Always looking for new readers, standing up for the city when it needs it most , making sure residents know it is on their side and planning for the future — combined they make up just part of the story behind the Liverpool Echo’s big win at the Regional Press…

A community reporter says his role has allowed him to redefine the coverage of a Welsh housing estate, which had a reputation for crime and trouble. Chris Davies, community reporter for North Wales Live, specialises in reporting news from communities in Gwynedd and Anglesey. In particular, his community connections have…

The percentage of places on sports journalism courses has doubled in recent years — but much more needs to be done to make press boxes around the country representative. A panel hosted by the NCTJ to mark International Women’s Day brought together people from across sports journalism to look at…

Will Gore, head of partnerships and projects at NCTJ, looks at what the Meta-funded Community News Project is doing in newsrooms around the UK, providing new routes into journalism for people helping to change local news… The Community News Project (CNP) is now in its fifth year, and it continues…

The NCTJ is launching a new training resource on reporting on the Royal Family ahead of the King’s coronation in May. The e-learning course will provide insight into the role of a royal reporter and highlights the complexities attached to reporting on the Royal Family including legal restrictions, royal protocols…

A cohort of community reporters have come together for a training bootcamp to sharpen their story-writing skills. The journalists are all working as part of the Community News Project, and are based in various locations around the UK. Alongside their reporting work, they are training towards the NCTJ’s Diploma in…

The Mail in Cumbria’s chief reporter Dan Taylor reveals how the Newsquest title was caught up in an Asian grooming gang scandal that was pure fabrication… When Eleanor Williams took to Facebook just after 2pm on May 20 2020, the team at The Mail in South Cumbria were just as…

Footage would never have been seen were it not for Newsquest Cumbria reporter Phil Coleman’s court fight to release it. Here he tells why it’s so important for the public that he did… Journalists often hear rumours about stories that seem unlikely to ever see the light of day. That…

Local journalists are among dozens of podcasting stars to be shortlisted at the annual Publisher Podcast Awards. Andrew Musgrove, who produces and presents ChronicleLive’s Black and White podcast about Newcastle United, flies the flag for local journalism in the Publisher Podcast Hero Award, against nominees from across publishing in the…