"Jill Dando Jill Wendy Dando (9 November 1961 – 26 April 1999) was an English journalist, television presenter, and newsreader who was 1997 BBC Personality of the Year. At the time of her death, she was the presenter of the BBC programme ""Crimewatch"". On 26 April 1999, Dando was fatally shot outside her home in Fulham, London. A local man, Barry George, was convicted and imprisoned for the murder but was later acquitted after an appeal and retrial. The case remains open. Dando was born at Ashcombe House Maternity Home in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. She was the daughter of Jack Dando"
"was blown up by a car bomb on 15 March 1999 outside her home in Lurgan. The bomb was allegedly made by a man from the Belfast UDA but planted by Fulton's associates acting on his orders. Colin Port, the Deputy Chief Constable of Norfolk Constabulary who headed the investigation into her death, said ""without question"" Fulton was the person who had masterminded her killing. Although he was back in prison at the time, he was excited when he heard the news of her death on the radio. He was linked to the killing by police informers but not forensics."
"in 1994 and Cash for Honours in 2006 and revelations of corruption at Fifa in 2010. The newspaper's foreign coverage has been especially strong, and its reporters, Marie Colvin, Jon Swain, Hala Jaber, Mark Franchetti and Christina Lamb have dominated the Foreign Reporter of the Year category at the British Press Awards since 2000. Marie Colvin, who worked for the paper from 1985, was killed in February 2012 by Syrian forces while covering the siege of Homs during that country's civil war. In common with other newspapers, ""The Sunday Times"" has been hit by a fall in circulation, which has"
"on the doorstep of her house in Gowan Avenue, Fulham. Farthing rarely speaks about Dando's murder, with his last major interview given to the ""Daily Mail"" in June 1999. In the interview, Farthing said that Dando had made him breakfast at his then home in Chiswick, west London, before he left for work. Dando then went shopping before returning to her home in Gowan Avenue, where she was shot and killed. Farthing described how a week after Dando's murder, he found a reporters' notebook containing a draft of the speech she had intended to give on their wedding day. Dando's"
"Julia Langdon Julia Mary Langdon (born 1946) is a British journalist and writer. A political journalist since 1971, she became a lobby correspondent in 1974. Leaving ""The Guardian"" in 1984, she was appointed political editor of the ""Daily Mirror"", the first woman to hold the position on a national newspaper in the UK. Later, Langdon was political editor of ""The Sunday Telegraph"". Having children, however, was one of the reasons she left the parliamentary lobby in the 1990s. Langdon has been a freelance writer since 1992, and has written a biography of the Labour politician Mo Mowlam (2000) and is"
"they might have for their future employment. Kate Peyton Katherine Mary Peyton (13 December 1965 – 9 February 2005) was a British journalist and senior producer for the BBC Johannesburg bureau from 2002 to 2005. She was killed in a shooting incident in Somalia whilst reporting on that country's nascent peace process. Peyton was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. She was educated at Culford School and read civil engineering at Manchester University. However, while at university she found herself increasingly drawn to books and journalism and resolved to make a career as a producer in broadcasting. On leaving university"
"Rosemary Nelson Rosemary Nelson (""née"" Magee; 4 September 1958 – 15 March 1999) was a prominent human rights solicitor who was assassinated by an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in 1999. A bomb exploded under her car at her home in Lurgan, Northern Ireland; the Red Hand Defenders claimed responsibility. Allegations that the British state security forces were involved in her killing led to a public inquiry. It found no evidence that state forces directly facilitated her murder, but could not exclude the possibility that individual members had helped the perpetrators. It said that the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) failed to"
"a letter to the ""Press Gazette"" published in January 1989, Waterhouse wrote that her copy had been altered with the effect of discrediting Proetta's evidence. All of the accusations were later shown to be false. Proetta launched a libel action case against five of the newspapers and was subsequently awarded an estimated £300,000 damages in an out-of-court settlement. Carmen Proetta Carmen Proetta is a Gibraltarian who was an independent witness to Operation Flavius, a controversial British Army operation in which the Special Air Service shot dead three unarmed Provisional IRA members in Gibraltar on 6 March 1988. She became the"
"Northern Ireland the same year along with two of her daughters, and transferred to England. She first took up residence at a bed-and-breakfast in Plymouth, Devon but shortly afterwards moved to Cornwall. Immediately after her arrival in England she was put under police surveillance. The following January, Jameson was shot dead by the LVF outside his home in Portadown. In March 2000, Fulton was deported from the United States for breaches of immigration laws and went to live in Plymouth. In June 2001, Gibson and her two daughters, Rain and Talutha Landry were arrested in Cornwall, where she had been"
"Kate Peyton Katherine Mary Peyton (13 December 1965 – 9 February 2005) was a British journalist and senior producer for the BBC Johannesburg bureau from 2002 to 2005. She was killed in a shooting incident in Somalia whilst reporting on that country's nascent peace process. Peyton was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. She was educated at Culford School and read civil engineering at Manchester University. However, while at university she found herself increasingly drawn to books and journalism and resolved to make a career as a producer in broadcasting. On leaving university she got her first job, at BBC"
"that will continue."" A large daffodil bed was planted and dedicated to her memory in Drogheda's outskirts at the same time her memorial Mass was held in 2012. There have also been reports of Meagher's former colleagues at the ABC planting a flower garden in her memory a year after her death. It was located on the rooftop at the ABC studios at Southbank. Murder of Jill Meagher Gillian Meagher (née McKeon) was a 29-year-old Irish woman living in Australia who was raped and murdered while walking home from a pub in Brunswick, an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, in"
"Colvin across the media industry and political world following her death. Colvin's personal possessions came with her. This included a backpack containing basic supplies and a 387-page manuscript by her lifelong friend, Gerald Weaver. Colvin's sister, Cathleen 'Cat' Colvin along with Sean Ryan, then foreign editor of ""The Sunday Times"", helped to have his book published.<ref> Marie Colvin Marie Catherine Colvin (January 12, 1956 – February 22, 2012) was an American journalist who worked as a foreign affairs correspondent, for the British newspaper ""The Sunday Times"" from 1985 until her death. She died while covering the siege of Homs in"
"Marie Colvin Marie Catherine Colvin (January 12, 1956 – February 22, 2012) was an American journalist who worked as a foreign affairs correspondent, for the British newspaper ""The Sunday Times"" from 1985 until her death. She died while covering the siege of Homs in Syria. After her death, Stony Brook University established the Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting in her honor. Her family also established the Marie Colvin Memorial Fund through the Long Island Community Foundation, which strives to give donations in Marie's name in honor of her humanitarianism. In July 2016, lawyers representing Colvin's family filed a civil"
"criminals and those who pursue them). ""A Stranger and Afraid"" (1997) covers the story of Caroline Beale. His 2016 book ""We'll All Be Murdered In Our Beds"" draws on his many years as a crime correspondent. Duncan Campbell (journalist, born 1944) Duncan Campbell (born 1944) is a British journalist and author who has worked particularly on crime issues. He was a senior reporter/correspondent for ""The Guardian"" from 1987 until 2010. Campbell is married to British actress Julie Christie; they have lived together since 1979, but the date they wed is disputed. In January 2008, several news outlets reported that the"
"""This murder is the latest example of the extraordinary violence to which journalists are exposed in Somalia. Indifference to the fate of Somali journalists must stop. We reiterate our call for an independent international commission of enquiry into crimes against journalists in this country."" Henry Bellingham, UK Minister for Africa, said, ""Sadly this shocking murder is yet another example of the ongoing intimidation of journalists in Somalia."" Abukar Hassan Mohamoud Abukar Hassan Mohamoud, also known as Kadaf (1969? – 28 February 2012), was a Somali activist and the manager/director for the independent Somaliweyn Radio in Mogadishu, Somalia. At the time"
"Carmen Proetta Carmen Proetta is a Gibraltarian who was an independent witness to Operation Flavius, a controversial British Army operation in which the Special Air Service shot dead three unarmed Provisional IRA members in Gibraltar on 6 March 1988. She became the subject of a number of articles by several British newspapers, which later paid her substantial damages in an out-of-court settlement. Proetta had given a statement to the police, saying that she was washing dishes when she looked out her kitchen window and witnessed the killings. According to her account, two of the three West Belfast suspects, Mairead Farrell"
"village of Coagh on 3 June 1991 and a cousin of Sinn Fein leader Michelle O'Neill. According to Sinn Féin councillor Brendan Doris, another cousin of Gareth, ""He absolutely denies being involved in terrorist activity of any description"". Amnesty International raised its concerns over the shooting and the fact that no warning was given beforehand. On 5 July 1997, on the eve of the 1997 nationalist riots in Northern Ireland, the British Army/RUC base was the scene of another attack, when an IRA volunteer engaged an armoured RUC vehicle with gunfire beside the barracks. One female officer was wounded. The"
"Darfur. In February 2005, Peyton was warned by the BBC's Johannesburg bureau chief that there was concern over her perceived lack of focus. When she was asked to travel to Somalia to report on the situation there for the World Service, she saw it as a chance to demonstrate her commitment and improve the chances of her contract being renewed. On arrival in Mogadishu, Peyton, accompanied by reporter Peter Greste, checked into the Sahafi Hotel. Only a few hours later she was shot in the back while standing outside the hotel, which was popular with politicians and journalists. She underwent"
"assassination. It is believed that the journalists were targeted. The editor of ""The Sunday Times"" said he believed his reporter had been targeted. Conroy later described the situation in Homs as an ""indiscriminate massacre"" and ""slaughter"" and compared it to the destruction inflicted on Grozny during the Chechen Wars. Paul Conroy (journalist) Paul Conroy (born June 4, 1964) is a British freelance photographer and filmmaker who works in the British media. A former soldier with the Royal Artillery between 1980 and 1987, he has since worked extensively as a journalist in combat zones, producing footage from conflicts in the Balkans,"
"where Christian believers face persecution. The Centre for Safety and Development, which gives training to avoid attacks on humanitarian workers, notes that Williams trustfully walked the same route to work each day, and advises workers with NGOs to take more precautions. Gayle Williams Gayle Williams (18 December 1973 – 20 October 2008) was an aid worker for SERVE Afghanistan of joint British and South African nationality. She was shot on her way to work in Kabul, Afghanistan by two men on a motorbike. Zabiullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban, claimed responsibility for her death and said she had been"
"also co-founded the Edinburgh Festival Fringe newspaper ""Festival Times"" with Garfield Kennedy. In 1978 she began her professional broadcasting career as a producer and presenter at BBC Radio Scotland. She switched to television in 1981 as a presenter and newsreader at STV, then went freelance in 1986, moving on to anchor such national radio and television news programmes as ""The World at One"", ""Channel 4 News"", ""The World This Week"", ""After Dark"" and ""International Question Time"" and, in 1995, she received the first-ever 'Woman in Film and Television' Award. In February 1999 she was struck by a police van on"
"the most famous cases was the death of the ""New York Times""´ correspondent, the American Anthony Shadid, who died in February 2012 in Damascus. Another significant death was the British Marie Colvin, correspondent for ""The Sunday Times"", who died reporting the siege of Homs together with the French photographer Rémi Ochlik. Francesca Borri has been reporting from Syria since 2012 and has published two books on the dynamics of the war within the country and within refugee communities as a result. Her opinions on the culture that is perceived by some as a cause of war in these times of"
"Corinna Adam Corinna Jane Adam (31 January 1937 – 8 March 2012), also known by her married name Corinna Ascherson, was a British journalist, particularly for the ""New Statesman"", ""The Guardian"", and ""The Observer"". According to her obituary in ""The Times"", Adam was ""admired for her shrewd and well-observed reporting on a wide range of subjects, not least of court cases relating to questions of freedom of expression and human rights."" Adam was born on 31 January 1937 at 40B Rosslyn Hill, Hampstead, London, the daughter of Kenneth Adam (1908–1978), a journalist and the first director of BBC Television, and"
"a news channel. Another Syrian reporter working for Al Jazeera, Zakaria Ibrahim, was killed one year before him in Homs. At the time, six Al Jazeera journalists had been killed during the Syrian Civil War. Reporters Without Borders reacted to his death in the following statement: ""We deplore the unacceptable conditions in which media personnel continue to work in Syria and which often result in their deaths... Journalists are targeted, harassed and killed while just covering events. We firmly condemn the indiscriminate air strikes bombardments that kill many civilians every day and often include journalists among the victims."" Irina Bokova,"
"Death of Robert Stevens Robert K. ""Bob"" Stevens (June 20, 1938 – October 5, 2001) was a British-born American photojournalist for the ""Sun"", a subsidiary of American Media, located in Boca Raton, Florida, United States. He was the first journalist killed in the 2001 anthrax attacks when letters containing anthrax were mailed to multiple media outlets in the United States. The anthrax attacks also killed four others in the United States and sickened seventeen others. Robert Stevens was born in Britain, but he resided in Lantana, Florida with his wife Maureen Stevens, also from Britain. Stevens and his wife had"
"İzzettin Küçük denied Press TV's claims and called them ""completely baseless"" and ""attempts to put Turkey in a difficult situation"". Küçük said a detailed statement would be made after the investigations. Serena Shim Serena Shim (, ""Serena Ali Suhaim""; October 10, 1985 – October 19, 2014) was an American journalist for Press TV. While covering the Siege of Kobanê as a war correspondent, she was allegedly murdered in a car crash. Her employer called the accident ""suspicious"" as she was killed two days after Turkey allegedly accused her of spying. Serena Shim, an American citizen of Lebanese origin, was born"
"in 2011, Hammerl went back to being a freelance photojournalist in London. According to media reports, on the morning of 5 April 2011, three other reporters beside Hammerl were attacked by Libyan soldiers who shot at them in a remote desert location outside of Brega. These included two Americans: James Foley, a freelance reporter and regular contributor to the ""Global Post"", and Clare Morgana Gillis, a freelance reporter (""Atlantic Monthly"", ""Christian Science Monitor"", ""USA Today""), as well as Spanish photographer Manu Brabo. When the shooting started, Foley and Gillis both heard Hammerl yell out, ""Help!"" Hammerl was killed and the"
"Georgina Bruni Georgina Bruni (born Linda Naylor; 12 January 1947 – 19 January 2008) was a British businesswoman and a UFO researcher best known for her book on the Rendlesham Forest incident, ""You Can't Tell the People"". She worked as a celebrity events organizer and as the founder and Editor in Chief of the online magazine ""Hot Gossip"". Born Linda Naylor, Bruni trained as a private investigator and subsequently became an investigative journalist in the 1980s. She specialized in the researching and reporting on cults and the paranormal. According to an obituary by fellow UFO researcher Nick Pope, she travelled"
"has been defended by Tanya Gold who wrote: ""There are many confessional journalists in Britain, but none as forensic or as self-critical as Jones."" She has reported from Bangladesh, and was sent by her newspaper to cover the famine in Somalia in the summer of 2011; her suitability for this assignment was questioned by Ros Coward. In June 2012, she attracted attention by slating Holly Willoughby for posting a photo of herself on Twitter without makeup as a ""betrayal to women"". ""This Morning"" co-presenter Phillip Schofield defended Willoughby, saying ""I swear there can be no greater force against all womankind"
"to Fulham) did not show any sign of her being followed. On the night of her death, Dando's BBC colleague Nick Ross stated on ""Newsnight"" that retaliatory attacks by criminals against police, lawyers and judges were almost unknown in Britain. Finally, forensic examination of the cartridge case and bullet recovered from the scene of the attack suggested that the weapon used had been the result of a workshop conversion of a replica or decommissioned gun. It was argued that a professional assassin would not use such a poor quality weapon. The police therefore soon began to favour the idea that"
"shocking because they not only undermine the basic human right of freedom of expression, but also the right of women to exercise a profession that is vital for the reconstruction of Afghanistan."" Her killing was condemned by U.S. First Lady Laura Bush. A statement from Reporters Without Borders said, ""Whether this savage act was linked to her work as a journalist or her civic responsibilities, it is vital that those who are responsible for this murder should be quickly identified and punished."" Zakia Zaki Zakia Zaki (ca. 1972 – June 4, 2007), an Afghan journalist for the Afghan Radio Peace"
"the gunmen before being dragged by the hair and thrown out of the shop. The ""Sunday World"" published an article on 18 September 2011 in which the paper stated that the attack was ""planned by Billy Wright and fellow UVF murderer, Mark Swinger Fulton, in a flat in Portadown's loyalist Corcrain Estate."" A seven-month-pregnant Catholic woman, Kathleen O'Hagan, was shot dead by the Brigade in front of her children in August 1994 in Creggan, County Tyrone. In July 1997, another teenage girl, Bernadette Martin, was shot in the head four times as she slept next to her Protestant boyfriend, Gordon"
"Serena Shim Serena Shim (, ""Serena Ali Suhaim""; October 10, 1985 – October 19, 2014) was an American journalist for Press TV. While covering the Siege of Kobanê as a war correspondent, she was allegedly murdered in a car crash. Her employer called the accident ""suspicious"" as she was killed two days after Turkey allegedly accused her of spying. Serena Shim, an American citizen of Lebanese origin, was born as the daughter of Judith Poe and her Lebanese father in 1985. She was raised in Dearborn and Livonia and her family lived in Detroit, Michigan, United States. As a child,"