Regional newspapers Archives - Page 13 of 15 - Sports Journalists' Association

August 19, 2011October 4, 2011

Writers losing out after decades of paper cuts

While professional footballers get ever wealthier, the sportswriters who describe their feats are increasingly poorly rewarded. They may be recording …

July 2, 2011July 2, 2011

Journal’s Edwards gets football transfer to Telegraph

Luke Edwards has left his job as chief sports writer of The Journal in Newcastle to become north-east reporter for the Daily Telegraph, where he repl…

May 11, 2011May 15, 2011

Colman and Powell win top regional honours

SJA members Jon Colman and David Powell dominated the sports prizes at today's Regional Press Awards in London, between them winning the daily and the…

May 9, 2011May 9, 2011

Dundee Courier’s sports editor wins seat as MSP

Sports journalist Graeme Dey is among the Scottish Nationalists elected to the Edinburgh parliament last Thursday…

April 14, 2011April 23, 2011

The MacKenzie Mantra and a load of spherical objects

Nearly 50 years ago when working at the Express, NORMAN GILLER first encountered a brash and opinionated young man. Now he finds Kelvin MacKenzie’s …

April 6, 2011

Former Times man Powell on regional press shortlist

David Powell, the former athletics correspondent for The Times, has been shortlisted for a journalism award - as a weekly newspaper sports writer of t…

March 22, 2011April 30, 2011

Frankly speaking, it is all about how you feel

Earlier this month, MARTIN SMITH, of Sheffield's The Star, the winner of the SJA's Regional Sports Writer Award in 2003 and 2005, completed his hat-tr…

March 10, 2011March 14, 2011

Newsquest local papers to cut more pages and jobs

For many employees at the Gannett-owned Newsquest's 17 daily paid-for titles and more than 200 weekly local newspapers in the UK, it is increasingly l…

November 10, 2010November 22, 2010

Southampton maintains picture ban on Daily Echo

The Southern Daily Echo, which has covered Southampton FC for more than 120 years, still cannot get its photographer accredited for home matches at St…

November 2, 2010November 3, 2010

NUJ condemns “betrayal” of regional newspaper subbing staff

More than 50 sub-editor jobs and three out of six of Northcliffe's "subbing hubs" to go in a second reorganisation in less than two years…