File 54 - Dennis Johnson

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Records relating to the employment of Dennis Johnson at the Guardian as a reporter (1961-1967), reporter and night desk deputy (1968-1975) and west country correspondent (1975-1989).

Includes a photocopy of Johnson's editorial registration form (1961); correspondence with Harry Whewell concerning his appointment at the Guardian as a reporter (1961); Staff changes forms (1961-1989); correspondence with Alastair Hetherington concerning his voluntary redundancy (1967); correspondence with Brian Redhead (northern editor) concerning his re-appointment at the Guardian as a reporter and night desk deputy (1968); notes concerning Johnson's work on special projects to restyle the Guardian Weekly in magazine format and the production of a house magazine for North Print (1969); correspondence with Geoffrey Taylor (northern editor) concerning pay (1969-1970) and coverage of the midlands, (1970); and correspondence with editors Alastair Hetherington (1969-1970) and Peter Preston (1975-1990) concerning pay (1969-1989); investigations into the comparative cost to the public of building council houses on city sites (1969), appointment as west country correspondent (1975), coverage of the Bristol riots (1986) and early retirement (1989-1990).

Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Peter Preston (1938-2018)

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