Newham Recorder
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The Newham Recorder is a local weekly
History
The newspaper was founded in 1968, three years after the county boroughs of
The Recorder won the title of National Campaigning Newspaper of the year in 1995.
The Newham Recorder's Susan Smith won Feature Writer of the Year at the Eastern Counties Newspaper Group awards in 2007.[2] The Newham title also won the Q Cup, awarded by Archant to its Community Newspaper of the Year in 2009.
Archant withdrew the Newham Recorder, along with several other newspapers in its stable, from the ABC circulation figures in 2010 because it felt they didn't properly reflect its size in view of the variety of distribution channels used, with only part being paid for.[3]
The newspaper received praise from the police for its coverage of the rioting and criminal disorder of August 2011.[4]
Editorial history
The newspaper has had only five editors. The first, Tom Duncan, was made a freeman of Newham in recognition of his work in the community. The second, from 1997,[
References
- ^ "Newham Recorder". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 12 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Honours shared at industry awards: roll of honour". Holdthefrontpage.co.uk. 25 June 2007. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ Greenslade, Roy (23 February 2011). "Archant shines amid the sales gloom as weekly papers slip back". London: Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ^ "Police praise for London weekly's riot coverage". Press Gazette. 24 August 2011. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ^ "The Heartbeat of Newham". Newham Recorder's own website. Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ^ "Editor role axed as London newsrooms merged". HoldtheFrontPage. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^ "Editor's departure after more than 40 years with the Newham Recorder". Newham Recorder, Archant Community Media Ltd. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^ "Newham Recorder editor to leave". FeaturesExec, DWPub, Daryl Willcox Publishing Limited. 24 October 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^ "Three new editors appointed as regional publisher shakes up team". HoldtheFrontPage. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
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