Barking & Dagenham Post
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The Barking & Dagenham Post is a weekly local newspaper
in the area of the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham. It is published by Archant
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The paper was originally called the Dagenham Post and some older residents of its distribution area still refer to it by this name. It is published on Wednesdays and as at September 2007 the cover price for the paper edition is 50p.
An online digital edition is available. This is edition is only available to registered users of the website, but registration is free. In 2008 it held a competition for schoolchildren to explain why they thought their school was the best.
Former journalist
s who worked on the paper include the News of the World
's James Desborough
and the Daily Mirror's Tom Bryant
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
in the area of the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham. It is published by Archant
Archant
Archant is a publishing company, based in Norwich, England, United Kingdom. The group publishes four daily newspapers, around 75 weekly newspapers, and 75 consumer and contract magazines....
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The paper was originally called the Dagenham Post and some older residents of its distribution area still refer to it by this name. It is published on Wednesdays and as at September 2007 the cover price for the paper edition is 50p.
An online digital edition is available. This is edition is only available to registered users of the website, but registration is free. In 2008 it held a competition for schoolchildren to explain why they thought their school was the best.
Former journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
s who worked on the paper include the News of the World
News of the World
The News of the World was a national red top newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the biggest selling English language newspaper in the world, and at closure still had one of the highest English language circulations...
's James Desborough
James Desborough
James Desborough started work at the London regional newspaper the Barking & Dagenham Post as a news reporter in 1994. The newspaper’s other famous past reporters include Phil Hall, who later became the editor of The News of The World....
and the Daily Mirror's Tom Bryant