected a complaint by Thomas Cook over a Panorama report into the deaths of two children on a holiday booked through the travel company.
Continue ReadingPosted on 31 March 2008
Tags: Journalism
Trinity Mirror has appointed Chris Bunyan, a former director of online portal management for Virgin Media, as the new digital director for its regional titles.
Continue ReadingPosted on 31 March 2008
Tags: National Newspapers
Headless Body in Topless Bar! That’s a headline from the New York Post - renowned for its, bold, sassy and sometimes witty front pages - that will be long remembered.
Continue ReadingPosted on 31 March 2008
Tags: National Newspapers
??Newsdesks refuse to run malicious HBOS rumours as Bank of England requests cooperation
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