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Sands Media Services Ltd

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Peter Sands
Sands Media Services is a training and design consultancy run by Peter and Pam Sands. Peter is editorial advisor to Local World and consultant editor at Press Association Training. He is a former editor of The Northern Echo, non-executive director of Northcliffe Media and from 2006-2011 was chairman of the judges in the Regional Press Awards. He has redesigned 80 newspapers and magazines and is in demand as a trainer, speaker and editorial consultant. Pam is a former director of the Editorial Centre and Press Association Training. Our partners include Press Association Training and Fusion Creative Services. You can contact us on: 0044 7977 186408; petersandssms@gmail.com Twitter@petersands55
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Services

SMS services delivered through Press Association Training include:

Training courses

Introduction to sub-editing
Newspaper layout and design
Subbing masterclass
Headline writing
The Editor's Chair
News-editing
Redesigning a newspaper
Typography
Use of colour
Managing change
Leadership in the newsroom
Editing a Leisure Guide
Use of graphics
Pictures on a page
Content that sells
Bill and blurb writing

For a full list of courses with prices and dates visit Press Association Training

Designs

We have redesigned around 80 newspaper and magazine titles. If you need a new look for your newspaper or magazine or a freshening of your style, do not hesitate to contact us.

For details visit design

Publishing

SMS's team of designers, artists and journalists produce pages and supplements for newspapers and magazines. We can look after everything from the articles, photographs, design and proof-reading - delivering professional camera-ready pages on to your system.

Conferences

Peter Sands has organised, run and chaired conferences for many major media groups including Johnston Press, Archant and Northcliffe.

Consultancy

Peter has assisted media groups and newspaper titles in changing their structure, market position and in drawing up their business strategy. These have included the Irish News, Allied Newspapers (Malta), the Guernsey Press, North Wales Weekly Newspapers, the Irish Examiner, the Evening Echo (Cork), Archant and many others.

Articles

Peter writes regular columns in the Press Gazette and InPublishing magazines and is a regular contributor to national newspaper sports pages. His specialist subjects include the media, management, training, football, Newcastle United FC, travel, the Languedoc area of France and human interest articles.

To read Peter's recent articles for InPublishing
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