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So the enigmatic columnist John North has finally shuffled off his mortal coil. Today his last column appears in The Northern Echo. Writer ...

It may have slipped the radar in the current newspaper turmoil but the London-based Irish Post closed yesterday. It is always sad to see a n...

Here is the cover and my Newcastle United preview from the Irish Examiner's 40-page pre-season football supplement. It was published l...

This story has been doing the rounds on Twitter ... and looks like a very good addition to the growing collection of non-stories . But I h...

A question for all of you who, like me, remember pre-computerised newsrooms: Would you go back? Would you swap the ease of on screen make-up...

Here's another newspaper bill to add to our collection, courtesy of Wherryman's Web . It's a cracker too ... I would defy you no...

The Torquay Herald Express's move to a weekly paper this weekend has been a big success. It weighed in at 192 pages, was packed with loc...

I have spent the last couple of years working with the Times and Sunday Times of Malta , helping them to restructure their newsroom. As part...