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A legal battle and the difficulties in the economy have affected the bottom line of the parent company of The Royal Gazette

Longtime Mid-Ocean News Assistant Editor set the standard for how an article should be written

This is my final column for this newspaper, which I have enjoyed doing over the years. I thought it appropriate to reflect on a few special moments along the way. Journalism has always fascinated me, although I must confess that it was broadcasting ...

“One danger of reduced news coverage is to the integrity of government. It is not just a speculative proposition that corruption is more likely to flourish when those in power have less reason to fear exposure.” — Paul Starr (The New Republic) The ...

It has been more than a decade since the newspaper business was rocked to its foundations by the Great Recession and the ascent of the web. Stability, not to mention growth, remains elusive. If anything, the industry is becoming even more unsettled. ...

The never-ending, cyber-space stampede of information sweeping across our planet daily has created new challenges for journalists around the world. The basic principles of this profession remain the same, but the task of seeking truth is often like t...

Sometimes journalists just don’t do a very good job of explaining their craft to the public. For example, I realised with a shock not too long ago that many people think anonymous sources are not only unnamed in news stories but actually unknown to t...

Roger Daltrey of The Who sang it with a full-throated scream in 1971: “We won’t get fooled again!” And yet, we still do. Oh, do we ever. Remember this one from the presidential campaign? The “news story” that spread the lie that Pope Francis had endo...

Fresh historical research has revealed that one of Bermuda’s prominent journalists was also a direct descendant of ex-slaves. Samuel Seward “S.S.” Toddings, publisher and editor of the Colonist newspaper from 1869 to 1911, and founder of the Mid-Ocea...

Enterprising brothers Raziah and Jalair Trott-Richardson were determined not to be among the students who sat around twiddling their thumbs all summer — and their shared sense of initiative is paying off. The Berkeley Institute students, aged 16 and...

Dear Mr Editor, Please allow me to use this medium to unconditionally compliment my newspaper delivery man, Mr Lionel “Baldy” Smith. I have had my newspaper delivered to my home each morning for many years and I love the service. To quietly read the ...