Better Than Working

The Glory Days of Regional Newspapers

Paul Dale

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Takahe Publishing Ltd
23 August 2021

Memoirs; Local interest, family history & nostalgia

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The clatter of ancient typewriters banging out stories that would be set into hot metal in the furnace-like conditions of a subterranean composing room.

That was the way of life that greeted Paul Dale as he began his career in journalism 45 years ago. From a tranquil backwater at the Reading Chronicle and Berkshire Mercury, where reporters judged success on the number of pints of beer they could consume, to the more cerebral pastures of the Oxford Mail and Oxford Times, Dale gradually learnt his trade as a local government correspondent before being appointed the Coventry Evening Telegraph's Political Editor in 1986.

Better Than Working traces Dale's early life and follows him on a trail that would coincide with the decline of multi-edition printed newspapers and the rise of web-based media.

By: Paul Dale
Imprint: Takahe Publishing Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 154mm,
ISBN: 9781908837196
ISBN 10: 1908837195
Pages: 220
Publication Date: 23 August 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active