A LOCAL TV channel, serving Edinburgh, and being run by STV, is being launched on Monday.
STV Edinburgh – being set up in collaboration with Edinburgh Napier University – follows in the wake of a similar service launched last year for Glasgow.
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BEGINS the website, radiotoday.co.uk: “Former Real Radio Scotland presenter, Dougie Jackson, is heading to Stirling to join 103.1 Central FM.
“He’ll host mid-mornings from January 12th, when former Clyde 1 presenter, John Mulgrew, also joins the station to host the early evening show. Dougie replaces Jim Blair who moves to an extended Sunday breakfast show.”
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BEGINS Ian Burrell, in The Independent: “Christmas double-edition of The Big Issue is set to register an extraordinary sale of some 290,000.
“It’s testimony to the hard work of [Glasgow-based] editor Paul McNamee and his staff that a print title can be so doughty – especially in the face of a political and media debate that relentlessly questions the integrity of the poor.”
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THE deadline is looming for applicants to a journalism prize in honour of a founding member of the group, Women in Journalism.
A prize of £4,000 is up for grabs, for journalists at any stage of their career, “from students who may want to use the money for work experience or senior journalists who have a project in mind”.
Say the organisers of the Georgina Henry/Women in Journalism award for Innovation: “The prize of £4,000 will be used to fund either a project or pay for living expenses during work experience at two or more major national news organisations, arranged by the organisers.
“Applicants can be any age, working in either print or multimedia. The judges will be looking for a flair for storytelling and evidence of innovation and/or impact. They will be looking for the winner to demonstrate an identifiable voice and flair for a specific subject.”
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ONLINE voting has begun at the National Television Awards, with the winners chosen by the general public.
You can vote for your favourites, here.
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