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How the Sun shone a light on revenge plot

Our investigation into this story began when a recently-released prisoner Joe Mallia called us and said his cellmate, Dr Edward Erin, had asked him to kill his ex-mistress and their baby.Erin was...

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How the Croydon Advertiser helped change the law

In June 2010, Lillian Groves was playing outside her home when her ball rolled out into the street.The 14-year-old, from New Addington, Croydon, looked for traffic before she went to collect it but was...

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Sports journalism masterclass: 'Paid to do the thing I love - what a privilege'

John Gibson, who has been working at the Newcastle Evening Chronicle since 1966, last month won the Daily/Sunday Sports Journalist of the Year award at the Regional Press Awards. Here, ‘Gibbo', lets...

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Masterclass: TES editor Gerard Kelly

Since Gerard Kelly became editor of the Times Educational Supplement in 2008, tes.co.uk has won the Professional Publishers Association (PPA) award for Digital Product of the Year three years in a row....

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Masterclass: Freelancing in Tinseltown- make sure you charge $400 a day

Fancy plying your trade in the US of A? It is possible with careful planning and a bit of luck, freelancer Julie Moult writes from Los Angeles.I'd had itchy feet for some time before the grey London...

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Tops tips on how to carry out a Fabulous A-lister interview

Beth Neil (@bethneil), celebrity editor at Fabulous magazine, was awarded interviewer of the year at the Society of British Press Awards earlier this year. Here, Beth shares the secrets to the perfect...

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Uncovering Twitter's 'most shocking' sex offenders

We started this investigation when Mark Williams-Thomas approached us. He's been a criminologist and child protection expert for 20 years and used to be a police detective, so he's got a considerable...

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How to make it to the top of a national at 28

Twenty-eight-year-old Archie Bland’s recent promotion to deputy editor of The Independent, makes him the youngest to hold this role in the paper’s history. The Indy claims he is also the youngest...

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How to harness SEO and the keyword

Keywords, keywords, keywords. Everyone should by now know the importance of keywords and the potential increase in traffic they can bring to a website, but how much is enough and how much is just too...

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David Walsh: 'It was obvious to me Lance Armstrong was doping'

Walsh: 'A lot of people didn’t think it was appropriate to ask what were very necessary questions.'Sports reporters became 'fans with typewriters''I was the romantic who believed you could get to the...

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How David Hencke exposed Whitehall tax avoidance scandal

David Hencke saw off competition from major news organisations to win Political Journalist of the Year at the British Journalism Awards for fledgling news website exaro. The judges described his...

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How blogger Peter Jukes crowdfunded his way to cover the hacking trial

A blogger who secured more than £6,000 in funding from donors on the internet to live-tweet the hacking trial is planning a book on the affair.Peter Jukes has already written a book about the...

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