This is my final column for this newspaper, which I have enjoyed doing over the years. I thought it appropriate to reflect on a few special moments along the wa...
This is my final column for this newspaper, which I have enj...
“One danger of reduced news coverage is to the integrity of government. It is not just a speculative proposition that corruption is more likely to flourish when...
“One danger of reduced news coverage is to the integrity of ...
It has been more than a decade since the newspaper business was rocked to its foundations by the Great Recession and the ascent of the web. Stability, not to me...
It has been more than a decade since the newspaper business ...
The never-ending, cyber-space stampede of information sweeping across our planet daily has created new challenges for journalists around the world. The basic pr...
The never-ending, cyber-space stampede of information sweepi...
Sometimes journalists just don’t do a very good job of explaining their craft to the public. For example, I realised with a shock not too long ago that many peo...
Sometimes journalists just don’t do a very good job of expla...
Journalists, of all people, should understand the First Amendment. But, no. Too many of us appear to believe that reporters have an exalted, protected status in...
Journalists, of all people, should understand the First Amen...
Roger Daltrey of The Who sang it with a full-throated scream in 1971: “We won’t get fooled again!”
And yet, we still do. Oh, do we ever.
Remember this one from ...
Roger Daltrey of The Who sang it with a full-throated scream...
Fresh historical research has revealed that one of Bermuda’s prominent journalists was also a direct descendant of ex-slaves.
Samuel Seward “S.S.” Toddings, pub...
Fresh historical research has revealed that one of Bermuda’s...
Enterprising brothers Raziah and Jalair Trott-Richardson were determined not to be among the students who sat around twiddling their thumbs all summer — and the...
Enterprising brothers Raziah and Jalair Trott-Richardson wer...
Dear Mr Editor,
Please allow me to use this medium to unconditionally compliment my newspaper delivery man, Mr Lionel “Baldy” Smith.
I have had my newspaper del...
Dear Mr Editor,
Please allow me to use this medium to uncond...
Lady: Are you Mr So-and-So?
Man: Yes, I am.
Lady: Oh. I read your articles every week and I must say that while I do not agree with everything you write, I make...
Lady: Are you Mr So-and-So?
Man: Yes, I am.
Lady: Oh. I read...
Today marks a watershed moment in the history of The Royal Gazette and its approach to a pastime that has sustained its popularity among our citizens over the p...
Today marks a watershed moment in the history of The Royal G...
Bermuda has been billed as a “new destination for adrenaline junkies” in prestigious international newspaper The Wall Street Journal.
Freelance writer Charles B...
Bermuda has been billed as a “new destination for adrenaline...
Dexter Smith, who takes over as Editor of The Royal Gazette on Wednesday, has more than 33 years’ experience in the industry.
Starting as a sports reporter with...
Dexter Smith, who takes over as Editor of The Royal Gazette ...
Veteran local journalist Jim McKey died at the weekend at the age of 76.
Mr McKey held many posts at The Royal Gazette, including chief sub-editor and foreign e...
Veteran local journalist Jim McKey died at the weekend at th...
Opposition MP Rolfe Commissiong has criticised The Royal Gazette’s editor Tim Hodgson for quoting John C Calhoun in a “racist” and “condescending” manner in an ...
Opposition MP Rolfe Commissiong has criticised The Royal Gaz...
The front pages of newspapers around the world, including The Royal Gazette, will be blacked out at Washington DC’s Newseum today to help raise awareness of the...
The front pages of newspapers around the world, including Th...
If you were wondering about the ribbons spiralling up the poles of Hamilton’s street lights — think back to your old school tie.
The school colours adorning som...
If you were wondering about the ribbons spiralling up the po...
When The Royal Gazette launched its “Right to Know” campaign for the enactment of public access to information laws, senior reporter Sam Strangeways led the cha...
When The Royal Gazette launched its “Right to Know” campaign...
The drive to get freedom of information laws in place was the most prominent campaign by The Royal Gazette in recent years — and it came during a low point in t...
The drive to get freedom of information laws in place was th...
The Bermuda Sun is to close after 50 years with the last edition being printed on Wednesday.
Staff were told of the bi-weekly newspaper’s demise during a meeti...
The Bermuda Sun is to close after 50 years with the last edi...
David White did not care too much for sport but he was passionate about how it should be reported.
The long-time former editor of this newspaper, who died in th...
David White did not care too much for sport but he was passi...
