Geoffrey Goodman (1) (1922–2013)

Geoffrey Goodman has been a journalist all his working life on a range of newspapers which include the Manchester Guardian, the Daily Herald and the Daily Mirror. He spent 18 years at the Mirror -- He has also been a foreign correspondent in China, Soviet Russia, most of Western Europe and the USA. toon meer He was a member of the last Royal Commission on the Press and is the winner of several national press awards including the Gerald Barry award for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism. He is Chairman and founding editor of the British Journalism Review and currently works as a commentator for various news and current affairs programmes. He was appointed CBE for services to journalism in 1998. toon minder