journalist

21Jun

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Bangladesh, Noteworthy, Profiles

Kamal Lohani, journalist

Kamal Lohani ‑ a Bangladeshi journalist – succumbed to Covid-19 on 20 June 2020. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2015 by the Government of Bangladesh. He served as the Director General of Shilpakala Academy from April 2009 until April 2011. Lohani got his first job as journalist in the Daily Millat in 1955. He joined as a secretary at Chhayanaut, a cultural organization, in 1962. He formed a left cultural organization - Kranti in 1967. In 1960, Lohani married Syeda Dipti Rani (died 2007). She was his fellow political party member. Together they had two daughters and a son.

29May

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Noteworthy, Pakistan, Profiles

Fakhruddin Syed, journalist

Fakhruddin Syed, a Pakistani senior journalist of 92 News, died of COVID-19 on 28 May 2020. He had been admitted to the Hayatabad Medical Complex Peshawar after contracting the coronavirus and had been suffering from fever and severe chest pain for the week preceding his death.

13May

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India, Noteworthy, Profiles

Parthasarathy, journalist

Parthasarathy, a video journalist working for a Telugu TV channel, died from Covid-19 in Tirupati, a city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, on July 12, 2020. The 45-year-old journalist was admitted to a COVID-19 hospital on July 11 evening with fever and breathing problems, and tested positive for the coronavirus. According to reports, journalist Parthasarathy had been working for different news channels for more than two decades. The cameraman is survived by his wife and two children. The News Minute

9May

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Brazil, Noteworthy, Profiles

Jesus Chediak, artist & journalist

Jesus Chediak ‑ a Brazilian actor, film director, film producer, journalist, and theatre director – passed away after contracting Covid-19 virus on May 8, 2020. During his cinematic career, Chediak was responsible for six feature films, working at various functios such as, actor, diretor, producer and writer. Aside from his career in cinema, he also worked as a professor at Federal University of Bahia. In 2017, he was apointed Casa França-Brasil's new director. At the time of his death, Chediak held the post of Cultural manager of the Associação Brasileira de Imprensa. Chediak was married to journalist Glória Chediak. The couple had four kids. He had two brothers, Braz ...

8May

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Noteworthy, Pakistan, Profiles

Zafar Rasheed Bhatti, journalist

Zafar Rasheed Bhatti – a Pakistani journalist . died on 27 April 2020 at the age of 70 in Islamabad after contracting coronavirus. Bhatti joined Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) in 1984 after having worked in Pakistan Press International and Nawaiwaqt. He remained associated with APP until 2010. During his association with APP, he worked as chief reporter of the news agency and served as president of the APP's employees' union.

José María Fernández Calleja, journalist

22Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, Spain

José María Fernández Calleja, journalist

José María Fernández Calleja a Spanish journalist, political prisoner during the Francisco Franco era and anti-ETA activist died in Madrid, aged 64, after suffering from COVID-19, on 21 April 2020. He was born in Ponferrada. Until the end of the ETA's activity, he had to live with bodyguards as he was under threat of death from the Basque terrorist group.

13Apr

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Canada, Noteworthy, Profiles

Claude Beauchamp, journalist

Claude Beauchamp ‑ a journalist, publisher, and political activist in the Canadian province of Quebec ‑ died on April 12, 2020 days after contracting COVID-19 and years after developing a chronic illness. Beauchamp began his career as a financial writer for La Presse and served as assistant publisher and editor-in-chief of Le Soleil in the late 1970s. He became president and general manager of Publications Les Affaires Inc. in 1980, one year after the company purchased the business journal Les Affaires. Beauchamp relaunched the journal as a tabloid and later oversaw the company's purchase of smaller, niche-oriented papers such as Quebec Construction, Revue Commerce, Quebec Yachting, VeliMag, Voile Libre, Ski Quebec, and Sports Marketing Canada. Corporate...

8Apr

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Noteworthy, Philippines, Profiles, United States

Leila Benitez-McCollum, journalist

Leila Benitez-McCollum ‑ a Filipino-born American radio and television host, presenter, journalist and broadcaster – died on April 9, 2020 from Covid-19 complications. Benitez, who was nicknamed as the "first lady of Philippine television", became a household name in the Philippines from the 1950s to the early 1970s due to a string of successful radio and television shows. She was best known for co-hosted Student Canteen, the country's first afternoon variety show, from 1959-64. Benitez was born in Quezon City, Philippines. She received her bachelor's degree in psychology from Georgetown University in Washington D.C. Benitez was best known for hosting the variety show, Student Canteen, which began as a radio show in the l...

7Apr

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India, Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Brahm Kanchibhotla, journalist

Brahmanandam "Brahm" Kanchibhotla ‑ an Indian-American journalist known for his extensive writings on the development of the Telugu community in the USA – died of coronavirus on 6 April 2020. He was a writer for India Abroad, News-India Times, United News of India, and The Indian Panorama, among others. Brahm Kanchibhotla was born in Edubadu village of Parchur Mandal in the Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh, India. In 1992, Kanchibhotla came to the United States working as Business Editor for the News-India Times, handling front-page articles while also reporting on financial news. He later moved to India Weekly USA followed by The Urban Indian, both New York-based publications for the South Asian commmunity. His work as a writer involved work on tiger conservation, restaurant worker...

3Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Patricia Bosworth, journalist & actress

Patricia Bosworth ‑ an American journalist and biographer, memoirist, and actress – dies of Covid-19 on April 2, 2020. She was a faculty member of Columbia University’s school of journalism as well as Barnard College, and was a winner of the Front Page Award for her journalistic achievement in writing about the Hollywood Blacklist. She died due to complications brought on by COVID-19. Born Patricia Crum in Oakland, California, Bosworth was the daughter of prominent attorney Bartley Crum and novelist Anna Gertrude Bosworth. She grew up especially close to her younger brother, Bartley Crum Jr. Their father was active in politics as a confidant to Wendell Willkie during the 1940 U.S. presidential election, and served on the 1945 Anglo-American Commi...