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To commemorate and support the journalists, camera-crew, photographers and support staff whose mission it is to bring us the news #Journalists_Service
The 2019 service took place on Tuesday 29th October, in the presence of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall. Our keynote speaker was filmmaker and photojournalist, Paul Conroy.
Photo by kind permission of Paul Conroy.
Our ministry to journalists and to those working in every area of the media industry, remains one of the most important and distinctive aspects of our life at St Bride's.
Our Journalists' Altar, in the north-east chapel of St Bride's, serves as a constant vigil for those across the globe who have put themselves in grave danger so that we can be informed of events and regimes that could otherwise go unscrutinised. #Journalists_Altar
That ministry is never more apparent than at our annual Journalists' Commemorative Service, which is attended by leading figures in the world of the press, television, radio, and digital media. #Journalists_Service
During the service we light candles for journalists, photographers, camera-crew, and support staff who have died or who have been killed on the front-line; we remember also those who are missing, imprisoned, or held hostage; and we also hold in prayer those who are out in the field, covering stories at great personal risk to themselves.
Our inaugural service took place in 2010 in the presence of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall with an address by Marie Colvin. It is particularly poignant that ten years after Marie spoke, Paul Conroy should give this year's address. Paul not only worked with Marie but was injured in the same incident in which she died in Syria in 2012 - both victims of the increasing level of violence against journalists.
Below is an archive of the Order of Service, transcripts of readings and addresses, and a full audio recording of each service (audio from 2012).
Address by: Marie Colvin, Foreign Correspondent, Sunday Times
Address by: Mark Austin, Anchorman, ITN
Address by: Peter Preston, Columnist & former Editor, The Guardian
Address by: Lindsey Hilsum - International Editor, Channel 4 News
Address by: Victoria Newton, Editor, The Sun on Sunday & The Most Revd & Rt Hon Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury
Address by: Sarah Montague, Journalist and Broadcaster, BBC
Address by: Sarah Sands, Editor London, Evening Standard
Address by: Sam Kiley, Foreign Affairs Editor, Sky News
Address by: Peter Clifton, Editor-in-Chief, Press Association & Alexandra Shulman, Former Editor-in-Chief, Vogue
Address by: Paul Conroy, photographer & filmmaker