Regional Editor, Newsquest Cumbria. All views are my own.

Joined February 2012
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Joy Yates retweeted
28 Feb 2025
A quick word of thanks to all readers for making February 2025 a @newsandstar record for our Carlisle United online readership figures, and a bumper month for new subscribers too. Grateful to everyone who supports our coverage 🤝 (latest subs offer tinyurl.com/mt48mf66)

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I’M HIRING. Our portfolio of Newsquest Cumbria titles - including the Hexham Courant - has vacancies for an Audience & Content Editor and digital reporter roles. Keep an eye out for the recruitment ads or drop me a DM today. Please share. #media #jobs #hiring #journalists
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Thank you so much, Geoff, it was a great experience and showcased beautiful Cumbria.
Lovely piece by @JoyYatesEditor on the joy of local #journalism>>'Two comedians, a much-loved weekly newspaper — and a reminder of why local journalism is the best…' medium.com/behind-local-news…
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Watching my fellow editor @gavin_thompson1 on #HoldTheFrontPage on SkyMax who totally smashed it ⭐️ #Newsquest #media
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@gavin_thompson1 G-unit and Joyous Joy 😂😂
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Wow, thank you @kateflett - little bit overwhelmed
🚨🗞️📺 #graniteharbour and #holdthefrontpage both reviewed in today’s ⁦@weekendmagazine⁩ newspaper.mailplus.co.uk/dat…
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What an experience. Had a blast with ⁌@MrNishKumar⁊ and Josh Widdicombe when they spent a week in our newsrooms in Cumbria. Just watched Hold The Front Page on Sky Max. My big takeaway. How lucky am I to work in beautiful Cumbria #Newsquest #Cumbria #LakeDistrict #SkyMax
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Joy Yates retweeted
26 Mar 2024
Nice to wake up with this today...after a great night in the company of some top people at @SportSJA #SJA2023 awards. Feel very lucky and grateful. Thanks to everyone who puts up with my waffle #peeve
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So deserved. And beyond proud
Replying to @EditorsUK
The #MFA2023 Investigation of the Year Regional goes to @newsandstar for its taser use investigation. At a time when the public is increasingly craving confidence in the police, judges said it was distressing but important @EditorsUK
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Joy Yates retweeted
The #MFA2023 Investigation of the Year Regional goes to @newsandstar for its taser use investigation. At a time when the public is increasingly craving confidence in the police, judges said it was distressing but important @EditorsUK
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Joy Yates retweeted
The #MFA2023 Investigation of the Year National goes to @Telegraph for the Lockdown Files. The judges said that its impact was wide and the investigation raised crucial questions about the conduct of our political leaders and decision-making during Covid-19 @EditorsUK
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Delighted to be involved. Hugely important agenda items.
22 Sep 2023
We’re getting started with our second session of the day - a panel chaired by @helendalby on building a journalism brand for the community news reporters here. We’ve also got @JmlJourno, @RobParsonsNorth @JoyYatesEditor. Let’s get started! #NCTJCommunityNewsProject
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Thank you @DavidAllenDA and team for the most fabulous support as headline sponsor of our #Newsquest #CumbriaFarmerAwards You helped deliver an amazing event #collaboration #partnerships
We are delighted to be a headline sponsor for the Cumbria Farmer Awards taking place this evening. We are also thrilled to be sponsoring the Young Farmers Award. We look forward to celebrating with you all. #CumbriaFarmerAwards #Agriculture
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Looking forward to a trip to Manchester. Btw, I’m looking for two trainee journalists to join my fabulous team in beautiful Cumbria. Come and have a chat #journalism #jobs #Cumbria #Newsquest
⏰Today is the last chance to sign up to our Post-Pandemic Journalism symposium⏰We @UoS_ArtsMedia will be joined by industry leaders @joyyateseditor, @RebeccaWMedia and @mrjohncrowley. #ppjsalford2023 #journalism eventbrite.co.uk/e/1-day-sym…
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Looking forward to taking part #media #journalism
Want to find out how the pandemic has shaped the way journalists work? Find out more at our free event to hear from leading industry representations like @joyyateseditor, @RebeccaWMedia and @mrjohncrowley at our MediaCity campus @UoS_ArtsMedia on 29 June eventbrite.co.uk/e/1-day-sym…
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Looking forward to you joining the team @JimmyMoorhouse #Newsquest #Cumbria
After more than three years at Snack Media, today was my last shift. I’m very excited to start a new role with Newsquest in Cumbria as a trainee reporter. Thanks to @snackmedia and everyone at @NewsAssociates for helping me to reach the next step in my journalism career 🤝
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There was a lot of blood, sweat and tears from our @newsandstar team to deliver the best online and print content from @officialcufc amazing Wembley victory. Please support and pick up a copy and don’t miss our Souvenir Supplement on Thursday #buyapaper #topteam #ThankYou
29 May 2023
A moment to treasure - pick up your copy today.
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Carlisle promoted. Beyond delighted and so pleased for our super-star @newsandstar #cufc writer @joncolman. He puts his heart and soul into the coverage of his club. Don’t miss a word of his content online and in print and our photo coverage will be second to none #proud
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Joy Yates retweeted
26 May 2023
Thanks to everyone who's been reading our #cufc play-off stuff...already busiest ever month for Blues web traffic @newsandstar & we haven't even had the final yet...lots more to come - if you want to read every single word, £2 gets you two months' worth 👇 newsandstar.co.uk/subscribe/…

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