Founding Society of Editors boss among at least 22 UK journalists killed by coronavirus
With the official UK coronavirus death now well past 100,000, we remember the names of those journalists – both current…
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Pride of Britain founder and Mirror man of 23 years Peter Willis dies suddenly aged 54
Mirror executive editor and founder of the newspaper’s Pride of Britain Awards Peter Willis died suddenly on Friday, he was…
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‘Top drawer’ local democracy reporter George Makin has award named after him following cancer death
West Midlands local democracy reporter George Makin has died less than two months after revealing he had been diagnosed with…
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Newsquest Scotland journalist Jamie Shuttleworth who had ‘relentless energy, enthusiasm and talent’ dies aged 29
Newsquest Scotland’s head of social media Jamie Shuttleworth died this week aged 29. Shuttleworth’s colleagues said he brought “relentless energy,…
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Max Mosley: Impress funder and press reform campaigner dies aged 81
Former F1 boss Max Mosley, who began a crusade against the press in 2008 when the News of the World…
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John Kay: Award-winning reporter with troubled past cleared under Operation Elveden dies aged 77
Former Sun chief reporter John Kay died at the weekend, prompting a huge outpouring of appreciation from former colleagues. Kay…
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‘True giant of the industry’ Bob Satchwell who founded Society of Editors dies aged 73
Society of Editors founder Bob Satchwell, described as “one of the media’s greatest champions”, has died aged 73 after developing…
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Former news agency chief Frank Gilbride dies from Covid-19 aged 61
National newspaper reporter and news agency boss Frank Gilbride has died of Covid-19 just two weeks after his 61st birthday.…
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