Tom Burgess has joined Newsquest’s Northern Echo as a reporter. He comes from an independent press agency in England, the Bournemouth News and Picture Service.
Burgess freelanced for The Indiependent and was a news editor at Student Comment and News, Lancaster University Students’ Union newspaper. He gained experience at The Yorkshire Times.
Burgess has a B.A. from Lancaster University and an M.A. from Cardiff University in Wales.
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