Sexual harassment article wins Cudlipp student journalist award
By Paul Charman The winner of this year’s £1,000 Hugh Cudlipp Student Journalist Award went to an expose of sexual harassment in the Palace of Westminster by a 25-year-old law student from London Tara O’Reilly. Presenting the award on behalf of the sponsors, The Daily...
London Press Club Debate report – Winning back “the lost generation”
by Paul Charman News that’s more “useful, interesting and fun” and less “repetitive, biased and negative” are key ways of winning back “the lost generation” of young people to traditional news publishers. With alarming statistics from a new Reuters Institute study...
Cracking Christmas events close fantastic year for the Club
It’s been another terrific year for the Press Club … and we’re ending it with a flourish and some exciting news for 2020. The club’s annual Christmas party was more popular than ever with some 80 members attending the bash held for the first time at the Groucho Club...
Nick Ferrari to chair awards
Journalist and broadcaster Nick Ferrari is to be the chairman of the judges for the 2020 London Press Club Awards. He takes over from Fleet Street editor Bill Hagerty. The awards are among the most high profile and include those for national daily and Sunday...
Richard Lindley – A tribute
Richard Lindley the former ITN and BBC Panorama reporter died earlier this month. His Panorama colleague Michael Cockerell remembers him. Richard Lindley was that apparent contradiction in terms: a gentleman journalist. Throughout a long career he...Follow us on Twitter
Bill Hagerty - A tribute to our Director and Journalist Laureate who passed away yesterday. #journalism #journalist
RIP ace journalist Bill Hagerty, former editor of The People.
He was a shrewd, kindly and humorous bloke with an engagingly cantankerous side.
Thinking of Liz and his family and all his friends.
RIP.
https://mailchi.mp/bd45f6a74be4/news-from-the-london-press-club-bill-hagerty . The London Press Club was saddened to learn of the passing of respected journalist and Press Club Director, Bill Hagerty, on Boxing Day. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this sad time.