HoldtheFrontPage | News, jobs and resources for UK journalists
WEBHoldtheFrontPage is a news and jobs website for journalists everywhere with a particular focus on the UK regional press. The site attracts around 70,000 visitors a month and has more than 18,500 followers on Twitter.
Journalism news from HoldtheFrontPage
WEBWelcome 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 ...
Former Dundee Evening Telegraph and P&J editor dies aged 58 ...
WEB3 days ago · A former daily newspaper editor who also served as head of print at a regional publisher has died of cancer aged 58. Tributes have been paid to Andrew Kellock, who had spells editing both the Dundee Evening Telegraph and the Aberdeen Press & Journal.. Andrew, pictured, also held a number of other senior roles at …
Reach journalist lands group-wide engagement editor role
WEB2 days ago · A former regional press journalist who subsequently went on to national newspaper roles has landed a new group-wide position with Reach plc. Harry Rutter, left, has been appointed engagement editor, working across the publisher’s national and regional titles.. Until 2022, Harry worked for Newsquest as live editor across the former Archant tites in Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Essex.
Journalist recalls ‘electrifying’ IndyRef ten years on
WEB4 days ago · Ten years on from the announcement of the result, Alistair has recalled the “extraordinary time” in a first-person piece for The Scotsman. He wrote:”The entire country was ablaze with politics. The coming referendum was being debated everywhere, and everyone had a view, even if they had still to make up their minds on the central question.
Front Page News from HoldtheFrontPage
WEBSep 3, 2024 · As its name suggests, HoldtheFrontPage is in part a showcase for some of the great front pages which are regularly published in local and regional newspapers. Many of them will be in response to a big news event on their patch while others will mark a special anniversary, or a redesign. This page includes …
Fond farewells: Remembering the journalists we lost in 2021
WEBDec 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 …
Sky Max to air comedy entitled Hold The Front Page - Journalism …
WEBMay 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.
About HoldtheFrontPage
WEB4 days ago · HoldtheFrontPage is based in Derbyshire, UK, and managed by a three-person team led by Publisher Paul Linford, left, together with journalist David Sharman and sales executive Gary Mogridge. All three have extensive experience in the regional press industry. Paul has worked in regional journalism and related sectors for more than 35 years ...
2021 Archives - HoldtheFrontPage
WEBTips 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.