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NEWS Media Association chairman Henry Faure Walker has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

NMA Chairman Pays Tribute To Outgoing CEO David Newell News Media Association chairman Henry Faure Walker has paid tribute to the achievements of David Newell at the outgoing NMA chief executives final NMA annual general meeting today. Addressing the meeting of NMA members this morning, Mr Faure Walker welcomed incoming chief executive Owen Meredith who starts a month-long handover period with Mr Newell next week before his retirement at the end of June.     Mr Faure Walker thanked Mr Newell...

NEWSQUEST, the owner of the Hampshire Chronicle and other major titles around the South, has announced a major new £1.5m per annum investment in local journalism across the UK. The company, which also owns the Daily Echo and two other weeklies in Hampshire, is looking for 50 new digital journalist roles across the UK. Of these new roles, 32 will be local digital journalists assigned to specific brands at newsrooms including Glasgow, North Wales, Essex, Hampshire, Dorset, Bolton, Lancashi...

The Salisbury Journal has a new Head of News as owners Newsquest increase its investment in local journalism across the UK. Martina Moscariello steps into the post having been part of the city’s reporting team for the past 13 months. The move comes in the wake of six further appointments in the Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire region which will see a new vanguard of managers step up to enhanced roles with a heavy focus on digital development. Martina had a broad range of experience bef...

Robert Gregory was jailed for terrorism offences at Winchester Crown Court AN ASPIRING terrorist who fantasised about killing former Prime Minister Theresa May and blowing himself up in a mosque used easily accessible videos on YouTube to research how to make a DIY bomb, a court heard. Robert Gregory wrote in his diary that he wanted to kill MPs, murder a news reporter on live television and researched on the internet ‘How to justify killing a Muslim. As part of his plans, the 24-year-o...

A terrorist inspired by the Christchurch massacre who fantasized about killing Theresa May and blowing himself up in a mosque before searching how to justify killing a Muslim has been jailed for more than four years. Robert Gregory wrote in his diary that he wanted to kill MPs, murder a news reporter on live television while also making a number of troubling searches online.   As part of his plans, the 24-year-old admitted watching YouTube videos about how to construct explosives - one call...

Newsquest, the owner of the Basingstoke Gazette and other major titles around the South, has announced a major new £1.5m per annum investment in local journalism across the UK. The company, which also owns the Daily Echo and two other weeklies in Hampshire, is looking for 50 new digital journalist roles across the UK. Of these new roles, 32 will be local digital journalists assigned to specific brands at newsrooms in Glasgow, North Wales, Essex, Hampshire, Dorset, Bolton, Lancashire, Dar...

Newsquest Announces Major New Investment In Local Journalism Newsquest has announced a major new £1.5 million per annum investment in local journalism with the recruitment of 50 new digital journalist roles across the UK. Of the 50 new roles, 32 will be local digital journalists assigned to specific brands at newsrooms in Glasgow, North Wales, Essex, Hampshire, Dorset, Bolton, Lancashire, Darlington, Durham, Yorkshire, Hereford, Wales, Somerset, South London, Sussex, Worcester, Oxford, Wiltsh...

ONE of the UK’s biggest local media companies has announced plans for a new £1.5 million investment to create 50 new roles in regional outlets across the country. Newsquest, which owns more than 200 news brands incuding The National, says increased focus on local digital publications in the past few years has helped it grow its readership. The company said the success of digital subscriptions had enabled it to have “confidence” in new investment. Of the 50 new roles, 32 will be l...

National media group invest in new local journalists One of the UK’s biggest local media companies has announced plans for a new £1.5 million investment to create 50 new roles in regional outlets across the country. Newsquest, which owns more than 200 news brands, including the Glasgow Times, says increased focus on local digital publications in the past few years has helped it grow its readership. The company said the success of digital subscriptions had enabled it to have “confiden...