About the editor, Craig McGinty

I AM a journalist with a wide variety of experience in both daily newspapers, breaking news websites and public relations.

My most recent position was as editor of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph’s website thisislancashire, which enjoyed around two million page impressions a month.

It provided a rolling news service and covered everything from September 11th, local and national elections and major sporting events including the 2003 Champions League final.

Previous to this I handled the public relations for the National Computing Centre ensuring coverage in a wide variety of media, including the BBC.

I achieved my journalism qualifications whilst working on the award winning Stockport Express, and prior to this worked for a variety of newspapers and magazines including the Big Issue.