THE editor of The Falkirk Herald is having his role extended to oversee what is being described, by his paper’s publishers, Johnston Press, as a “review of the editorial operation of [our] weeklies [newspapers] across the majority of Scotland”.
Colin Hume – who also edits Johnston Press sister title, the Linlithgow Journal & Gazette – will be looking at, among things, how editorial content might be more efficiently shared.
In the meantime, taking the reins of The Falkirk Herald will be deputy editor, Duncan McCallum, while the day-to-day responsibility for the Linlithgow Journal & Gazette will come under the wing of the editor of the Carluke and Lanark Gazette titles, Julie Currie.
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THE annual Press Ball, held in Glasgow, has been scheduled for March 7.
Organised by the Glasgow and West of Scotland branch of the Journalists’ Charity, the ball sees tables up for grabs at £550 for ten places, which includes a three-course dinner and half a bottle of wine per person.
To reserve a table, contact Margaret Morrison at The Herald on 0141 302 7005 or by email: margaret.morrison@heraldandtimes.co.uk
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BEGINS radiotoday.co.uk: “Now is the time to get your entry to New York for the 2015 New York Festivals World’s Best Radio Programmes.
“New categories for this year include Best Journalist, Best Music Programme Host, Best Innovation and Audio Books.”
Read more, here.
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BEGINS an announcement on the Scottish Government website, here: “Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs Fiona Hyslop today announced the appointment of a new chair to the Board of Creative Scotland.
“Richard Findlay chaired STV group from 2007 until 2013, was chief executive of Scottish Radio Holdings and was the founding chair of the National Theatre of Scotland until 2013.”
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A TRAINEE reporter is being sought by the Border Telegraph and Peeblesshire News, as reported here on the allmediascotland.com media jobs board.
And repeated on twitter.com/allmediajobs.
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SAID the cartoon in The Sunday Post newspaper: Oor Charlie, Your Charlie, A’body’s Charlie, along with the image of a sad-looking Oor Wullie, wearing a ‘Je suis Charlie’ bib and with a tear in his eye.
Read all about it, here.
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BEGINS a media release posted on www.allmediascotland.com, by Mike Ritchie Media: “Celtic Music Radio will broadcast live for the tenth year in a row at Celtic Connections, which gets under way this week.”
Read more, here.
And find out how you too can post media releases on to the site, here.
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