The journalist and writer became unwell on Oct 30 and was admitted to a hospital in Dublin where he later passed away, The Guardian reports. Described by the New York Times in 2005 as “probably the most famous foreign correspondent in Britain”, Fisk won many prestigious awards over the span of his career for his coverage of the Middle East. These included the Orwell prize for journalism and multiple wins at the British Press Awards in the categories of international reporter of the year and foreign reporter of the year. After beginning his career at the Sunday Express, Fisk moved to the Times, where from 1972 to 1975, he was the paper’s Belfast correspondent at the height of the Northern Ireland troubles. A fluent Arabic speaker, he was among the few Western journalists to interview the al-Qaida leader, Osama bin Laden, which he did three times during the 1990s.

Source: bd News24 November 02, 2020 08:37 UTC