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Piers Morgan backs NCTJ virtual summer school
The NCTJ has launched an online summer school, designed to provide an introduction to journalism for beginners. Over the next two months, it will release a video masterclass each week via its YouTube channel, on [...]
The newsawards that beat the virus lockdown
ST CLEMENTS PRESS, the printing arm of the FT, and Newsquest Oxford have won the prestigious Printer of the Year categories at newsawards 2020, run in association with Fujifilm and PJ. The annual newsawards gala [...]
And in other news…
Harry, Meghan and Egypt’s assault on journalists continue to make headlines, despite the long shadow cast across the globe by Covid-19. PJ’s ALAN GEERE has been keeping tabs on the other events that have been [...]
News veteran who’s ‘perfect for the job’
In this month’s 10pt Talking Point, Society of Editors executive director Ian Murray - a news industry veteran of 40 years and avid amateur historian – gives PJ readers an insight into his world, which [...]
Communities secretary Jenrick praises vital role of regional press and urges everyone to buy a paper
On the day that newsawards 2020 was due to take place at London’s Royal Lancaster Hotel in front of an industry gathering of 500-plus news media folk, supply industry executives and guests, the Government has [...]
Newsquest and JPIMedia ‘go blue’ to support NHS
More than 30 of Newsquest and JPIMedia’s newspapers have joined forces today to turn their mastheads “blue” in support of the NHS. The initiative came as the two news brand publishers wanted to show their [...]
Weekly news publishers run Government ad campaign
Local weekly newspapers have been running the “All in, all together” campaign “Stay at home for the NHS, your family, your neighbours, your nation the world and life itself” as a cover wrap and online [...]
Coronavirus: impact on news media and printing
DRUPA, the world’s biggest print show, has been deferred a year and will now take place in Düsseldorf, Germany between 20-30 April, 2021. NEWSAGENTS and NFRN members Himanshu Patel of Watford and Krishnasamy Chiyamalan [...]
Beware of too-draconian measures to clamp down on misinformation, says Society of Editors
The Society of Editors (SoE) has warned of the dangers posed by too-draconian measures to clamp down on misinformation as part of its evidence to the Future of Journalism inquiry being undertaken by the House [...]
UK news publishing and printing industry teams up to deliver to readers
BRITAIN’S newspapers have been working together to ensure that quality and trusted national and local journalism reaches as many readers as possible in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Publishers have been working around the [...]
Newspaper printing for the future
Belgium’s Coldset Printing Partners has invested €35 million in its press and mailrooms – not just to be more cost-effective, but also more sustainable. PJ magazine’s CARYL HOLLAND reports COLDSET Printing Partners (CPP) in Paal-Beringen, [...]
Evening Standard suspends publication of ES Magazine, cuts pay and furloughs staff
Evening Standard Limited has written to staff today. Some workers are being furloughed, the award-winning ES Magazine has been suspensed, and pay has been cut. Here’s chief executive Mike Soutar’s letter to his staff: All, [...]
