Happy Birthday to Lynn Sherr, journalist.
Happy Birthday to Greg Guma, journalist.
Happy Birthday at Jim Dwyer, journalist.
Pius Njawe
March 4, 1957 - July 12, 2010
Three facts:
1. The Cameroonian founder of Le Messager had been known as one of the strongest advocates for press freedom in Africa.
2. He was arrested and imprisoned 126 times in the last 30 years of his life.
3. He died in a car accident in Chesapeake, Virginia; his wife Jane had died in a car accident in 2002.
Happy birthday to Scott Baker, journalist.
Atwar Bhajat
1976 - February 22, 2006
Three Facts:
1. She was an Iraqi journalist and reporter for al-Arabiya television; she had previously worked for al-Jazeera.
2. She was abducted and murdered while covering a story, along with her cameraman and technician; a fourth team member escaped.
3. Three security personel were killed and four people were injured in the attacks on her funeral procession.
The Oakland Daily Tribune - now simply Oakland Tribune - published its first issue on this day in 1874.
The first issue of The New Yorker is published on this date in 1925.
