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Thanks to my old pal George Dearsley for spotting this one. One of the basic rules of headline writing - look at the picture first!  As Geor...

What skills does the modern journalist need? Well, on some papers, The Sun and News of the World for example, the ability to turn in a well-...

Had intended to go to the Local Heroes conference with two other former Northern Echo editors Allan Prosser and David Kernek yesterday. But,...

New Statesman political editor Mehdi Hasan and Mail columnist Melanie Phillips (the unlikeliest of coalitions) wiped the floor with the poli...

Just finished interviewing for the Daily Mail reporters' training scheme at Northcliffe House. More than 900 applicants whittled down to...

... it's all Sam, Dave and baby puns on the front pages this morning. Except the Mirror who went with Gordon, Sarah and kids. Funny ol...

Spent the last ten days working on the Irish Examiner's end of season Full Time football supplement which is published today. It's...

Tough decision for the picture editors today, with some quite brilliant portraits of Gordon Brown. The back of his head and the hunched s...