Norwich paper pioneers online death notices

From today the Norwich Evening News is changing the way it publishes death notices by pioneering an online service, which it claims to be the first of its kind in English regional newspapers. For families who have internet access the paper is offering the opportunity to place obituary notices, dedications and photographs on its website. A nominated family member will be able to approve what appears. Ann Lown, manager of online classifieds at the paper's publishers, Archant, says: "More and more people are using email and the internet to stay in touch, because families are more widely dispersed than ever before." (Via Norwich Evening News)