In the Highlands this week where I am working for Scottish Provincial Press, publishers of the Inverness Courier and Highland News among many others. Anyone who doubts the longevity of newspapers should take a look at some of these titles, covering every cough and splutter of their communities, and being rewarded with 80 per cent penetration. And for those of you labouring in a newspaper office on an out-of-town industrial estate, I thought you might like to see the view from editorial director David Bourn's window. David, former editor of the Evening News in Norwich and until two months ago the deputy editor of the Hull Daily Mail, now watches dolphins in the Moray Firth from his office or from the 'smoking balcony'. Can there be a better view from a newspaper office anywhere in Britain? If there is, please send me a picture.
When I worked at the Plymouth Sunday Independent, we used to tell people our office looked out over the Hoe and Plymouth Sound. Not a chainlink fence and an unsurfaced car park on an industrial estate
Looks lovely. But how about this view from the North West Sheffield News office? http://nwsheffield.org/rivelin-valley-11am-today/
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The view from the Whitby Gazette office in North Yorkshire is amongst the very best - looks out over the harbour to the sea.
ReplyDeleteThe views that came out of Kelvin MacKenzie's office were so clear they were close to unprintable...
ReplyDeleteHere's the view from my office window. http://andydrinks.posterous.com/my-office
ReplyDeleteWhen I worked at the Plymouth Sunday Independent, we used to tell people our office looked out over the Hoe and Plymouth Sound. Not a chainlink fence and an unsurfaced car park on an industrial estate
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