Wyn Harness (1960–2007) was a journalist at

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from the newspaper's creation in 1986.

Life

Harness was born in 1960 in

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, where he attended

Boston Grammar School The Boston Grammar School is a Grammar school, selective grammar school and sixth form college for boys aged 11 to 18 and girls attending the sixth form aged 16–18 located in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. A recent 2021 Ofsted report assesse ...

. He was the youngest child of Ray and Freda Harness. Wyn married Sue Royal in 1998; with whom he had two children. He died aged 47 of a brain tumour.

Career

At the age of 18 he began his career as a journalist, working at the

Lincolnshire Standard The ''Lincolnshire Standard'' was a weekly newspaper published in Boston, England, attached to Lincolnshire Standard Ltd. Founded in the 19th century, it is now published under the title ''Boston Standard''. Its sister titles include the ''Sleafo ...

from 1978. From there he joined '' The Brighton Argus'' in 1982, where he stayed until 1986. Harness joined ''The Independent'' before it was launched, and was the first layout sub-editor. During his time at ''The Independent'' he took several sub-editorial roles until he became the chief sub-editor. He later became the assistant editor of ''The Independent'' and the

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, where he remained until he left the paper due to ill health in 2006.

The Wyn Harness prize

The annual Wyn Harness prize for young journalists was created by The Independent in his memory.

References

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