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Sally Perry is Co-founder, Editor and Reporter at Isle of Wight News from OnTheWight.
Sally has been recognised nationally for her in-depth coverage of the three-week occupation of a factory by workers. As Journalism.co.uk commented at the time, “[they] gave the national and local media a run for its money with its comprehensive coverage of the industrial dispute".
She also received an award for her dogged persistence in highlighting the plight of landlocked Ventnor Undercliff residents following a major landslide (over 200 articles in four+ years).
As well as covering local democracy and holding those in power to account for their decisions, OnTheWight is a champion of The Arts, regularly celebrating the creative talents of Islanders.
Council leader talked at yesterday's Tory Conference about how he has been "tackling the culture of worklessness that exists within a small minority of our population".
The offer of a £20,000 reward by Hampshire Constabulary is intended to encourage fresh information about the location of the missing teenager Damien Nettles, last seen Saturday, 2 November 1996.