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Tony Simms
Media Law and Editorial Training consultant
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A former member of the Newspaper Journalism and Law Boards of the National Council for Training Journalists, Simms's speciality is UK media law on which he regularly runs seminars, workshops and short courses. Clients for law update courses include ITN, and Anglia Television; for the NCTJ: Metro Newspapers, Which?Magazine, National Magazines Ltd, Herts County Council, Hants County Council, Herts Police, Devon & Cornwall Constabulary and CIPFA; for PMA Training Ltd: EMAP, Haymarket Publishing Ltd, Crimson Business Publications Ltd, DMG International, Wm Reed Ltd, Greater Manchester Police, Quantum Business Media, the Hemming Group, HM Customs & Excise and the Bank of England.
The former Group Training Editor for Southern Newspapers and an ex-director of Journalism and Media Studies at Highbury College in Portsmouth, UK, Simms graduated in law after part-time study as a mature student. He has an enviable record for preparing aspirant journalists for careers in newspapers and radio.
As a consultant he has assisted in the setting up and running of a variety of accredited University, college and in-house training courses. These include full time degree, post graduate and vocational courses and the UK's first part time pre-entry newspaper journalism course. He runs in house basic UK media law courses and tailored law update workshops for editors and senior staff in newspaper and magazine houses and for PR departments. From 1998 to 2003 he was a member of the Press Gazette's judging panel for the Regional Newspaper of the Year Award.
An emeritus member of the Society of Editors and a past president of the Wessex Region of the former Guild of British Newspaper Editors, he has contributed to the society's web pages on legal affairs, to Media Lawyer and The House Magazine, the Parliamentary Weekly.
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Links
National Council for Training Journalists for info on careers in newspapers and magazines and details of accredited training courses for aspirant journalists.
PMA Training Ltd is the largest and most successful UK editorial training provider for the magazine and periodical industry running scheduled and tailor made courses for clients.
Deep South Media offers Media and PR consultancy, in-house tailor made training courses and produces House newspapers and journals for both public and private sector clients.
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