Tyne Tees Television Newsview magazine item on the 100th anniversary of the Hexham Courant, a country weekly newspaper. The report includes interviews with several members of staff including Managing Director Mr. B.D. Plummer, Editor Edward Taylor and Connie Laing the first female reporter about why they all enjoy working on the Courant and why so many of them have been employed at the paper for so long. Outside the office of the Hexham Courant in Hexham, Northumberland Tyne Tees Television...

Tyne Tees Television Newsview magazine item on the 100th anniversary of the Hexham Courant, a country weekly newspaper. The report includes interviews with several members of staff including Managing Director Mr. B.D. Plummer, Editor Edward Taylor and Connie Laing the first female reporter about why they all enjoy working on the Courant and why so many of them have been employed at the paper for so long. Outside the office of the Hexham Courant in Hexham, Northumberland Tyne Tees Television reporter to camera giving a history of the newspaper which is 100 years old. Inside editions of the newspaper are placed onto a table; the reporter continues to speak about the rural population the Courant serves with a circulation now of 12,000. In the print-room three men work or oversea the printing press preparing it to produce the next edition. Interview with the current Managing Director Mr. B.D. Plummer who has worked for the paper for 45 years. He talks about how he got into the profession at the end of World War One. In the Composing room two typesetters work on a new page while 17-year-old Robert Welsh sits at another machine typing. He is the 4th generation of his family to be employed at the Courant. At his desk the present Editor Edward Taylor writes notes. He has worked for the Courant for 37 years, 27 of them as Editor and explains the reason for being with the paper for so long. He also talks about the work he does along with the six other editorial staff. He also explains where the paper name 'Courant' comes from. Typing at her desk the papers first female and youngest member of the Editorial staff Connie Laing turns to camera and explains why she enjoys working for a country weekly and how she couldn't work for a city newspaper.