By Anton Rippon Vic Wakeling, the man behind the sporting broadcast revolution, has died at the age of 73. A former regional sportswriter, Wakeling be…
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Why Preston will always be a top club to some
VIEW FROM THE PRESS BOX: The ebb and flow of football fortunes mean that Preston North End will always be a big club to those of a certain age while C…
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John Wray, for 50 years a Leeds reporter, has died
Brian Clough famously spent just 44 days as Leeds manager. Sports journalist John Wray was covering the team's progress for 50 years…
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Sex sells – but can clickbait save local papers?
Turmoil at the top of the editorial staff of a leading regional newspaper has prompted its erstwhile editor to call for a campaign to save local journ…
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Sheer delight to be at the SJA British Sports Awards
THE VIEW FROM TABLE 31: Staged in London each year since 1949, the SJA's British Sports Awards remain an event for all the Association's members, as A…
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Footballer looks to a future in the press box
ANTON RIPPON on how a footballer is working hard off the pitch for a possible new job in print …
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Football club asks: Is the weekly paper redundant?
VIEW FROM THE PRESSBOX: And another football club decides it will ban reporters from its games and press conferences. ANTON RIPPON suggests that this …
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Coventry bans paper after calls for owners to sell
ANTON RIPPON reports on the latest threat against a local newpaper's coverage of a football club…
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Sunderland Echo moves reporter over ‘daft’ posts
ANTON RIPPON reports on the consequences of social media posts which have come back to haunt a football reporter…
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Goodison memoir tells story of lost age of reporting
The Liverpool Echo's award-winning Everton football writer has produced the sort of book about the life of a sports journalist which, according to ANT…
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