Nicholas Hugh Pigott (born 1951) is the Consultant Editor of The Railway Magazine, Britain's best-selling rail title. He was Editor for 21 years between 1994 and 2015, having previously worked in Fleet Street as a journalist for the Daily Express.
Nick Pigott | |
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| Born | Nicholas Hugh Pigott 1951 Barnby Moor, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Citizenship | British |
| Genre | Newspaper Journalist, variously Editor of: Steam Railway; Traction magazine; and The Railway Magazine |
| Notable awards | IPC Media's Specialist Writer of the Year, 2002. |
Biography
editPigott was born in 1951 at Barnby Moor, Nottinghamshire.[1] and educated at Bromsgrove School.
He trained on the Lincolnshire Standard, Nottingham Evening Post, and Birmingham Post [2] before joining the Daily Express in 1975 and entered railway journalism after 12 years in Fleet Street. He was Editor of Steam Railway magazine,[3] a post held for four years, and then launch editor of Traction magazine, before moving to be the editor of The Railway Magazine in August 1994.[4]
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.[citation needed] On 22 March 2007, The Railway Magazine won the top prize at IPC Media's Editorial Awards ceremony.[5] Competition for this award was limited to specialist titles within IPC Media selling up to 40,000 copies per month.[5] One week later, on 29 March 2007, the magazine's marketforce team won the Gold Cup awarded by the Association of Circulation Executives.[5]
The Railway Magazine and Steam Railway
editThe Railway Magazine was a long-running monthly railway magazine dating back to July 1897, but in 1988, whilst under the Editorship of John N. Slater (1970–1989), lost its position as "best-selling rail title."[3] That went to a younger competitor, Steam Railway magazine, founded nine years earlier under the launch Editor David Wilcock.[3] Wilcock was followed as Editor by Nick Pigott.[3] By the early 1990s, Steam Railway was outselling The Railway Magazine by upwards of 10,000 copies per month.[3] Slater's successor Peter Kelly (1989–1994) attempted to reduce the sales gap, and that work was continued under his successor, Nick Pigott; who by then had moved over from Steam Railway.[3] In 2008, The Railway Magazine regained its position as Britain's best-selling rail title and had continued to increase its circulation ever since. Its current publisher is Mortons Media, which bought the title from IPC Media in August 2010.
Books
edit- Pigott, Nick (2022). The Rise and Fall of King Coal. Gresley Books.
- —— (2012). The Encyclopaedia of Titled Trains. Mortons Media.
- —— (2010). Keith Pirt Colour Portfolio: Grantham. Book Law Publications.
- —— (2008). Fifty Great British Locomotives. IPC Media.
- —— (1990). Steam Railway Book of the Year. Emap.
- —— (1982). Gresley Locomotive Album. Bradford Barton.
Notes
edit- ^ Semmens & Pigott 1997, p. 17.
- ^ Johnson 1997, p. 14.
- ^ a b c d e f Pigott 2008, p. 3.
- ^ Semmens & Pigott 1997, pp. 17–18.
- ^ a b c Pigott 2007, p. 3.
References
edit- Johnson, Andrew (4 April 1997). Inside The Railway Magazine. London: UK Press Gazette.
- Pigott, Nick (May 2007). "Editorial: Magazine of the Year: The RM wins top award". The Railway Magazine. Vol. 153, no. 1273. London: IPC Media. ISSN 0033-8923.
- Pigott, Nick (April 2008). "Editorial: We did it! After 20 years, The RM is once again ... The best-selling railway title in Great Britain". The Railway Magazine. Vol. 154, no. 1284. London: IPC Media. ISSN 0033-8923.
- Semmens, Peter (1996). A Century of Railways: through the pages of Railway Magazine and paintings from members of the Guild of Railway Artists. Sparkford: Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 0-86093-535-3.
- Semmens, Peter; Pigott, Nick (July 1997). Pigott, Nick (ed.). "100 Not Out! The Story of The Railway Magazine". The Railway Magazine. Vol. 143, no. 1155. London: IPC Media. ISSN 0033-8923.
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