MEET our hotshot reporters and advertising staff during a special week to mark the success of local papers.

Local Newspaper Week, which runs from May 16-22, celebrates the healthy state of the regional press.

This success is enjoyed by the Evening Advertiser which is read by more than 63,500 people every day. The paper's theme for the week is Closer To Home.

To see the sort of things we get up to, our readers can meet our staff at the Brunel Centre every day between 9am and 5.30pm.

So come down if you want to hear tips from our ace reporters and advertising staff or if you want to find out more about how the paper is put together.

Evening Advertiser editor Mark Waldron said: "Local newspapers are still very much loved by local communities.

"Local Newspaper Week is a chance to make a song and dance about the healthy state of the regional press and we would like as many of our readers as possible to come down and celebrate this success with us."

Meet reporters and columnists:

Monday Victoria Tagg and Ben Payne.

Tuesday Michelle Tompkins and Tamash Lal.

Wednesday Shirley Mathias and Kevin Shoesmith

Thursday Barrie Hudson and Gareth Bethell.

Friday Tom Morton, Jon Ritson and Isabel Field.