Report by Angelina L. Kennedy to the Christian Media Network
Regional bursary prize named following the Victorian newspaper group publisher George PR Pulman is constantly offer sponsorship to good causes.
Many West Country communities know the name George Pulman well. He or she is considered something of the Victorian media mogul who founded Pulman’s Weekly News way back in 1857.
His media brands always been an abundant news source for upwards of 150 year through the prime agricultural counties of Devon, Dorset and Somerset.
Pulman’s news was always renowned because of its reliability and trustworthiness. What was provided by Pulman’s journalists may be considered as being true.
What individuals might not know is the fact that George Pulman seemed to be a lifelong committed Christian who worshipped regularly at his local town church in Axminster, Devon.
To aid rouse local attendance, George would enthusiastically play the church organ on the Sunday morning. There he went on the meet and marry his young wife, who had previously been likewise fascinated by be a regular part of precisely the same Axminster congregation.
Throughout his life he advocated the value of building community: through Church, rural life and native news. He always upheld values of truth and helped give voice to many West Country causes and concerns that could otherwise have already been restarted and forgotten.
Journalism was a task that required the utmost responsibility and it was a job helped by great respect.
So in a today’s era of fake news and political propaganda, perhaps it’s recall the values of 1 from the news media’s earliest pioneers.
A guy of religion who built a regional media empire from the wake of the industrial revolution which lasted through multiple generations.
Duncan Williams, from Devon, that is the existing managing editor of Pulman’s Weekly News & Advertiser Series, says: “The Pulman’s Award and bursary continues to uphold exactly the same values of George Pulman and it is open for nominations throughout the year.”
The bursary prize has produced donations during the past Yr towards the Bibic Football Fundraiser in Yeovil, the Dorset Blind Association as well as the creation of new talking newspapers and recorded books for your elderly and partially sighted.
Most recently the Pulman’s Award has helped fund the publication of an compilation of skills training workbooks and specially tailored courses meant to help ex-offenders find work and rebuild purposeful lives back inside community.
Countless leaflets and booklets have also been distributed throughout the West Country to aid enlighten teenagers in regards to the perils associated with drugs and addiction.
Publishing, in most its many forms, remains as relevant today in only exactly as it turned out when George Pulman was alive.
It has a great chance to do good.
Our British free press heritage and native news media are invaluable communication tools that – when used correctly – will make modern society a much better place.
(George Philip Rigney Pulman: 1819 – 1880.)
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