History
In January 1984, a member of the community Councillor Selwyn Roberts came up with the idea of a local community paper, which would be published and distributed around the community of Leeswood, monthly. He pitched the idea to other locals, who weren't as enthusiastic of the challenge at first; however after an initial public meeting on January 23rd 1984, the first editorial team of the Leeswood & District News was elected:| Editor: | Mrs Lucille Ingman |
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| Secretary / Typist: | Miss Elizabeth Evans |
| Editorial Team: | Mrs Enid Griffiths Mrs Irene Swinburne |
| Treasurer: | Mr Terry Kennedy |
During this initial public meeting, history tells us that the name was quickly agreed as "Leeswood & District News", with the local "White Gates" as its pictorial image. The methods of putting together the publication has changed a lot since the 80's, the rise of the computer has left the days of the whole team meeting in a big hall and spending hours cutting and gluing articles onto pages; in history.
Front pages of the Leeswood & District News over time:
Advertising Editor
In September 2016, J-D Design offered some of its charitable time to the Leeswood & District News. Since then, we have fully managed and edited the advertising and revenue collections for the Leeswood & District News. This allows the editor of the publication the time to focus on retrieving, moderating and implementing the papers articles and local contributions.New Media Website & Publications Management System
The publication started 2017 with a brand new website (https://leeswood-district.news ) provided free of charge by J-D Design. This new website allows the editorial team to upload each monthly edition, giving a wider audience of the publication to those that don't get the paper delivered, or have an interest in catching up with the local news.Publication Redesign
The editors of the Leeswood & District News were in need to modernising the publication to modern standards - J-D Design saw another opportunity to help the team (free of charge) with a complete re-design of the publication. It was very important to retain the historic fundamentals of the design (like the name and white gates), but spring a breath of fresh air into the paper.Check out the change of the front cover here, comparing the old version and the new version:
To review further editions of the Leeswood & District News, check out their new website: https://leeswood-district.news/
