Paul Robertson, editor of the Evening Chronicle, Newcastle, was recently appointed chairman of the Society of Editors’ northern region.
He accepted the “badge of office” – a Durham miner’s lamp – from outgoing chairman Peter Barron, editor of The Northern Echo, at the region’s annual general meeting.
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