The Times such as David Aaronovitch, Philip Collins, and Jenni Russell. "The Times" occasionally makes endorsements for foreign elections. In November 2012, it endorsed a second term for Democrat's Barack Obama although it also expressed reservations about his foreign policy. "The Times", along with the British Film Institute, sponsors "The Times" "bfi" London Film Festival. It also sponsors the Cheltenham Literature Festival and the Asia House Festival of Asian Literature at Asia House, London. In addition, the newspaper has previously acted as a media partner for Teach First, notably at their Impact Conference in 2017. An Irish digital edition of the paper
The Standard-Times (New Bedford) of "The Standard-Times" displays its home city's name in small print and trumpets a regional identity, "Serving the SouthCoast Community." It was "The Standard-Times" under Editor-In-Chief Ken Hartnett, that in the 1990s most loudly championed the name South Coast to designate the Fall River-New Bedford metropolitan area. The "Standard-Times" has done well in regional news competitions for many years. Most recently it was named the New England Newspaper & Press Association Newspaper of the Year for both 2012 and 2013. It won NENPA's First Place Award for Local Election coverage for 2012, '13 and '14. It won the New England