
A restructure designed to focus on community reporting is underway at Johnston Press. Four journalism jobs and three new roles are to be created whilst three reporting roles and one management role are at risk within the Ballymena Times, Antrim Times, Coleraine Time, Tyrone Timesand Londonderry Sentinel.
A JP spokesman said: “To better serve our readers across Northern Ireland, we are focusing more resource on our community reporting team, while also adding a reporter at the News Letter and creating a Northern Ireland Commercial Editor.”
Local shops around the Causeway Coast & Glens Borough have stopped selling the local newspaper due to a decline in circulation and at a price much more than expensive that its competitor.