Camden New Journal

The "Camden New Journal" is a free, independent newspaper that covers the London Borough of Camden. It was born out of a strike in the 1980s supported by campaigning journalist Paul Foot, Holborn and St Pancras MP Frank Dobson and the paper's editor Eric Gordon. It carries significant influence locally due to its high news content, investigations and high readership.

It was named "Free Newspaper of The Year" at the Press Gazette's national industry awards in 2001 and 2005.

Current journalists include Dan Carrier, Sara Newman, Charlotte Chambers, Roisin Gadelrab, Simon Wroe, Paul Keilthy, Steve Barnett, Jamie Welham, Tom Foot and Richard Osley. One contributor, Rose Hacker, was believed to be the world's oldest columnist: her column ceased with her death in 2008 at the age of 101.

In 2006, the "Camden New Journal" - and its sister paper the "Islington Tribune" - broke the national story that cabinet minister Margaret Hodge had described the war in Iraq as British Prime Minister Tony Blair's biggest mistake.

The "Islington Tribune" is a widely-read local newspaper in the London Borough of Islington, contributed to by Peter Gruner, an award-winning environment journalist who worked for the Evening Standard, and reporter Mark Blunden, who has since gone freelance. Former reporters include Kim Janssen and Andrew Walker.

The "West End Extra", covering the entire borough of Westminster, is also produced from the "New Journal"'s Camden Town office. Both are also edited by Eric Gordon.

External links

* [http://www.thecnj.co.uk Official site]