The ''Camden New Journal'' is a British

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published in the

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. It was launched by editor Eric Gordon (who died on 5 April 2021, aged 89) in 1982 following a two-year strike at its predecessor, the ''Camden Journal''. The newspaper was supported by campaigning journalist Paul Foot and former

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MP Frank Dobson. It carries significant influence locally, due to its high news content, investigations and large circulation. It is frequently critical of local and national government, which has led to attacks by national government ministers, as well as local councillors, unusually for a local paper. On being awarded its second

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''Free Newspaper of the Year'' award in 2005, the judges praised how the paper kept its "huge local council on its toes with exclusive after exclusive".

History

In 2006, the ''Camden New Journal''—and its sister paper the ''

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Tribune''—broke the national story that government minister Margaret Hodge had described the war in Iraq as British Prime Minister

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's biggest mistake. In 2008, journalist Paul Keilthy was nominated in both the Reporter Of The Year and Feature Writer Of The Year categories at the Press Gazette awards. Richard Osley was also shortlisted for Feature Writer Of The Year. Journalists Dan Carrier and Simon Wroe were nominated in 2009 for the same award. William McLennan was named weekly reporter of the year at the Regional Press Awards 2018. The newspaper was nominated for Newspaper Of The Year for regional newspapers with high circulations. It was named Free Newspaper of The Year at ''

''s national industry awards in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2010 and 2018. It was nominated in 2002 and 2004.

Features

Current journalists at the Camden New Journal include Dan Carrier, William McLennan, Emily Finch, Helen Chapman, Samantha Booth, Steve Barnett, Tom Foot and Richard Osley. One contributor,

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, was believed to be the world's oldest columnist; her column ceased with her death in 2008 at the age of 101. The paper also includes a diary page, penned by John Gulliver.

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The ''Camden New Journal'', ''

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'', ''Westminster Extra'', and ''The Review'' are all publications of New Journal Enterprises. The ''Islington Tribune'', launched in 2003, is a widely-read local newspaper in the

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, contributed to by Koos Couvée and Joe Cooper. Former reporters include Joel Taylor, Kim Janssen and Andrew Walker, who works for the BBC, as well as former ''Camden New Journal'' deputy editor Andrew Johnson. Peter Gruner, an award-winning environment journalist who previously worked for the ''

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'', worked for the title until 2015. The ''Westminster Extra'' (formerly known as the ''West End Extra'', a name it retains online), which covers the entire

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, launched in 2005 and is also produced from the ''New Journals

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office. Both are also edited by Tom Foot. Despite the paper's name, it also includes Kensington and Chelsea in its list of areas covered.

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History

Features

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