Linda Diebel was a tenacious reporter and gifted story-teller who broke new ground as the Toronto Star’s first Latin American Bureau chief in 1995. Diebel died this week of natural causes several months after a serious fall down the stairs in her Toronto home. Tim Harper, a former national editor and columnist at the Star, recalled Diebel not only as a tenacious reporter, but as as a fine writer. “I worked with Linda in Ottawa, Washington and Toronto and never saw anyone attack a story with such tenacity,” said Harper. Sign Up Now“He called her that nasty Diebel person,” recalls Ward, who added that it was a reproach Diebel relished.

Source: thestar February 01, 2020 01:10 UTC