Peter Hiley, journalist - obituary

Peter Hiley, who has died aged 85, was an inspirational editor of the Reading Evening Post from 1971 to 1984, during which time he nurtured and encouraged a generation of young journalists, many of whom went on to successful careers in Fleet Street and regional publications. At a time when the indus...

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Published inTelegraph.co.uk
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Telegraph Media Group Limited 12.02.2017
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Editors
Journalism
Offset printing
Printing industry
Printing machinery
Reading
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Summary:Peter Hiley, who has died aged 85, was an inspirational editor of the Reading Evening Post from 1971 to 1984, during which time he nurtured and encouraged a generation of young journalists, many of whom went on to successful careers in Fleet Street and regional publications. At a time when the industry still used hot metal presses, TRN’s publication was one of the first to employ computer type-setting, photo-page make-up and web offset printing. Watching...