Fort Dunlop in north Birmingham, with the newspaper offices on the sixth floor. Birmingham Post editor Marc Reeves said: 'It's a fantastic, fresh environment – windows all round, an open-plan, no-secrets environment with a central hub making all editorial decisions in the open ... [Now] the papers have been produced, printed and are on sale. There are plenty of improvements to come, reviews to hold and tweaks to make, but Fort Dunlop has begun'Photograph: Trinity MirrorBirmingham Mail editor Steve Dyson at his desk, briefing reporter Ed Stephens. Dyson said of the move to Fort Dunlop: 'Friday saw us producing the Mail, Post and Mercury from Printing House Street and packing our "bags" to move. On Saturday and Sunday the removal firm sprang into action and by 12 noon Sunday ... the whole editorial floor was ready for us to continue as if nothing had happened! The result? The Post came out on Monday morning, followed by the Mail, without a major hitch'Photograph: Trinity MirrorExecutives from all three titles at the 12.15pm 'all-in-one' news conference. They are (from left): Steve Dyson (Mail editor), Stacey Barnfield (Mail executive editor), Andy Richards (Mail content editor), Gemma Tandy (newspaper sales), Sarah Probert (Post content editor), James Cartledge, (Mail assistant content editor), Fionnuala Bourke (Mercury assistant content editor), Tony Larner (Mercury content editor), Marc Reeves (Post editor) and Phil Vinter (assistant content editor, video)Photograph: Trinity Mirror
Mike Hughes, the executive editor of the Birmingham Post, makes a point with his penPhotograph: Trinity MirrorThe same conference, clearly showing the central 'hub' position facing a media wall of screens with breaking TV/website news. To the rear can be seen floor-to-ceiling windows which surround the entire newsroom, which is on the sixth floor with views of the whole of north Birmingham and the city centrePhotograph: Trinity MirrorGeneral view of the offices, on the production side of the floor. Pictured seated are Mike Macklin (left - deputy regional production editor) and Ray Dunn (regional production editor). Between them they manage the central subbing operation that finishes pages across the regionPhotograph: Trinity MirrorA wide view of the editorial floor, this time taken from the window towards the central hub, with immediate desks in the subbing pool. Pictured standing to the right is the regional production editor, Ray Dunn, who headed the introduction of the new Content Watch editorial systemPhotograph: Trinity MirrorThe regional business desk. Pictured in the foreground, from left, are: David Ransome-Wallis, Anna Blackaby, Tom Scotney, Duncan Tift, Jon Griffin and John CranagePhotograph: Trinity MirrorA wing of the sports desk, which serves the region's Post, Mail, Sunday Mercury and Coventry Telegraph. Pictured seated are: (from left) Ken Montgomery (regional head of sport), Mark Woodward (assistant sports editor) and Grace Franklin (PA)Photograph: Trinity Mirror
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