Express & Star

I grew up reading the Express and Star and have completed several placements in its various newsrooms. It is the biggest selling evening regional newspaper in the country, flying in the face of those who relish declaring the death of print media.
It is something of a Black Country institution, with local issues for Wolverhampton, Dudley, Sandwell and Walsall amongst others. The editorial tone is perhaps more right-​wing than I like from my newspaper and I miss the fashion and lifestyle supplements that they used to publish.
They cover a lot of community events and stories, proving that there is still a big demand for this sort of news coverage.
I tend to get most of my news online now, but I’ll always have flick through my Nan’s copy of the E&S. The daily TV listings and classifieds are really useful, as are the property pages when house hunting.

The Express and Star is a local newspaper targeted at those living in the Black Country and the wider West Midlands area. The Star is Britain’s best-​selling regional newspaper.
The Sandwell Chronicle is also published at the Express and Star Headquarters in West Bromwich. I read the Express and Star as well as the Sandwell Chronicle. Reading them is a great way for me to get an idea of what is happening in my local area. Although I visit the Star website, I do like having a physical copy of the newspaper.
I have worked at the Express and Star previously and I had a very good time there. Working at the Star gave me my first insight into the world of journalism and how the media works. The journalists whom I worked alongside made me more than welcome and the environment they work in inspired me to want to get into journalism.