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The future is now 16 May 2010 | 04:32 am
I spend a lot of the time bemoaning the state of our industry. It may seem like I like to do it, but I truly don't. What thrills me about this job is getting stories and bringing out newspapers. Newsp...
Local Newspaper Week 14 May 2010 | 06:08 am
How many of you have spent a few hours trawling through their archives or contacting the great and good to put together a feature for Local Newspaper Week? How many have written about the importance o...
Praise the newspaper gods 23 Mar 2010 | 11:46 pm
It's been a pretty good 2010 so far. Newspaper editorial space has increased as advertising revenue gradually goes up. Our bosses are still maintaining it's tough out there but our front line ad staff...
Sign of the times part 3 1 Mar 2010 | 05:54 am
A recent job ad, once again missing the bleedin' point by about a country mile............ We are a specialist HR publishing company with both online and paper publications. We are looking for an Edi...
Honesty isn't always the best policy 18 Feb 2010 | 08:23 am
Sometimes being right is not enough. When you work for the nationals you can afford to roll in and spend a couple of days upsetting the citizenry because in 48 hours you know you will be somewhere els...
Sign of the times part 2 10 Feb 2010 | 09:14 am
A recent job ad spotted on HTFP. Editor Location: Market Rasen Lincolnshire Newspapers Ltd Do you want to join Johnston Press, one of the largest regional newspaper groups in the UK, at editor level?...
Masters of our own demise 30 Jan 2010 | 10:00 am
Back in the old days journalists used to have a strange device called a contacts book. In it they would put the names and telephone numbers of interesting local characters, councillors, gossips, cops,...
Bulls**t translator 18 Jan 2010 | 08:15 am
Journalism for the teenies. What they say and what it really means. Feel free to add your own. Hyperlocal - Talking to people in the local area and getting stories from them. Just like we used to do ...
Pay attention to the small print 15 Jan 2010 | 07:22 am
A very interesting debate at Westminster took place yesterday regarding the rise of the council newspaper. I agree that council newspapers are a very real threat to local papers and should be either b...
Fact versus fiction 15 Jan 2010 | 04:02 am
Firstly, I have to apologise for my previous post. Its headline should have read 'Why the vast majority of PRs should die (or just have a bad day)'. Judging by the comments (some of which came without...
