We remember Paul Conroy on our #Journalists_Altar – photojournalist, film-maker, friend to many and to St Bride's. A candle burns in his memory.
May he rest in peace.
We remember Eddy Shah on our #Journalists_Altar – pioneering newspaper proprietor who brought the first full-colour daily to the newsstands – who died recently.
We pray for him, his family, friends and colleagues. May he rest in peace.
We remember Keith McDowall, journalist @dailymail.co.uk
who went on to handle media relations for successive government ministers, who has died at the age of 96.
We pray for him, his family and friends. May he rest in peace.
#Journalists_Altar #Journalists_Church
We remember Rachel Cooke – journalist, food writer and so much more – who died recently aged 56.
We pray for her, her family, her friends and colleagues, and all whose lives she touched. May she rest in peace.
#Journalists_Altar #Journalists_Church
Remembering Martin Townsend – journalist and editor at The Sunday Express – on our #Journalists_Altar.
May he rest in peace.
A candle burns for John Stapleton – journalist & presenter – on our #Journalists_Altar.
We pray for him, his family and friends and give thanks for all his work. May he rest in peace.
We remember veteran journalist & broadcaster Fred Emery on our #Journalists_Altar.
In his 24 years @thetimes.com, Emery scooped the Watergate scandal and reported the Vietnam War as a foreign correspondent and sparred with PM Thatcher as political editor.
May he rest in peace.
We remember on our #Journalists_Altar 6 journalists killed today in Gaza, including Anas Al Sharif & 4 @aljazeera.com colleagues.
We pray for them, their families & for the safety of all reporting in Gaza. #journalismisnotacrime
We continue to pray for peace & a lasting resolution to the conflict.
#Journalists_Altar A candle burns for two veteran journalists:
Michael Toner – chief leader writer @dailymail.co.uk who wrote their historic 'Murderers' front page.
Vic Chapple – news editor @thetimes.com & @thesun.co.uk which he helped transform into a successful tabloid.
May they rest in peace.
Two veteran journalists recently commemorated on our #Journalists_Altar:
Roger Cooper – freelancer who reported Iranian human rights abuses and was arrested while living there, sentenced to imprisonment then death but abruptly released after 6 years.
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Our vigil for Workers' Memorial Day - 28 April - at @stbrides.com, off Fleet Street.
Remembering journalists of all faiths and none killed on the frontline. And those who are missing and wounded. #WorkersMemorialDay #IWMD #Journalists_Altar
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We remember Colin Hart – the 'Voice of Boxing' and journalist
at The Sun – who died this week.
We pray for him, his family and friends. May he rest in peace.
#Journalists_Altar #Journalists_Church
Photograph and biography of Charlotte Raven next to a candle on the Journalists' Altar at St Bride's Church, Fleet Street
We remember Charlotte Raven – journalist & author – on our #Journalists_Altar who has died.
Vivacious, trail-blazing, valiant and outspoken she helped define an era.
We pray for her, her family and friends. May she rest in peace.
#Journalists_Church
We remember 2 journalists and editors on our #Journalists_Altar
Stephen White, 42 years as a "newsroom legend" @DailyMirror
Brian Freemantle, foreign correspondent @DailyMailUK who masterminded Operation Mercy Airlift then became a best-selling author.
May they rest in peace.
#Journalists_Church