time 8,599 Posted September 12, 2023 deleted. old news. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,742 Posted September 12, 2023 1 minute ago, time said: More of a 'journalist' than a journalist, perhaps, but Linda-Lee Potter has died. This is from 2004. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted September 12, 2023 1 minute ago, Drewsky1211 said: This is from 2004. See above! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justonecornetto 950 Posted September 12, 2023 Lesley Kinney who worked on the STV newsroom has died aged 53 https://news.stv.tv/scotland/lesley-kinney-a-model-journalist-a-trusted-mentor-and-a-digital-pioneer?utm_source=app 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,194 Posted September 17, 2023 The legendary and respected Spanish journalist Pepe Domingo Castaño, the great master of sports radio, who was a radio and television presenter, singer, writer... and much more, has died at the age of 80: https://eprimefeed.com/latest-news/pepe-domingo-castano-dies-at-80-years-of-age/377829/ 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,596 Posted September 17, 2023 2 hours ago, MariNisia said: The legendary and respected Spanish journalist Pepe Domingo Castaño, the great master of sports radio, who was a radio and television presenter, singer, writer... and much more, has died at the age of 80: https://eprimefeed.com/latest-news/pepe-domingo-castano-dies-at-80-years-of-age/377829/ And yet no English Wiki page. Hyperbolic twaddle? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted September 17, 2023 32 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: And yet no English Wiki page. Hyperbolic twaddle? Henry Winter doesn't have a Spanish Wiki page. What's your point? 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,596 Posted September 17, 2023 59 minutes ago, time said: Henry Winter doesn't have a Spanish Wiki page. What's your point? Who? (also, there’s just no comparison there. English Wiki = 59 million articles, Spanish Wiki = 2 million). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted September 17, 2023 5 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: Who? (also, there’s just no comparison there. English Wiki = 59 million articles, Spanish Wiki = 2 million). What's your point? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,596 Posted September 17, 2023 12 minutes ago, time said: What's your point? English Wiki has about 2 million biographies. It's a pretty good benchmark for fame levels. If he was such a "legend" or "great master" he'd probably at the very least have a stub article on there. That's my point sweetie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,194 Posted September 17, 2023 10 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: English Wiki has about 2 million biographies. It's a pretty good benchmark for fame levels. If he was such a "legend" or "great master" he'd probably at the very least have a stub article on there. That's my point sweetie. Maybe... the mysteries of fame, @Ulitzer95. Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton are famous in the whole world. And there are many artists (with real talent) who are famous in their country but unknown in the rest of the world. In Spain, Pepe Domingo Castaño won the National Award for Arts and Sciences applied to Sport from the High Council for Sports, four Ondas Awards, two Golden Antennas Awards, the Joaquín Prat Radio Award from the Spanish Radio Academy, and a Golden Microphone from the Federation of Professional Radio and Television Associations of Spain, among many other awards. That's why Pepe Domingo Castaño was a "legend" and a "great master", at least in my humble opinion. But... all opinions are welcome. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted September 23, 2023 Brian Glanville - either the finest football writer of his generation or the first such football journalist so up himself he opened the doors for a stream of naval gazing shite, either way - he's obitable, breathing and 91 tomorrow. Thought, I'd like, mention that fact: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Glanville 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted September 28, 2023 On 18/07/2023 at 11:06, TQR said: I’m loathed to put this in the ‘Journalists’ thread but if there’s a more suitable thread please move this. GBeebies presenter and right wing columnist Dan Wootton has been unmasked as a serial catfisher, bribing scores of men (many of whom are heterosexual and/or colleagues) for sexually explicit and compromising material under a false identity. He’s not been on his nightly GBeebies show for a couple of weeks. Mailonline terminates Wootton's contract: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66951256 Only now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,391 Posted September 28, 2023 3 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Mailonline terminates Wootton's contract: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66951256 Only now? He's suspended from KGB News too. I can't help but suspect that this is pre-empting the whole farrago mentioned before blowing up in the near future; laughing along with a sexist pig is kinda the norm for GBeebies and Daily Mail staff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,887 Posted September 29, 2023 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,887 Posted September 29, 2023 Calvin Robinson now suspended by GB News Delightful 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted October 1, 2023 Former reporter for ITV's Westward Diary on Westward Television and presenter for BBC Points West, later becoming High Sheriff of Devon, Gerald Haycock (aka Gerald Hine-Haycock) death notice: https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/hine-haycock-notices_52420 Died at end of June, but with little clue to his public profile. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2509155/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
La Tombe 354 Posted October 3, 2023 French journalist Jean Pierre Elkabbach has died at 86, he was a very famous journalist in France. He interviewed countless personalities including political personalities such as the French presidents in presidential debates. He worked for CNews (French channel in the mood of Fox News, I mean a far-right channel), he worked for radios such as FranceInter or Europe 1. In conclusion, a big loss inside the world of medias in France. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brad252 807 Posted October 4, 2023 The Met police announced an investigation in Wootton, and while a number of outlets reported this, many of their articles have since been taken down after legal threats. There is speculation he has some significant dirt he can use to blackmail with. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,525 Posted October 4, 2023 For such a minor talent to have such a major pull, he must know where more skeletons are buried than Ian Brady. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted November 16, 2023 Helen Place, a BBC 5 radio journalist, has died after a short illness. Place had been with the network since 2005. https://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/11/bbc-radio-5-live-journalist-helen-place-dies-after-short-and-sudden-illness/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted November 24, 2023 Pat Gibson, cricket journo, Express and Times, reported to have died last night, 81. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summer in Transylvania 2,184 Posted November 24, 2023 Charles Peters, founder of the Washington Monthly and occasionally mentioned hereabouts dead at 96, just over a month before his 97th birthday. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,727 Posted November 24, 2023 not sure if he fits as "Journalist", but Steve Pool, famous weatherman for Seattle's KOMO-TV channel and as the host of a news segment called Front Runners, died at 70 years: https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tv/longtime-seattle-tv-meteorologist-steve-pool-dies-from-alzheimers/ Hhe won over a dozen Emmy Awards during his lengthy career. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites