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Journalists’ Charity former trustee & Press Gazette’s former chief reporter Jean Morgan has died aged 86. She retired after 19 years reporting on the national and regional newspaper industry for Press Gazette in 2003. Here, former Press Gazette deputy editor and news editor Jon Slattery pays tribute to her.

Jean was a news editor’s dream. She had fantastic contacts and was a brilliant story getter. Journalists always took her calls because they wanted to know what she knew.

The Journalists’ Charity Wales Media Awards 2023, celebrating the best in Welsh journalism, will be held in the autumn of next year.

The annual awards, organised by the Wales branch of the Journalists’ Charity, have been running since 2014. The 2023 awards will be held at a prestigious venue in Cardiff.

Maria Ressa, who is a dual Philippine and US citizen, won the most prestigious journalism accolade in 2021 for her “courageous fight for freedom of expression” in the face of an authoritarian government. She will discuss misinformation fuelled by social media giants and how journalists can fight institutionalised corruption.

Members are invited to attend a special general meeting of the Journalists’ Charity to be held on Wednesday December 7 at 15.30 on ZOOM. This will involve a vote on the proposed revisions to the charity’s royal charter and associated by laws

To join the  virtual meeting  please email enquiries@journalistscharity.org.uk by 17.00 on Tuesday December 6.

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Congratulations to Noa Hoffman, winner of the Journalists’ Charity Young Journalist of the Year Award at the 2022 London Press Club Awards.

A service to commemorate those journalists, photographers, camera-crew, sound-crew and support staff who have died on the frontline, will be held at St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street on Tuesday 8th November 2022 at 6:30pm.

NOW CLOSED: Legendary Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday cartoonist Stanley ‘MAC’ McMurtry has kindly gifted an original cartoon of the late HM Queen Elizabeth II to raise funds for the Journalists’ Charity. This exquisite piece was created in honour of the Queen, who was patron of the charity throughout her reign, after she was named ‘Londoner of the Year’ at the London Press Club Awards.