Nick Pigott
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Nicholas Hugh "Nick" Pigott (born 1951) is editor of The Railway Magazine
, Britain's best-selling rail title. A title previously held, but lost in 1988 to Steam Railway, then edited by Nick Pigott, and regained in 2008, based on 12 months of sales in 2007. He had previously worked in Fleet Street
as a journalist for the Daily Express
.
, Nottinghamshire
.
He trained on the Lincolnshire Standard
and Birmingham Post
before joining the Daily Express
in 1975 and, after 12 years in Fleet Street, entered railway journalism. He was Editor of Steam Railway magazine, a post held for four years, and then Traction magazine, before moving to his present position as editor of The Railway Magazine
in September 1994.
In 2002, he was voted IPC Media
's Specialist Writer of the Year and in 2008 was shortlisted in the national Editor of the Year awards held by the British Society of Magazine Editors. On 22 March 2007, The Railway Magazine won the top prize at IPC Media's Editorial Awards ceremony. Competition for this award was limited to specialist titles, within IPC Media, selling up to 40,000 copies per month. One week later, 29 March 2007, the magazine's marketforce team won the Gold Cup awarded by the Association of Circulation Executives.
The Railway Magazine
The Railway Magazine is a monthly British railway magazine, aimed at the railway enthusiast market, that has been published in London since July 1897. it has been, for three years running, the railway magazine with the largest circulation in the U.K., having a monthly average sale during 2009 of...
, Britain's best-selling rail title. A title previously held, but lost in 1988 to Steam Railway, then edited by Nick Pigott, and regained in 2008, based on 12 months of sales in 2007. He had previously worked in Fleet Street
Fleet Street
Fleet Street is a street in central London, United Kingdom, named after the River Fleet, a stream that now flows underground. It was the home of the British press until the 1980s...
as a journalist for the Daily Express
Daily Express
The Daily Express switched from broadsheet to tabloid in 1977 and was bought by the construction company Trafalgar House in the same year. Its publishing company, Beaverbrook Newspapers, was renamed Express Newspapers...
.
Biography
Pigott was born in 1951 at Barnby MoorBarnby Moor
Barnby Moor is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of 257 . The village is about three miles north of East Retford....
, Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
.
He trained on the Lincolnshire Standard
Lincolnshire Standard
The Lincolnshire Standard was a weekly newspaper published in Boston, England.Founded in the 19th century, it is now published under the title Boston Standard. Its sister titles include the Sleaford Standard, Skegness Standard, Grantham Journal and Horncastle News....
and Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
The Birmingham Post newspaper was originally published under the name Daily Post in Birmingham, England, in 1857 by John Frederick Feeney. It was the largest selling broadsheet in the West Midlands, though it faced little if any competition in this category. It changed to tabloid size in 2008...
before joining the Daily Express
Daily Express
The Daily Express switched from broadsheet to tabloid in 1977 and was bought by the construction company Trafalgar House in the same year. Its publishing company, Beaverbrook Newspapers, was renamed Express Newspapers...
in 1975 and, after 12 years in Fleet Street, entered railway journalism. He was Editor of Steam Railway magazine, a post held for four years, and then Traction magazine, before moving to his present position as editor of The Railway Magazine
The Railway Magazine
The Railway Magazine is a monthly British railway magazine, aimed at the railway enthusiast market, that has been published in London since July 1897. it has been, for three years running, the railway magazine with the largest circulation in the U.K., having a monthly average sale during 2009 of...
in September 1994.
In 2002, he was voted IPC Media
IPC Media
IPC Media , a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Inc., is a consumer magazine and digital publisher in the United Kingdom, with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year.- Origins :...
's Specialist Writer of the Year and in 2008 was shortlisted in the national Editor of the Year awards held by the British Society of Magazine Editors. On 22 March 2007, The Railway Magazine won the top prize at IPC Media's Editorial Awards ceremony. Competition for this award was limited to specialist titles, within IPC Media, selling up to 40,000 copies per month. One week later, 29 March 2007, the magazine's marketforce team won the Gold Cup awarded by the Association of Circulation Executives.