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3 days ago · Big publishers maintaining commitment to cover local courts despite financial pressures

1 day ago · New rules allowing journalists to report on family court cases in England and Wales have finally come into force this week.

Jan 6, 2025 · An independent weekly’s coverage of last summer’s riots has been voted the best front page of 2024 by HTFP readers. The Hull Story ’s splash headlined Disgrace, Resilience, Justice won 41pc of the votes in our annual Front Page of the Year poll which closed today. It scored a clear victory over Sheffield daily The Star’s front page on the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Orgreave ...

Jan 20, 2025 · A second editorial boss has stepped down from his role at regional publisher Newsquest amid a series of organisational changes. As previously reported on HTFP, Hereford Times editor John Wilson left his role at the start of the year following a reshuffle of editorial responsibilities in his area. Now it has emerged that Chris Hatton, who was regional editor-in-chief covering the publisher’s ...

HoldtheFrontPage is a news website for and about journalists and journalism students everywhere with a particular focus on the UK regional media. Highlighting the vital work done by local press journalists has always been a key part of what we do, and each day on our site we carry examples of campaigns, charity efforts, freedom of information battles and numerous other ways in which local and ...

Dec 30, 2024 · At the end of each year on HTFP we pay tribute to those no longer with us who dedicated a significant part of their careers to regional journalism or journalism training. Among the many journalists to whom we bade farewell during 2024 were two hugely influential figures who helped shape our industry – the Cardiff journalism trainer David English, left, who is reputed to have taught more of ...

6 days ago · Welcome 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, awards.) If you are looking for a story about a ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Time for authority to get its house in order, says editor

Nov 29, 2024 · The latest in a growing network of local titles being launched across the North of England has gone live. The Calderdale Lead is the first of the newsletter-led Lead titles to be launched in Yorkshire following other similar launches in Cheshire, Lancashire and Teesside. Edited by former Burnley Express and Bolton News journalist Andrew Greaves, the first edition focused on how Calderdale ...