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This page includes selected articles from the Newsletter archive. If you would like to receive the full Newsletter, please read about joining the Club here. 

July 20, 2024

50th anniversary of ITN ‘world scoop’ of Turkish troops landing in Cyprus – by Sam Hall

This month is the 50th anniversary of one of ITN’s biggest ever exclusives – the filming of Turkish forces landing in Cyprus in July 1974 . Former ITN reporter Sam Hall was the fixer on the story. For the July 2024 edition of the ITN 1955 Club Newsletter, he wrote this article recalling his memories of the coverage.

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April 1, 2024

25 years on: remembering the move of News at Ten and the launch of the ITV Evening and Nightly News

In this article for the April 2024 edition of the ITN 1955 Club Newsletter, Nigel Dacre looks back at the move of News at Ten and the launch of the ITV Evening News – 25 years ago.

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November 3, 2023

Robert Moore: ITN and the Middle East

Robert Moore has written this article for the ITN 1955 Club Newsletter about how ITN today can draw on a long legacy of remarkable Middle East frontline reporting.

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September 7, 2023

ITN to “embrace AI” wherever possible

Jon Roberts, ITN’s Director of Technology, Production and Innovation spoke at a media technology event in September about Generative Artificial Intelligence.

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June 4, 2023

The 30th Anniversary of the launch of the ITN 1955 Club Newsletter

Brief history of the Newsletter.

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October 13, 2022

The 50th Anniversary of the launch of ITN’s First Report

The ITN First Report lunchtime news, with its unofficial slogan ‘It happened this morning’, went on air at 12.40pm on October 16th 1972 – 50 years ago this month. Here is an article about the launch by Nigel Dacre, based on contributions to the October edition of the ITN 1955 Club Newsletter.

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July 1, 2022

David was ‘the boss who changed so many of our lives’  

Former CEO and and Editor of ITN Stewart Purvis wrote this obituary for the July 2022 Newsletter.

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September 1, 2021

David Phillips: The News at 545 guru who was ahead of his time

Former ITN programme editor and field producer David Phillips died in August 2021. A tribute from Phil Moger.

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February 1, 2021

Derek Dowsett. Much loved Programme Editor and office Chief Whip

Here’s Phil Moger’s tribute to former ITN Programme Editor and Chief Sub Derek Dowsett, who died in January 2021.

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December 21, 2020

ITN Anniversaries

This look at ITN anniversaries was written by Nigel Dacre for the December 2020 issue of the 55 Club Newsletter. 2020 was the 65th anniversary of the launch of ITN.

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