Society of Editors founder Bob Satchwell, described as “one of the media’s greatest champions”, has died aged 73 after developing pneumonia and Covid-19.

Satchwell founded the Society of Editors in 1999 and remained executive director until he retired due to ill health in 2017.

He edited the Cambridge Evening News for 15 years between 1984 and 1998, during which time the newspaper won a series of awards including Press Gazette Newspaper of the Year in its category in 1993.