Journalists

[GraveDanger 22]

Helen Fawkes finally has an obit! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40290563

[Joey Russ 7,267]

28 minutes ago, GraveDanger said:

Helen Fawkes finally has an obit! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40290563

Well, I wondered how long that was going to take. Probably one of the most suspenseful obit waits tbh.

[Sir Creep 7,071]

Gabe Pressman, the senior correspondent for WNBC-TV and the indefatigable dean of New York’s television reporters, who chased breaking news, interviewed countless celebrities and covered the hoopla of politics, protests and parades for more than six decades, died early Friday morning in New York. He was 93 and lived in Manhattan.

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[msc 18,556]

35 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

Gabe Pressman, the senior correspondent for WNBC-TV and the indefatigable dean of New York’s television reporters, who chased breaking news, interviewed countless celebrities and covered the hoopla of politics, protests and parades for more than six decades, died early Friday morning in New York. He was 93 and lived in Manhattan.

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Great name for a journalist.

[Sir Creep 7,071]

2 hours ago, msc said:

 

Great name for a journalist.

LOL can't believe I didn't catch that.  

[Sir Creep 7,071]

Marion Goldin, one of the most respected and prolific producers at CBS's flagship newsmagazine, “60 Minutes,” died on June 15 at her home in Palm Springs, Calif. She was 76.
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[gcreptile 11,083]

War journalist Veronique Robert dies after getting injured in Mossul:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/24/veronique-robert-journalist-dies-paris-wounded-mosul-explosion-iraq

[ObakeFilter 965]

Anton Nossik, so called 'Godfather' of Russian Internet and a celebrated blogger, is dead from a heart attack.

https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/godfather-of-russian-internet-nossik-dies-58338

[Sir Creep 7,071]

After a long and distinguished career in journalism that included serving as editor in chief of USA TODAY, John Quinn died Tuesday in Rhode Island. 
His health had been failing for some time before he returned to the hospital Monday, according to those close to him and his family. He died among family Tuesday afternoon.

Along with having been top editor of USA TODAY, Quinn was also the president of the Gannett News Service and later the vice president of news at Gannett Co. Inc. before retiring in 1990.
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[gcreptile 11,083]

Mark Tully, former head of the BBC India bureau, critically ill:

 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/senior-journalist-mark-tully-critically-ill-referred-to-delhi/articleshow/59507001.cms

[gcreptile 11,083]

Simon Ricketts is talking about life and death and everything in a podcast. Haven't listened to it yet:

 

https://www.acast.com/regrets-of-the-dying/simon?autoplay

[msc 18,556]

6 hours ago, gcreptile said:

Simon Ricketts is talking about life and death and everything in a podcast. Haven't listened to it yet:

 

https://www.acast.com/regrets-of-the-dying/simon?autoplay

 

Six months left is his default worst case scenario, apparently. He's hopefully of 2-3 years. No "oh I have metastases" or other helpful statements, so all opinion. In a Zevonesque enjoy every sandwich mood.

[Sean 6,368]

He sounded well .Pragmatic about limited time left but enjoying himself.Didnt mention pain or disability.

 

For the record has he ever written anything of note?Aside from his own blog and two guardian articles I cant find anything.Is he more of a cancer blogger than journalist.Or is there some important work he has done that I am overlooking.He has a lot of twitter followers and gets retweets from fairly big names.

[msc 18,556]

33 minutes ago, Shaun of the Dead said:

He sounded well .Pragmatic about limited time left but enjoying himself.Didnt mention pain or disability.

 

For the record has he ever written anything of note?Aside from his own blog and two guardian articles I cant find anything.Is he more of a cancer blogger than journalist.Or is there some important work he has done that I am overlooking.He has a lot of twitter followers and gets retweets from fairly big names.

 

Used to work for the Daily Mail, iirc and had a career in local newspapers before.

[Sean 6,368]

Was this all before the internet?Hardly anything about the guy online.Seems odd for a journalist who has worked for many of the nations biggest papers.

[Pampams 5]

On 20/07/2017 at 00:16, Shaun of the Dead said:

Was this all before the internet?Hardly anything about the guy online.Seems odd for a journalist who has worked for many of the nations biggest papers.

Probably in the archives section of the library. The Internet is pretty unrestricted. 

 

[Joey Russ 7,267]

Wall Street Journalist Joseph Rago dead at 34.

[Sir Creep 7,071]

Richard Dudman, a much-traveled reporter for The St. Louis Post-Dispatch who spent more than a month in captivity in Cambodia after being ambushed by Vietcong fighters and later survived an assassination attempt after meeting the Cambodian dictator Pol Pot, died on Thursday in Blue Hill, Me. He was 99.
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(Edit: The photo attached has the three freed journalists.  Two of which--the males--are now dead.  Elizabeth Pond is 80).

 

[Spade_Cooley 9,637]

Liz MacKean, the Newsnight journalist whose report on Jimmy Savile's sex crimes was famously 86'd by the BBC, has died age 52. 

[Sir Creep 7,071]

Swedish journalist Kim Wall, missing since August 11 after boarding a privately built submarine, died in an accident and was buried at sea, the vessel's owner Peter Madsen told a court hearing in Denmark.

Madsen, who has been charged with manslaughter, told a closed-door court hearing that he buried Wall at sea in an "unspecified place" in Køge Bay, according to a statement published by Copenhagen City Council on Monday.

Wall, 30, was on the Nautilus for a story she was writing on Madsen and the 17-meter submarine. 

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[charon 4,943]

[theoldlady 2,344]

On 8/21/2017 at 18:00, Sir Creep said:

Swedish journalist Kim Wall, missing since August 11 after boarding a privately built submarine, died in an accident and was buried at sea, the vessel's owner Peter Madsen told a court hearing in Denmark.

Madsen, who has been charged with manslaughter, told a closed-door court hearing that he buried Wall at sea in an "unspecified place" in Køge Bay, according to a statement published by Copenhagen City Council on Monday.

Wall, 30, was on the Nautilus for a story she was writing on Madsen and the 17-meter submarine. 

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The jerk hacked all her limbs and head off and tried to sink them in the ocean (kind of like Dexter from the TV program with the same name.) There was a similar murder in Scandinavia a while back as well. Mmmmmmm could there be a connection?  

[msc 18,556]

Doesn't really come across as the smartest killer in the room, really.

[drol 12,151]

1 hour ago, charon said:

Further analysis revealed the half body was dead.

[The Mad Hatter 1,093]

On 21/08/2017 at 17:00, Sir Creep said:

Swedish journalist Kim Wall, missing since August 11 after boarding a privately built submarine, died in an accident and was buried at sea, the vessel's owner Peter Madsen told a court hearing in Denmark.

Madsen, who has been charged with manslaughter, told a closed-door court hearing that he buried Wall at sea in an "unspecified place" in Køge Bay, according to a statement published by Copenhagen City Council on Monday.

Wall, 30, was on the Nautilus for a story she was writing on Madsen and the 17-meter submarine. 

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41037295 His charges have been upgraded to murder.