PETALING JAYA: The Star Media Group (SMG) lost one of its most dedicated editors on Saturday (May 16). Karen Josephine Patricia Chapman, 49, who had been with The Star for over two decades, passed away in the morning after a two-month battle with pneumonia. Chapman started with the company in 1999 as a journalist before working her way up to the post of education editor in 2014 – a position she held until her passing. Extending the group’s deepest condolences, SMG chief content officer Esther Ng said Chapman’s passing was a tremendous loss not only to the company, but also her colleagues. “Karen has always given her all in every story she wrote and to the StarEdu pullout, which she managed.

Source: thestar May 16, 2020 07:41 UTC