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Get the best job under The Sun: join the Sun trainee scheme

By |2019-11-22T15:06:50+00:00November 22nd, 2019|News|

The Sun has launched an editorial trainee scheme to increase the diversity of its talent. For its first intake, The Sun is looking for budding journalists from all walks of life, with or without training or degrees. The group will join a journalism bootcamp at News Associates, a leading UK journalism school, followed by a [...]

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Newsworks executive chair Tracy de Groose on a mission to reclaim the missing billion pounds

By |2019-11-20T08:58:11+00:00November 18th, 2019|News|

Newsworks' executive chair Tracy De Groose attended the Society of Editors 20th anniversary conference this where she delivered a speech ‘The Missing Billion’, calling on the industry to unite and help tell a joined-up story of growth in order bring back much needed ad revenue. You can read the full speech below. The Missing Billion [...]

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Faure Walker: Government must Get out of the slow lane on local journalism support

By |2019-11-20T08:59:56+00:00November 18th, 2019|News|

Government must “get out of the slow lane” with its support for local journalism otherwise more local papers will be lost at a time when we need them most, Newsquest chief executive Henry Faure Walker has said. Speaking at a Westminster Media Forum conference on the future of news following the Cairncross review, News Media [...]

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BBC lays out bold plans to expand its pioneering news partnerships

By |2019-11-04T14:40:07+00:00November 4th, 2019|News|

The BBC’s pioneering partnership with the News Media Association and local news organisations could be significantly expanded - with the number of journalists working on it increased and new services offered. * A new cohort of public service journalists to be recruited * Greater coverage for ‘blue light’ public services and some courts * New [...]

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World Press Trends 2019: The balancing act of publishers

By |2019-11-04T14:09:52+00:00November 4th, 2019|News|

The findings of 30th edition of the World Press Trends report underscores the ongoing conundrum of the industry: Overall global revenues in 2018 continued to shrink as did some newsrooms, yet paying audiences and demand for quality news continue to increase. The report analyses the data collected from WAN-IFRA’s annual survey of more than 50 [...]

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Nationals renew Channel Islands digital print contracts

By |2019-11-04T11:41:00+00:00November 4th, 2019|News|

In the October issue of PJ, read about the renewed deals that keep the UK national newspapers printing at KP Services  in Jersey. Plus Caryl Holland visits KPS  to find out how the digital printing of newspapers has been an operational success.  There’s news of the date and sponsors for newsawards 2020 and Alan Geere [...]

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10pt talking Point: Lee Palmer of Westferry printers

By |2019-10-29T14:55:15+00:00October 29th, 2019|News|

Lee Palmer is press hall manager at Westferry Printers, part of the Reach Printing Services network. Westferry prints 950,000 copies a night of two natonal newspaper titles plus the London Metro and CityAM - and a further 20 newspapers under contract. In this article, in October printed PJ,  he gives an insight into what makes [...]

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Digital ensures that the Mercury is rising

By |2019-10-29T14:17:09+00:00October 29th, 2019|News|

THE EDITOR’S CHAIR: ABCs must not distract from great audience growth, says Gary Cullum WHEN I was a young lad working at the Newspaper Society in the early 1980s I was responsible for the Society’s press and public affairs department – in other words, information. Every department came under a committee of senior NS members, [...]

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Challenges in the Channel Islands

By |2019-10-29T13:39:35+00:00October 29th, 2019|News|

PJ’s Caryl Holland visits Jersey to find out how the digital printing of newspapers has become an operational success. Read the full story in October PJ. Need a subscription? Please click here to make contact  Pictured below: one of three Kodak Prosper digotal press lines at the KPS Jersey

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PJ – at the heart of the news media publishing industry for 60 years

By |2019-10-03T17:50:24+01:00October 3rd, 2019|News|

PJ has been at the heart of the news publishing industry for 60 years and has a heritage dating back to the founding of the Newspaper Society in 1836. It is published 10 times a year on behalf of the News Media Association by Cullum Publishing.   If you don’t receive a personal copy and [...]

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