Meet the team!

The Holderness & Hornsea Gazette was established in Withernsea in 1910, and is still produced in the resort by a small but dedicated and passionate team of local people.

In February 2024, editor Sam Hawcroft and sales director Zoe Broom took over the ownership of the paper.

We believe passionately in the power of print in combination with our website (with minimal clickbait advertising) and social media posts that not only share our news stories but also regularly shine a light on our advertisers, without whom we wouldn’t be able to carry on. Our policy is to share some stories from the print edition on our website, but not all, because we do not believe in giving all of our content away for nothing, but nor we do want everything behind a paywall.

Support us

In this age of internet propaganda and disinformation, local news matters more than ever – but across the country, local news outlets are disappearing at an alarming rate in the face of rising costs and falling revenues.

Once they are gone, they are gone – and local people are then left at the mercy of social media groups full or gossip and hearsay, or faceless syndicated news outlets that do not care about the people they serve.

We would love it if you could support us by buying a paper (if you’re local to Holderness), subscribing online, or giving us a tip via the Ko-fi platform below. Thank you so much 💚