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The Journalists’ Charity is delighted to announce a very special – and very long – lunch as Jasper Carrott marks his 80th birthday.

And you can join the party at Edgbaston Cricket Club on Friday 2nd May when the Midlands favourite comedian looks back on a life of laughter.
Jasper has been great supporter of the charity for many years and was recently appointed a life vice president.

He said: “If I am still alive by May 2nd, it will be my pleasure to entertain many close friends from the world of journalism and entertainment.

“Nothing is planned so nothing can go wrong? I am so looking forward to it I have bought a new bib and a pair of socks. Come and join me, I would dearly love to see you all. “

Bill Newman was with the newspaper from its founding in 1964 and urged his colleagues to back Rupert Murdoch’s bid for it in 1969.

Newman not only kept Sun readers informed of the latest news, he also entertained them. Blessed with a sense of the ridiculous, he leapt into action when British truck drivers were caught in a European blockade in the 1990s, setting off in a helicopter equipped with a mobile newsroom to provide them with supplies of Yorkie bars and a morale-boosting visit from the paper’s Page 3 girls.

We say that our ‘first jobs fund’ is all about supporting the future of journalism, so let’s start with a great example of how we’re doing just that….
 
Claire came to us as a twenty-two-year-old graduate from Northern Ireland and the first person in her family to go to university. She graduated with 1st class honours and got a job fairly quickly. BUT then Claire realised how much it was going to cost to move from Northern Ireland to London, set-up a home and do it all quick sticks because her employer wanted her to start asap. Read more here…

The winner of this year’s Public Service prize is David Knowles from The Telegraph

David is a journalist who made a global impact in a short life. The daily podcast they launched – Ukraine the Latest – continues to this day and has now had more than 700 episodes and 100 million listens.

Monday, December 16 at 6.30 pm at St Bride’s Church.

Join us for another memorable evening of magnificent carols, festive choral songs with wine and mince pies.

Sponsored by Luther Pendragon

Congratulations to Isaan Khan, Daily Mail for winning the Young Journalist of the Year National – in association with the Journalists’ Charity at last nights ( Nov 12) Media Freedom Awards with Highly Commended being awarded to Sophie Huskisson, The Mirror. 

Martin Brunt, long serving crime correspondent with Sky News, is “still a hack at heart”.

That was his metier as he told a Journalists’ Charity lunch at Edgbaston Golf Club in Birmingham how tricky it was to convert from newspapers to the world of television.

You faced “much more scrutiny”. Only a moment away from looking stupid.

Especially if, told by the bosses you appeared scruffy on air, somehow you “never got the grooming bit,” he joked. 
That never mattered if you were good enough to break angles on appalling cases such as Fred and Rosemary West, the killing of Jill Dando, the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, the Soham murders … Martin covered them all in a career spanning 35 years.

We are delighted to announce that Mishal Husain has received the BJR’s Charles Wheeler Award for Outstanding Contribution to Broadcast Journalism last night ( November 7) at the University of Westminster. Presented by Shirin and Marina Wheeler in honour of their late father.
Mishal was joined by  former Wheeler Award winner Lindsey Hilsum, International Editor for Channel 4 News and one of the country’s leading broadcast journalists, who spoke about reporting from the Middle East, the changing nature of journalism, and the problems of reporting in an increasingly polarised society.