As of yesterday, Dave Lee is Press Gazette’s student blogger. Got a story about journalism education, student publications, or anything else related to journalism students? Get in touch with Dave!
John Naughton recalls a column he wrote (for Press Gazette) about having lunch with Robert Maxwell: "Maxwell was a gifted psychopath who spoke 11 languages."
The bit done without Twitter — virtually all of the comments, gathered from people across the UK news industry, have some interesting web-related element.
"The two main changes to these categories are the addition of two new online awards: Website of the Year, for the pre-eminent national newspaper website in the UK, and Digital Journalist of the Year, for a journalist whose work appears online and which ut
"If established newspapers are to make the transformation to become successful online businesses the quality that good sub-editing ensures will be essential to help them rise above the unregulated clamour of the blogosphere."
"Nominees include Press Gazette reporter Patrick Smith, who was nominated in the new business news journalist of the year and new business news feature writer of the year categories."
"Publishing house Wilmington saw ongoing full year profits soar by 25% and is to buy back £5m worth of shares in the coming month." (Full disclosure: this post refers to my employer)