The handmade hat is worn by pressmen as protection against ink, grease, oil and paper lint which might otherwise get in their hair.
The Newspaper Man is Defunct – Long Live the Newspaper Man – Cape Cod Today
Democracy Without Journalists
Yesterday I went to the Democracy Without Journalists meeting in Portcullis House organised jointly by the National Union of Journalists and Goldsmiths Centre for the Study of Global Media and Democracy.
The committee room was packed out with journalists, academics and students. All crammed in to hear about what could be done to secure the future of local and regional journalism in the UK.
Austin Mitchell MP