Martin Woollacott

	Martin Woollacott Martin Woollacott (29 April 1939 – 24 March 2021) was a British journalist. He was the foreign correspondent and foreign editor for ''The Guardian'' newspaper. In 1975, he was nominated Foreign Reporter of the Year for his coverage of the Vietnam war. In 1991, he received a James Cameron Award for his coverage of Kurdistan. Books * ''After Suez: Adrift in the American Century'' (I.B. Tauris I.B. Tauris is an educational publishing house and imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing. It was an independent publishing house with offices in London and New York City until its purchase in May 2018 by Bloomsbury Publishing. It specialises in non- ..., 2006). References 1939 births 2021 deaths British journalists {{UK-journalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, the paper's main news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Foreign Reporter Of The Year The Foreign Reporter of the Year award is one of the honours given annually by The Press Awards in the UK. History Over the years, the categories have increased from 3 in 1962, to 31 in 2014. There have been many different awards in the area of international and foreign reporting, with some years having more than one; the first category was ''International Reporter of the Year'' in the 1966 awards, the current is ''Foreign Reporter of the Year''. The 2007 awards saw the introduction of an ''International Journalist of the Year'' category; unlike the earlier ''International Reporter of the Year'' category from 1966-1989, this category honours journalists from countries outside the UK. Foreign Reporter of the Year ''Foreign Reporter of the Year'', previously ''Foreign Journalist of the Year (in memory of David Holden)'' and ''David Holden International Reporter of the Year''. International Journalist of the Year Unlike the other categories, this category is for non-UK journalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	James Cameron (journalist) Mark James Walter Cameron CBE (17 June 1911 – 26 January 1985) was a British journalist, in whose memory the annual James Cameron Memorial Lecture is given. Early life Cameron was born in Battersea, London, of Scottish parentage. His father, William Ernest Cameron, was a barrister who wrote novels under the pseudonym Mark Allerton and his mother was Margaret Douglas (née Robertson) Cameron. Career Cameron began as an office dogsbody with the ''Weekly News'' in 1935. Having worked for several Scottish newspapers and for the ''Daily Express'' in Fleet Street, he was rejected for military service in World War II. After the war, his experience of reporting on the Bikini Atoll nuclear experiments and the first British nuclear test in South Australia turned him into a pacifist and, later, a founding member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. He continued to work for the ''Express'' until 1950, after which he briefly joined ''Picture Post'', where he and photographer Bert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1939 Births This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 Third Reich * Jews are forbidden to work with Germans. * The Youth Protection Act was passed on April 30, 1938 and the Working Hours Regulations came into effect. * The Jews name change decree has gone into effect. The rest of the world * In Spain, it becomes a duty of all young women under 25 to complete compulsory work service for one year. * First edition of the Vienna New Year's Concert. * The company of technology and manufacturing scientific instruments Hewlett-Packard, was founded in a garage in Palo Alto, California, by William (Bill) Hewlett and David Packard. This garage is now considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley. * Sydney, in Australia, records temperature of 45 ˚C, the highest record for the city. * Philipp Etter took over as Swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2021 Deaths This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]