27.02.2022. MEXICO. Julio Gutiérrez (photo), periodista de espectáculos sonorense, falleció la madrugada de este domingo 27 de febrero por secuelas de covid, confirmaron familiares del hoy occiso. El periodista originario de Caborca, Sonora, estuvo internado desde varias semanas luchando por su vida. Julio Gutiérrez tenía 48 años, fue periodista de espectáculos y trabajó en vario medios locales como Periódico Expreso, asimismo fundó su propio medio Coolturarte.

26.02.2022. HONDURAS. El destacado periodista y jefe de redacción del diario EL PAÍS de Honduras, Florencio José Puerto Posas (photo), falleció en las últimas horas a causa de la COVID-19 en un centro hospitalario de San Pedro Sula, Cortés, zona norte. La infortunada noticia fue dada a conocer por la familia de Puerto. Puerto Posas, fue también un notable catedrático universitario y teatrista.

19.02.2022. BRASIL. Luto na cultura potiguar. Morreu nesta sexta-feira, dia 18, o poeta, jornalista e sociólogo Eduardo Gosson (photo) aos 62 anos, devido a complicações da Covid-19, segundo divulgou a família. Militante cultural, Gosson foi sócio do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico do Rio Grande do Norte (IHGRN), desde 1999 e Fundador da União Brasileira dos escritores (UBE/RN), sendo presidente da instituição por anos.

16.02.2022. INDONESIA. Dorce Gamalama (photo), who is famously known in Indonesia for her profession as a singer, comedian, and TV host, passed away on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at Pertamina Hospital, Simprug, Jakarta. Dorce died at the age of 58. Dangdut singer and close friend Hetty Sunjaya confirmed that Dorce passed away of Covid-19.

15.02.2022. MEXICO. El destacado Periodista oaxaqueño, José Mario Medina Torres (photo), falleció por complicaciones de COVID-19, con 50 años de trayectoria en medios de comunicación. Medina Torres es un referente de la locución, trabajo en diarios como El Imparcial y corresponsalías de las revistas nacionales “Impacto”, “Quehacer Político” y “Por Esto”.

11.02.2022. MEXICO. Fallece Paco Francisco Martínez (photo) foto periodista en Monclova por secuelas de Covid 19. Documentó la historia de Monclova y la región centro durante décadas, siempre en el lugar de los hechos, apasionado de su trabajo y en busca siempre de la verdad.

08.02.2022. VENEZUELA. Este martes falleció la reconocida periodista venezolana Enza García (photo) por complicaciones de salud relacionadas con la covid-19. Destacó por su compromiso con la información y las causas sociales, entre ellas una férrea defensa a los derechos humanos. En 2007 se desempeñó como coordinadora de producción en la emisora YVKE Mundial. Allí la reconocida periodista Enza García condujo el programa «La Ventana» en compañía de Randolph Borges.

06.02.2022. BOLIVIA. El periodista y director de Radio Popular, Fernando Vidal Égüez (photo), falleció este sábado a causa del Covid-19, luego de batallar en terapia intensiva del hospital Fray Quebracho, en la ciudad de Yacuiba. Su deceso generó pesar y desazón en la población yacuibeña y el sector de la prensa. Al menos siete periodistas murieron a consecuencia del Covid-19 en el departamento de Tarija desde que comenzó la pandemia en marzo de 2020.

06.02.2022. REP. DOMINICANA. Falleció este domingo  por complicaciones con el COVID-19 el periodista cubano Mario Rivadulla (photo) a  los 92 años. La información la ofreció Manuel José Luna Sued, socio director de la firma de Comunicación Estretégica y Consultoría, a través de su cuenta de Twitter.  Luna explicó a Diario Libre que, hace dos semana Rivadulla resultó positivo al coronavirus, por lo cual fue ingresado en cuidados intensivos en el Centro Médico UCE. 

05.02.2022. BANGLADESH. The Daily Bangladesh Pratidin Executive Editor Peer Habibur Rahman (photo) died of post-COVID complications on Saturday. He was 58. Peer Habib, breathed his last at the Intensive Care Unit of Labaid Specialised Hospital in Dhaka. He was tested COVID-19 positive on January 22 and underwent treatment at Labaid Specialised Hospital and later tested negative. Peer Habib is the 69th Bangladeshi journalist killed by the deadly virus.

03. 02. 2022. PHILIPPINES. A broadcast journalist in Santiago city died Thursday of COVID-19 complications in a hospital, his relatives confirmed. Wilfredo Baltar Sr. (photo), who anchored the radio show “Good Morning, Uncle Sam” of DWSI-AM in this city, died at the age of 67. His widow, Tessie, said Baltar was diabetic and underwent dialysis for several years before his death. He was also fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

01.02.2022. ARGENTINA. El reconocido periodista Ricardo Olivera (photo) no pudo reponerse de su contagio de Covid 19 y terminó perdiendo la vida en la ciudad de Mar del Plata. Gastón Sugo, colega de muchos años de Olivera contó a Diario 13 cómo fue el grave contagio que atravesó Ricardo. El periodista contó que Olivera contrajo coronavirus estando de vacaciones con su esposa en Mar del Plata.

30.01.2022. ARGENTINA. El periodista Héctor Maggiani (photo) falleció por complicaciones derivadas del Covid en la madrugada del domingo, a los 82 años. En 1986 fundó FM Estudio 2. Fue impulsor de la unidad del periodismo en Pilar, y además bautizó a Del Viso como “Ciudad de los Pájaros”. Su deceso se produjo en la Clínica Los Almendros de Pilar producto de un paro cardiorrespiratorio derivado de una neumonía provocada por Covid-19.

26.01.2021. USA. Eliud Trevino (photo), a prominent member of the Nashville Hispanic community, died on Sunday after a battle with COVID-19, according to Yuri Cunza, President of the Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. He was 77. Trevino was president and publisher of El Crucero de Tennessee and founder and host of WNQM-AM 1300 Radio Melodias, and creator and host of Hey Nashville TV, a social media variety online program.

08.01.2022. IRAN. Iranian poet, journalist and filmmaker Baktash Abtin, who had been jailed on security charges, has passed away in a hospital in Tehran after contracting COVID-19 in detention. The 48-year-old was transferred to a hospital from the Evin Prison in mid-December and was placed in a medically induced coma a week before his death on Saturday in an attempt to help him recover from a severe case of the coronavirus (photo published on Twitter shows his ankles chained to a hospital bed as he is reading in a blue prison uniform).

08.01.2022. MEXICO. Gerardo de la Torre (photo), escritor, crítico literario, periodista y guionista murió a los 83 años a causa de COVID-19. La noticia fue confirmada por su hija Yolanda. Originario de Oaxaca, De la Torre fue director de la Casa del Lago y profesor de narrativa de la Escuela de Escritores de la Sogem así como del Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica.

02.01.2022. URUGUAY. El periodista de origen rochense Carlos Guerra (photo) falleció este domingo después de estar varias semanas hospitalizado tras contraer covid-19. Guerra se desempeñó durante varios años en el canal Dos de San Carlos y además trabajó para varios medios del departamento de Rocha. Trabajó en el Semanario La Paloma y fue informativista del canal 9 Telerocha, awdemás de conductor de varios programas periodísticos de ese medio.

31.12.2021. BRASIL. Morreu, hoje, aos 64 anos, o ex-deputado federal de Mato Grosso Laudinir Lino Rossin (photo). Ele foi internado ainda nesta sexta-feira, com um quadro de insuficiência respiratória e renal, além de sintomas gripais. Chegou a ser entubado, no entanto, acabou não resistindo. Jornalista, Lino apresentava o programa Chamada Geral, da TV Brasil Oeste. Também trabalhava como apresentador do programa Giro Conti, da Rádio Conti.

27.12.2021. BARBADOS. Veteran journalist and publisher, Parry Bellot (photo) died Monday at the Dominica China Friendship Hospital, relatives have confirmed. They said Bellot, who was in his 70’s, had been a patient at the hospital for the past week. Media reports said he had been suffering from problems linked to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Bellot was the publisher of Link news magazine that first appeared in 1977. She also was a founding member of the Dominica Media and Communications Association.

26.12.2021. PORTUGAL. Nome incontornável da banda desenhada portuguesa, João Paulo Cotrim (photo), jornalista e editor, fundador da editora Abysmo e diretor da Bedeteca de Lisboa, morreu este domingo com covid-19, confirmou o JN. Tinha 56 anos. Natural de Lisboa, João Paulo Cotrim começou a trabalhar como jornalista aos 20 anos, na ANOP. Depois, passou pelo Expresso, O Independente, a Cosmopolitan, a Revista Ler, a Elle, a Máxima, a Marie Claire, a Oceanos, a Visão, a Grande Reportagem, a Colóquio-Letras, o diário alemão "Der Spiegel", o "Le Monde" e o suplemento "DNA". Colaborou também com a RTP, a SIC e a TSF.

26.12.2021. UNITED KINGDOM. The North Wales arts scene has been left reeling by the death of a musician and radio presenter who kept entertaining audiences right up to the end. Phil Hartley-Williams (photo) died on Boxing Day in his early 70s and is understood to have been battling Covid-19. In a near 42-year journalism career in North Wales, he contributed articles to the Daily Post via Prestatyn’s North Wales Press Agency before joining the North Wales Pioneer and rising to become its editor.

26.12.2021. SOUTH KOREA. 49-year-old Carlos Tejada (photo), a New York Times Deputy Asia Editor, died of a heart attack last week at a hospital in Seoul mere hours after getting a Covid booster shot. Mr. Tejada received a Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine in July. Tejada received a Moderna booster shot on December 16 and died of a heart attack less than one day later. “Double-vaxxed. Janssen-fueled, Moderna-boosted. Hey Omicron: Hit me with your wet snot,” Tejada boasted on Instagram on December 16. No clinical trials have ever been conducted to examine the safety or efficacy of mixing various types of these vaccines.

25.12.2021. BANGLADESH. The Financial Herald Editor and Ekushey Award winner Reazuddin Ahmed (photo) died of COVID-19 on Saturday. He was 76. Reazuddin, former president of the National Press Club breathed his last at United Hospital in Dhaka. He was taken to the hospital on December 16 for COVID-19 related complications and was undergoing treatment at the hospital's intensive care unit, as his oxygen level dropped. Reazuddin is the 68th Bangladeshi journalist killed by the deadly virus.

23.12.2021. BRASIL. Morreu por volta do meio dia de hoje (23), no hospital macro regional de Caxias, vítima de complicações da covid-19, a professora e advogada Elizângela Sousa (photo). Ela havia sido transferida após seu quadro clínico piorar no dia (14), em Barra do Corda (Maranhão), onde esteve internada. Elizângela Sousa teve parte de sua vida dedicada a comunicação. Á frente do programa Jitirana Noticia, aos sábados, ele se tornou o principal informativo semanal de Barra do Corda.

22.12.2022. SWITZERLAND. Roland Jeanneret (photo), qui a été de 1992 à 2012 la voix de la Chaîne du Bonheur, a succombé vendredi dernier à une infection au Covid-19 à l'âge de 74 ans, a annoncé un de ses proches, Christian Lüscher. Journaliste à la radio alémanique DRS, M. Jeanneret est devenu délégué de la Fondation pour la Suisse alémanique en 1991, puis responsable général de la communication en 2000. Il avait pris sa retraite en 2011.

21.12.2021. MALAYSIA. Former journalist for Utusan Malaysia and Kosmo! Terengganu Bureau, 
Sapee Mat Junus (photo, 60), died at Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital (HSNZ) in Kuala Terengganu due to 
Covid-19. His brother, Alias, said he was admitted to HSNZ two weeks ago and was confirmed to 
be infected with Covid-19.

17.12.2021. POLAND. Rafał Boba (photo), the graphic designer of Przegląd Sportowy and Fakt, died as a result
 of a coronavirus infection. He was 47 years old. In the past, Boba worked in "Super Express", where he was 
a reporter. Later, he completed a page breaking course and became a graphic designer.

14.12.2021. GREECE. Veteran journalist, publisher and founder of the marginal party Free People Giorgos Tragkas (photo) died in Covid-ICU at a hospital in Athens early on Tuesday. He was 72 years old. He was not vaccinated. He was admitted to the hospital on December 4 with serious symptoms of Covid-19. Four days earlier he posted on social media that he was tested positive with the virus after contact with an infected person in the radio station where he was working. Tragas had enjoyed a long career in journalism, and had been among the best-known TV personalities in the early ’90s, when commercial stations made their debut in Greece. He had regularly appeared as a political commentator on primetime shows.

14.12.2021. GREECE. Respected journalist and author Rosita Sokou (photo) passed away on Tuesday. Sokou had been admitted to hospital a few days ago with Covid-related symptoms. The news was shared by her daughter on social media. Born on September 9, 1923, she had recently celebrated her 98^th birthday and had just finished working on the second, larger and improved edition of her momentous autobiography ‘Rosita’s century’.

10.12.2021. POLAND. Janusz Szostak (photo) died suddenly, losing the fight against the coronavirus. The 
death of Janusz Szostak shocked all of Poland. The well-known investigative journalist and author of many books
 died at the age of 64. In Poland at least 13 journalists died of Covid-19 since 2020: Marek Lesiński 
(21.03.2021), a journalist known from Radio Gdańsk; Janusz Majka (21.02.2021), a journalist and icon of the 
Polish Radio Rzeszów; Marek Maldis (15.02.2021), a long-time TVP journalist, at the age of 72; The Polish Jesuit Andrzej 
Koprowski (30.01.2021) program director at Vatican Radio, 80 year-old; a popular Polish journalist, Jerzy Madejski 
(25.01.2021), at the age of 79; Krzysztof Łuszczewski (21.01.2021) co-founder and music director of Radio Nowy Świat; 
Stanisław Remuszko (26.12.2020), a freelance journalist and publicist, 72 years old; Piotr Wróblewski (18.12.2020), 
a journalist associated with Radio Opole and Radio Lublin, 70 years old; Tomasz Kuc (23.11.2020), a former journalist of Radio
 Kielce and former president of Radio Olsztyn, 58 years old; Stanisław Tekieli (20.11.2020), journalist, writer and translator, 
55 years old; radio and TV journalist Jerzy Dynia (05.11.2020), 85 years old; Ryszard Miazek (30.10.2020), former president 
of Telewizja Polska and Polish Radio, former member of the National Broadcasting Council, 75 years old.

07.12.2021. TURKEY. Journalist-Writer Raşit Kısacık (photo) from Malatya died due to the Covid-19.
Journalist Raşit Kısacık (70), who worked as a journalist for many years in Malatya, Diyarbakır 
and other cities and wrote about 10 books after his retirement, succumbed to the coronavirus.

06.12.2021. RUSSIA. Journalist Vasily Bykov (photo) died in Moscow. He covered the gastronomic life 
of the city. This was announced on Monday December 6, by friends of the journalist on his Facebook page. 
According to the Zensovet portal, the cause of the journalist's death was the coronavirus. Vasily Bykov covered 
the life of the capital's restaurants and pubs, worked as the editor-in-chief of the Royal Cheese portal.

02.12.2021. ESPANA. El periodista Josep Maria Francino (photo), referente del periodismo radiofónico catalán, ha fallecido este miércoles a los 74 años de edad, según ha informado Catalunya Ràdio, emisora de la que fue director general. La covid ha sido la causa de su muerte, según ha señalado Diari de Terrassa, periódico local de la ciudad donde nació en 1947 y donde inició su carrera profesional.

30.11.2021. USA. Marcus Lamb (photo), the co-founder of the leading Christian TV network Daystar who railed against Covid-19 vaccines, has died of Covid-19. He was 64 years old. Daystar (Texas) was founded in 1998 and has more than 100 TV stations around the world. Lamb’s wife Joni, appearing on the daily Ministry Show on Tuesday, said that he had “got the Covid pneumonia”. Lamb, who was the chief executive of the conservative network that reaches an estimated 2 billion viewers worldwide, died on Tuesday, weeks after contracting the coronavirus.

29.11.2021. NEW ZEALAND. A well-known Pukekohe newspaper editor who steadfastly refused to get vaccinated has died of Covid-19. Rex Warwood (photo, 80), succumbed to the virus in Auckland’s North Shore Hospital on Saturday. Warwood was for many years a reporter and editor for the Franklin County News in Pukekohe and later the owner of the Franklin Life, where he is remembered fondly by many in the community.

29.11.2021. INDONESIA. Indonesia's music observer and journalist Benedict Benny Hadi Utomo has died from 
Covid-19 on Monday morning, 29 November 2021. Known as Bens Leo (photo), the industry veteran 
passed away while undergoing treatment at Fatmawati Hospital. He was 69 years old. 

27.11.2021. RUSSIA. Famous journalist from Cherepovets Oleg Tsvetkov (photo) dies of COVID-19.

Oleg Gennadievich worked all his life in the media sphere - in the Cherepovets newspapers "Courier", "Rech"
 (special correspondent and head of the news department), for many years he headed the newspaper 
"Cherepovetskaya istina".

24.11.2021. KAZAKHSTAN. Sixty-eight-year-old dissident journalist and poet Aron Atabek (photo) has died while being treated in a Kazakh hospital for COVID-19, one month after his release from a long prison term. Atabek (aka Edigeev) was released in early October after serving most of an 18-year prison sentence stemming from a 2007 conviction for helping organize protests that resulted in the death of a police officer. Between 1989 and 1992, Aron Atabek was editor in the newspapers Alash and HAK, which were then illegal in Kazakhstan. In 1992, he founded the weekly Khak ("The Truth").

22.11.2021. RUSSIA. Journalist Artur Tatarenko (photo) died of coronavirus in Dubna. 
He was only 37 years old. A few weeks ago, the man contracted the coronavirus, his condition 
worsened, so he was hospitalized in Dubna Hospital.

22.11.2021. UKRAINE. Ukrainian journalist and politician Leonid Pilunsky (photo) died in Crimea. 

Earlier it was reported that he fell ill with COVID-19. Leonid Pilunsky died in occupied Sevastopol 
at the age of 74.

20.11.2021. NORWAY. Former NRK journalist Lars Egil Mogård (70) passed away on Friday as a result of 
complications after covid-19. Lars Egil Mogård died at the University Hospital of Northern Norway in Tromsø 
as a result of complications after covid-19. The family informs NRK that Mogård was fully vaccinated. Mogård 
was known to many and a highly respected journalist, both inside and outside NRK. He has also worked for the 
newspaper Nordlys and several other media companies. 

19.11.2021. USA. Mark Farina (photo), a longtime PA announcer known for calling Chicago Public Schools sports, died this week. He was 61. Farina died Monday morning from complications of COVID-19 after being hospitalized, according to his loved ones and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. Farina called Chicago Public League football, basketball and baseball championships. He also owned a communications company and was a published author.

18.11.2021. COLOMBIA. A los 81 años falleció de Covid-19 el veterano periodista Jorge Molinares (photo), de amplia trayectoria en la radio barranquillera. Su deceso se produjo en la Clínica General del Norte en donde estuvo intubado los últimos cuatro días. Molinares era pensionado de la empresa Monómeros, pero su amor por la radio la desarrolló paralelamente.

16.11.2021. BELARUS. The famous TV presenter Sergei Filimonov (photo) died tonight.  Journalist and 
producer Sergei Budkin writes with reference to relatives that Filimonov died of COVID-19. Sergei Filimonov 
is a Belarusian journalist and presenter. Sergei is known as the host of the cult program "Visibly invisible". 
The program appeared on Belarusian television in 1992, and since autumn 2012 it has been broadcast on 
the Belsat channel. 

14.11.2021. ROMANIA. Dragoș Dumitriu (photo), former deputy and Sputnik journalist, died at the age of 57, 
after a post-COVID heart attack. After being infected with coronavirus, Dragoș Dumitriu stayed in the hospital 
for almost a month, and the treatment seemed to bear fruit. Now, however, he has died of a heart attack. 
The death was announced by the publication Sputnik, where Dragoș Dumitriu, aged 57, worked as an editorialist.

13.11.2021. USA. James Hopkins (photo, 61) worked as a journalist, died suddenly November 12, in Moravia

(NY), following complications related to a breakthrough case of Covid-19. He worked among other functions as

a newspaper reporter in Little Falls.

13.11.2021. UKRAINE. Anatoly Pivnenko (photo), famous journalist of Ukraine, head of the Alex TV 
channel, passed away at the age of 71 in Zaporozhye.According to the newspaper "Position", Anatoly 
Pivnenko was hospitalized in serious condition, was in intensive care. Doctors fought for his life, but the 
coronavirus,  unfortunately, turned out to be stronger. 

11.11.2021. BRASIL. Morre a jornalista Edna Nolasco (photo), vitima da Covid-19. Edna Nolasco, uma das jornalistas mais atuantes em Vitória da Conquista, sendo, atualmente, delegada do sindicato dos jornalistas na região. Edna lutava contra a covid-19 e estava internada no Hospital de Base.

07.11.2021. UKRAINE. Vladislav Lyashchevsky (photo), a journalist of the newspaper "Dnepr Vecherniy", had 
died in Dnipro. It is known that the man has been struggling with the coronavirus and its consequences for a 
long time, but unfortunately, his heart stopped on November 7. Vladislav Lyashchevsky worked in the 
"Prapor Youth", "Dneprovskaya Pravda", and since 2001 - in the "Dnepr Vecherny".

05.11.2021. ROMANIA. Journalist Horia Dumitraș (photo) died a few days after he became infected with Covid-19. 
The journalist was admitted to the ATI-Covid ward, but the doctors could not save him. Horia Dumitraș died on 
Thursday, November 4, at the Oradea County Hospital.

05.11.2021. RUSSIA. Russian poetess, songwriter, writer, translator and TV presenter Lyudmila 
Shipakhina (photo) died at the age of 87 in Moscow. The cause of death of the woman was the consequences 
of coronavirus infection. This was reported on the official Facebook account of the poetess.

05.11.2021. GERMANY. Holger Obermann (photo) dies at 85 of the consequences of a corona infection, 
although the restless pioneer of football and television was already double vaccinated. Obermann was known 
throughout Germany from 1971 to 1984 as a moderator of the ARD sports show and as a commentator 
who reported on five soccer world championships from 1970 to 1986.  Since 1990 Obermann has been 
traveling on behalf of the German Football Association and the National Olympic Committee and has sparked
 enthusiasm for football in East Timor, Cameroon, Bangladesh, Gambia, Sri Lanka and Australia.

04.11.2021. RUSSIA. The famous poet and journalist Sergei Yuryevich Sokolkin (photo) died at the age of 59 
from the consequences of Covid-19. He was secretary of the Union of Writers of Russia, Honored Worker of 
Culture of the Russian Federation.

03.11.2021. USA. Longtime Golden Triangle radio personality Jesse Block (photo) has died following a bout with Coronavirus in Texas. Jesse Narmon Block, 53, of Nederland, died late Friday night after battling the illness since early September. Block had worked for several radio stations in the Beaumont/Port Arthur area since the 1980’s. His radio days stretched all the way back to KAYC (“KC”) AM, and through the years he worked for KZZB (“B-95”) FM, KQXY (“94-Q”) FM, and KAYD (“KD97”) FM.

02.11.2021. UKRAINE. Honored journalist of Ukraine dies of coronavirus in Sumy. A sad event happened for 
the journalistic community of Sumy region: after a severe course of an insidious disease at the age of 68, 
Viktor Mikhailovich Boyko (photo), long-term head of the Sumy region newspaper and head of the Sumy 
regional organization of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine, left this world.

01.11.2021. RUSSIA. On November 1, at the age of 50, the journalist, art critic, curator and collector 
Alexander Panov (photo), who published under the pseudonym Fyodor Romer, died. According to art 
critic Milena Orlova, the cause of death was the disease caused by the coronavirus COVID-19. He worked for 
Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Itogi magazine, Kommersant Publishing House, Yezhenedelny Zhurnal, etc.

31.10.2021. IRAN. The Club of Iranian Journalists announced that Morteza Hosseini (photo), a photographer 
and reporter of "Shafaqna" news site in Iran, who worked in the field of Afghan news, has died due to the 
Coronavirus. Mr. Hosseini was 36 years old, a resident of Qom. According to reports from Iran, many unions, 
such as journalists, have not yet received the second dose of their vaccine, and according to the Ministry of 
Health, only one-third of the Iranian population has been fully vaccinated so far.

31.10.2021. ROMANIA. Well-known journalist Doru Dinu Glăvan (photo), a lifelong correspondent of the 
Public Radio for Caraş-Severin, sports columnist and leader of the Union of Professional Journalists in Romania
 (UZPR), died on Sunday, October 31, 2021. The famous journalist was 75 years old and was sick of Covid-19.

31.10.2021. KAZAKHSTAN. Famous Kazakh sports journalist Yevgeny Gaidamakin (photo) dies of
coronavirus in Almaty. At the age of 39, a Kazakh sports journalist, author of the Sports True Youtube channel 
Yevgeny Gaidamakin passed away, Kazinform reports with reference to the website of the Kazakhstan 
Football Federation.

25.10.2011. ROMANIA. Mihai Bădescu (photo), one of the most famous journalists from Pitești, died on
 Monday, October 25, at the Intensive Care Unit of the Argeş County Hospital in Piteşti, killed by COVID-19. 
Mihai Bădescu, one of the most well-known journalists in Argeş County, had been hospitalized a few days ago,
 after being infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. He worked for almost two decades at the weekly Jurnalul de 
Argeş, and for several years he had his own press website, entitled soaptereci.ro.

23.10.2021. RUSSIA. Famous journalist dies. “Echo of Moscow” Maya Peshkova (photo), a journalist

and literary critic, died at the age of 75 from the effects of the coronavirus, reports the Ekho Moskvy

radio station’s website, according to RIA Novosti.

22.10.2021. BULGARIA. The journalist Veselin Konstantinov (photo, 66) died. We are shocked by the sudden 
death of our beloved and respected colleague,who was killed in a few days by the ruthless COVID-19, 
the statement of the Union of Bulgarian Journalists reads.

20.10.2021. AZERBAIJAN. The deputy general secretary and head of media at the Azerbaijan Judo Federation has died at the age of 47, after contracting COVID-19. Elnur Shukurov (photo), also known as Ashraf Oglu, had been hospitalised since September before losing his battle against coronavirus, the International Judo Federation (IJF) has confirmed. He was considered one of the most famous sports journalists in Azerbaijan and is known for producing the first sports entertainment programme, called Sport Digest, on national television.

16.10.2021. ALBANIA. Journalist Artjan Tepelena (photo) lost the battle with Covid today at the age of 58. 
The journalist was fighting the virus and had been hospitalized in the Sanatorium for a month. Artjan Tepelena 
has been a journalist, editor-in-chief at TVSH, news director at TV Alba and most recently was part of 
TVSCAN with a show of his own.

13.10.2021. UNITED KINGDOM. Globally acclaimed golf broadcaster and journalist Renton Laidlaw (photo) has died. He was 82. Renton was admitted to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee two days ago when he tested positive to Covid-19. Born in Edinburgh in 1939, started his journalistic career as a copytaker compiling sports results before moving to the Edinburgh Evening News where, after five years as a junior reporter, he was promoted to golf writer in 1962. Over the next 60 years, he moved into television and radio, while also continuing his love of writing, and rose to become one of the most recogisable voices and names in golf.

11.10.2021. BRASIL. O fotografo Charles Wellington (photo), de 44 anos, morre no Hospital Geral de Roraima, vitima da Covid-19. Ele trabalhou por mas de dez anos como reporter fotografico na Assembleia Legislativa de Roraima.

10.10.2021. USA. A fully vaccinated 58-year-old journalist in Palm Beach, Florida has died September 19 following a breakthrough COVID-19 infection. He had received the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Vincent Konidare (photo) was vaccinated against COVID-19 and proudly sent a photo of his vaccine card to a longtime friend on March 24 but was diagnosed with the disease on August 2. Vincent Konidare worked at The Palm Beach Post for 35 years, beginning as a pressman and rising through the ranks to become advertising placement manager. He left the newspaper in December 2020.

08.10.2021. VENEZUELA. Con sintomatología asociada a COVID-19 falleció la noche de este jueves el periodista José Rafael Ramírez (photo) en Maracay. Ramírez fue un polémico periodista, que enfocó esfuerzos en develar la corrupción y las injusticias dentro del sistema penal venezolano, en especial en su natal Aragua. En su página noticiasjr.com reveló infinidad de hechos vinculados con corrupción.. Laboró para los diarios El Periodiquito y El Siglo, ambos en el estado Aragua; además ejerció en medios de Mérida, donde imprimió un semanario llamado El Estrado. También fue miembro de la plantilla de El Universal mucho antes de su cambio de dueños. Hace algunos años creó un grupo de whatsapp en el que incorporó a periodistas de todo el país, en el que se debatían temas de interés nacional.

05.10.2021. INDIA. In a sad development, another journalist of Odisha has succumbed to Covid 19 infection. Young scribe Satyajit Mohapatra (photo) passed away at the age of 44 due to Coronavirus infection. Satyajit Mohapatra was the editor of ‘The Common Times’. He was under treatment in a private hospital for the last one month.

05.10.2021. ALBANIA. Famous sports journalist Kosta Grillo (photo) passes away. Sports journalist and commentator has died of coronavirus this Tuesday at the age of 59. He was treated in Turkey since August 27, but he could not defeat the virus.

04.10.2021. CUBA. El periodista cubano Juan Antonio Borrego Díaz (photo) falleció este lunes por complicaciones asociadas a la COVID-19. Durante 29 años, se encargó de reflejar en las páginas de Granma el acontecer de la provincia de Sancti Spíritus. Su labor como reportero, se combinó durante más de dos décadas con la dirección del periódico Escambray, un medio  que bajo su conducción conquistó todos los premios de periodismo que se confieren en Cuba.

30.09.2021. BELARUSSIA. Vitsebsk journalist and poet Konstantin Seviarynets (photo) died at the age of 70  
at COVID-19. Seviarynets has been in journalism since 1979, ansd a speaker on the Belarusian Radio. About two 
weeks ago Konstantin and Tatiana Seviarynets fell ill with COVID-19. Mr. Constantine's disease began to be 
severe. Despite the efforts of doctors, Severnets failed to overcome the disease.

22.09.2021. ARGENTINA. Las secuelas del Covid se llevaron a Mario Rodríguez Muñoz (photo). La redacción de PERFIL, Fortuna y toda la editorial ha sufrido un duro golpe por la pérdida de uno de nuestros mejores hombres en lo profesional pero por sobre todo en lo humano.

21.09.2021. TURKEY. Owner of local newspaper Son Nokta, Turkish journalist Erol Kes (photo) who didn't believe the pandemic is real died of COVID-19 on Sept. 20, his paper reported. "Erol Kes contracted coronavirus a while back. He was taken into intensive care on Sept. 10 when his condition became grave. Today, we received the sad news about him," said his daily in an announcement of his death.

21.09.2021. SRI LANKA. Senior Tamil journalist and Tamil B.A. Anthony Mark (photo) from Mannar has passed away at the age of 80 due to Covid-19 on September 21, while being treated at #Mullaithivu Hospital for COVID-19. He raised voices to know the whereabouts of disappeared Tamils and continuously demand the release of political prisoners.

20.09.2021. MEXICO. La madrugada de este lunes, falleció el destacado periodista deportivo Santiago Morales Ortiz (photo), quien tenía una importante trayectoria en diferentes medios de comunicación. Trascendió que Morales Ortiz, de 61 años de edad, habría perdido la batalla contra la Covid-19. Apenas hace 6 días, el pasado 14 de septiembre, su esposa, Martha Elba Sulvarán Blancas también perdió la vida.

19.09.2021. HONDURAS. El periodista y catedrático universitario Óscar Rafael Jananía (photo) falleció en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos (UCI), a causa de la COVID-19, luego de permanecer internado en el Instituto Hondureño de Seguridad Social (IHSS) en San Pedro Sula. Según se conoció Janania se había aplicado la vacuna johnson & johnson en Estados Unidos, pero las enfermedades base le complicó su salud durante la pandemia. Jananía era catedrático de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras en el Valle de Sula (UNAH-VS), CEUTEC y director de prensa de VTV.

12.09.2021. VENEZUELA. Murió la periodista del estado Portuguesa, Nichols Fernández (photo), tras perder la batalla contra el Covid-19. Tenía además 22 semanas de gestación, por lo cual se transforman en dos las víctimas, informó Noticia Al Minuto. Trabajo en las emisoras radiales Rumbera 89.3 FM y Fanática 99.5 FM.

11.09.2011. BRASIL. Morreu, na noite deste sábado (11), o padre redentorista Jesus Flores (photo), aos 87 anos, vítima de complicações da Covid-19. Sacerdote há mais de 60 anos, ele também era jornalista e trabalhava na Rádio Difusora.

09.09.2021. KAZAKHSTAN. On September 9, the funeral of the editor-in-chief of the opposition newspaper 
DAT Bakhytgul Makimbay (photo) took place in Almaty. They tried to bring the journalist to court more than 
once, she was attacked, but she remained faithful  to her profession until her death. Bakhytgul Makimbay died in 
an Almaty hospital from COVID-19.

09.09.2021. ARGENTINA. Esta mañana, la dolorosa noticia del fallecimiento del periodista Julio Grandjean (photo) colmó las redes sociales con mensajes de despedida y homenajes. La muerte se produjo luego de batallar durante semanas contra una infección provocada por coronavirus. Se desempeñaba como director de comunicación institucional del Ministerio de Desarrollo Social de la provincia. acido en Buenos Aires y fanático de San Lorenzo, se radicó en Tucumán hace más de 20 años y, como Julio Grandi, comenzó una carrera como relator de radio de los partidos de Atlético y San Martín. También trabajó en El Tribuno Tucumán y en diferentes emisoras de la capital y Yerba Buena.

08.09.2021. CAMEROUN. Le journaliste camerounais Amobe Mévégue (photo) est mort de Covid-19 (famille). L’illustre homme de médias, spécialisé en culture a rendu l’âme ce 8 septembre 2021. Deux semaines après l’inhumation de de sa mère au Cameroun, le journaliste, animateur de France 24 et patron de la chaine Ubinnews, Amobe Mévégue  est mort à 52 ans.

05.09.2021. BENIN. La mort du journaliste Vincent Foly (photo), emporté par le Covid-19 le 3 septembre, a déclenché une vague d’hommages unanimes à l’endroit de cette grande voix du journalisme. La nouvelle de la mort de Vincent Foly est tombée vendredi 3 septembre dans la soirée. Atteint de Covid-19, le journaliste de 68 ans, promoteur de La Nouvelle Tribune, est décédé à Allada, non loin de Cotonou.

04.09.2021. IRAN. Elmira Manshadi, (photo), a journalist with the Iranian daily Shahrara, has died from the coronavirus. She passed away on Friday night at the age of 35 after a 10-day battle with the respiratory disease in the intensive care unit in a Tehran hospital.The Shahrara editor-in-chief said Manshadi was an experienced journalist who spent 14 years working for the Iranian daily.

04.09.2021. PHILIPPINES. Journalist and former Iloilo Press Club (IPC) president Rommel Ynion (photo) died on Friday, two days after he posted on his social media account that he tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Ynion was the publisher of the defunct The News Today Iloilo. He wrote a column for Panay News, too.

03.09.2021. USA. Longtime Channel 8 anchor Gary Waddell (photo) dies from heart attack while being treated for COVID-19. Waddell, who was 77, died Thursday night at St. Rose Dominican Hospital’s Siena Campus.

02.09.2021. PHILIPPINES. The publisher of a community newspaper in Bulacan province died of COVID-19 complications on Thursday (Sept. 2), relatives said. Josephine Bautista Reyes-Burgos (photo, 59), founded “News Core” in 2006, serving as its publisher until her death.

02.09.2021. SRI LANKA. Pragas Gnanapragasam (photo), a 26-year-old Tamil young journalist from Jaffna, Northern Province, died today after contracting Covid-19. His death just happened one day after the journalist publicly tweeted about contracting the Covid-19.  Pragas, a native of Kodikamam, was an independent journalist writing for magazines and newspapers in the North-East.

01.09.2021. COLOMBIA. El reconocido periodista Javier Ayala (photo) falleció este miércoles tras varios días de lucha contra el coronavirus, de acuerdo con la información suministrada por varios allegados. Ayala fue uno de los más destacados periodistas del país. Inició su carrera en la prensa escrita, más específicamente como redactor económico del diario El Espectador, y se desempeñó como jefe de información económica del diario El Tiempo. Fue el fundador de exitosos noticieros de televisión como Noticiero Nacional y En Vivo, así como miembro de los equipos informativos de Caracol y RCN Radio. También se desempeñó como comentarista económico del noticiero CM&.

28.08.2021. BANGLADESH. Daily Janakantha Gaibandha Correspondent and Gaibandha Press Club General

Secretary Abu Jafar Sabu (photo) died of Covid-19. He breathed his last at a Bogura hospital.  Jafar is the 66th

Bangladeshi journalist killed by the deadly virus.

25.08.2021. MEXICO. El Pleno de la Comisión Permanente del Congreso rindió un minuto de silencio al periodista Mario Ruiz Redondo (photo), que falleció en su natal Chiapas debido a complicaciones por Covid 19. El presidente de la Mesa Directiva, Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar, recordó que el pasado 21 de agosto falleció Mario Ruiz Redondo, en Tapachula, Chiapas. “Hombre que por su buen ejercicio en la prensa escrita se hizo merecedor en dos ocasiones al Premio Nacional de Periodismo e igual número de ocasiones fue condecorado por el Senado de la República, con el Premio al Mérito Periodístico’’. Ruiz Redondo también fue catedrático en la Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales de la UNAM y ejercicio el periodismo por más de 47 años. Sus trabajos periodísticos fueron publicados en periódicos en el Universal, Excélsior, Televisa, Imevisión –hoy TV Azteca–; fue director adjunto a la Presidencia y Dirección General de Organización Editorial Mexicana y director del país.

23.08.2021. ESPANA. El empresario y publicista cubano-español Arturo Villar (photo) falleció el 21 agosto en Santander, España, víctima del COVID-19. Tenía 87 años de edad. Villar fue el editor de Hispanic Market Weekly, que sirvió de puente entre los publicistas hispanos en Estados Unidos, y de Vista Magazine, una de las primeras publicaciones en inglés dirigidas a los hispanos. El empresario también fue el editor de ALA (The Latin American Features Syndicate) y de Opiniones Latinoamericanas, una revista mensual sobre temas hemisféricos. En su trayectoria se destaca el lanzamiento de la revista K, que llegaba en los periódicos más prestigiosos de América Latina.

23.08.2021. BRASIL. Jornalista Ana Paula Veiga (photo) morre aos 30 anos, vítima de Covid-19, em Porto Alegre. Ana Veiga travou uma verdadeira batalha contra uma leucemia. No Hospital contraiu a Covid-19.

22.08.2021. USA. A conservative talk radio host from Tennessee who had been a vaccine skeptic until he was hospitalized from COVID-19 has died. He was 61. Nashville radio station SuperTalk 99.7 WTN confirmed Phil Valentine's (photo) death in a tweet Saturday. Valentine had been a skeptic of coronavirus vaccines. But after he tested positive for COVID-19, and prior to his hospitalization, he told his listeners to consider, “If I get this COVID thing, do I have a chance of dying from it?” If so, he advised them to get vaccinated. He said he chose not to get vaccinated because he thought he probably wouldn't die. After Valentine was moved into a critical care unit, Mark Valentine said his brother regretted that “he wasn't a more vocal advocate of the vaccination” (with Associated Press).

21.08.2021. CUBA. El periodista cubano José Luis Estrada Betancourt (photo), quien trabajó durante casi 20 años en la sección cultural del diario oficial Juventud Rebelde, murio de Covid-19 el sábado en La Habana, a los 53 años de edad. "Regresaba de un viaje al Turquino con la AHS (Asociación Hermanos Saíz) y pasó sus últimos días luchando con la enfermedad en el Hospital (Manuel) Fajardo", informó el periodista Michel Hernández en su perfil de Facebook.

19.08.2021. SOUTH AFRICA. Ragani Achary (photo) passed on due to Covid-19 complications. Achary (48), Head of News at Hot 102.7 FM, worked for television stations such as eNCA and SABC. She is well-respected within broadcast media and for the nurturing of young reporters. Achary also worked for various radio stations, such as Capital radio 604.

12.08.2021. INDONESIA. The press personnel of Payakumbuh and Limapuluh Kota Regency mourned 
one of the local senior journalists, Zulkifli Damhur. Zulkifli died on Thursday (12/8) at the Adnan Wd 
Payakumbuh Hospital while battling Covid-19 (Photo: Funeral procession for Zulkifli Damhur) 

Con este número, el país sudamericano encabeza las estadísticas mundiales de trabajadores de prensa muertos durante la pandemia. Según el registro realizado por el departamento de Salud y Seguridad de la Federación Nacional de Periodistas de Brasil (FENAJ) de los 278, 199 fallecieron durante los primeros siete meses de 2021. Veja o Dossiê completo:

11.08.2021. THAILAND. News industry loses a senior reporter at Channel 3 who has contracted COVID-19. 
Died at age 66 Mr. Thongpan Jangjamrat (photo), senior correspondent for Channel 3 of Samut Prakan 
Province and chairman of the Advisory $Board of the Eastern Channel 3 Journalists Association.

11.08.2021. ZIMBABWE. Journalist and women rights activist Vimbai Nhutsve Musengi (photo) died from complications of Covid-19 in the early hours of today. She was 41. Her demise came barely one day after her mother had also succombed to Covid-19 complications. Vimbai's husband, Kudzi Musengi, also a seasoned journalist, confirmed his wife's demise.

09.08.2021. BANGLADESH. Freedom fighter and the Daily Observer joint news editor Abul Mansur Chowdhury (photo) died of Covid-19. He was 66. Abul Mansur participated in the Liberation War in 1971 while studying at the University of Dhaka. Prior to joining the Daily Observer, he held important positions in various newspapers, including The New Nation and The Daily Star.

09.08.2021. ARGENTINA. Este lunes se conoció la triste noticia del fallecimiento, a los 70 años de edad, de Miguel Oliva del Río (photo), periodista deportivo e integrante durante muchísimos años de la mesa de Juntos, tras haber contraído covid. Según informó la propia emisora, Oliva del Río dejó de existir este domingo a la noche en el Hospital San Juan Bautista, en Catamarca.

07.08.2021. USA. An anti-vaccine right-wing radio host in West Palm Beach, Florida died Wednesday from COVID-19 complications. Dick Farrel (65, photo), used his local talk show and social media to rail against Dr. Anthony Fauci, who he called a “power tripping lying freak,” and say that no one should get the coronavirus vaccine. When COVID-19 sent him to the hospital for three weeks, though, he changed his tune, urging friends to get vaccinated.

07.08.2021. BANGLADESH. The Daily Inqilab Senior Reporter Md Abdur Rahim (photo) died of Covid-19 at a hospital in Dhaka. He was 75. Abdur Rahim breathed his last at LabAid Hospital where he was undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit. Abdur Rahim was a member of the National Press Club and Dhaka Reporters Unity. Abdur Rahim is the 62nd Bangladeshi journalist killed by the deadly virus.

06.08.2021. ARGENTINA. El periodista y taxista Miguel Barredo (photo), miembro del programa radial de los sábados en Sí 98.9 Punto y Aparte, falleció este viernes por la noche por el agravamiento de su cuadro de covid-19. Cada sábado desde hace muchos años, co-conducía el programa Punto y Aparte.

05.08.2021. COSTA RICA. El fútbol nacional, lamentablemente, se tiñe de negro y despide a un gran periodista, pero sobre todo a una grata persona: Alejandro Oviedo (photo), encargado de comunicaciones del Club Sport Herediano. Oviedo, de 33 años, falleció este jueves por complicaciones relacionadas con el COVID-19, que lo mantuvieron hospitalizado por varios días.

04.08.2021. BOLIVIA. Moisés Torres Ramírez (photo), reconocido periodista, presentador de televisión y propietario de medios de comunicación, falleció la madrugada de este miércoles a sus 72 años en Sucre. La enfermedad del covid-19 complicó su estado de salud en los últimos días, por lo que estaba intubado en el centro centinela de la Caja Nacional de Salud, donde falleció por un paro cardíaco, informó su familia. Torres Ramírez era propietario de la emisora de radio y el canal de televisión Colosal.

03.08.2021. MEXICO. Falleció el periodista Sergio Rueda Ramírez (photo), originario de Villa Allende Veracruz, a consecuencia del COVID-19. Laboraba en el canal 53 y en canal 28 de televisión local de Monterrey. Había cumplido 30 años de edad el pasado 26 de mayo.

01.08.2021. VENEZUELA. Rossana Ordóñez (photo), periodista venezolana, falleció este 1 de agosto por Covid-19. Así lo anunció Delvalle Canelón, secretaria general del Colegio Nacional de Periodista. En su cuenta en Twitter, la comunicadora escribió: "Con profundo pesar lamento informar la muerte de una amiga, de una luchadora, de una colega y gran periodista Rossana Ordóñez". Durante su carrera trabajó en distintos medios impresos y audiovisuales venezolanos.

01.08.2021. UNITED KINGDOM. A memorial service to celebrate the life of Bob Satchwell (photo), former editor of the Cambridge Evening News, will be held in September. The Cambridge journalist, who edited the paper from 1984 to 1998 and was described as a "giant of the industry", died at the age of 72 after contracting Covid-19. More recently, he became the founding executive director of the Society of Editors in 1999, which campaigns for media freedoms.

31.07.2021. MEXICO. La reportera guerrerense, Mariana Labastida (photo), falleció este sábado a causa del Covid-19, que padecía desde hace poco más de un mes. A través de redes sociales informaron el lamentable fallecimiento de la periodista. Desde que fue diagnosticada, se pidió la intervención de las autoridades de Salud para que fuera internada en el hospital del IMSS Acapulco, dónde recibió atención directa y le brindaron todos los medicamentos y equipo de respiración, sin embargo, este día murió.

30.07.2021. PHILIPPINES. Former Movie and Television Review Classifications Board (MTRCB) chairman and television host Manuel “Manoling” Morato (photo) has passed away. He was 87. Morato died at a Quezon City hospital on Friday afternoon due to COVID-19, his family confirmed to ABS-CBN News. In a statement, the MTRCB described Morato as a legend of the Philippine entertainment industry.

30.07.2021. ARGENTINA. La directora del multimedios de Eldorado “Norte Misionero”, Sonia Ríos (photo) murió en la mañana de este viernes tras haberse contagiado de Covid-19. La comunicadora era también cofundadora del portal digital “Norte Misionero”. Estaba internada en terapia intensiva. Luego de conocerse públicamente el deceso de la mujer, las redes sociales se inundaron de mensajes de acompañamiento a la familia por parte de funcionarios, colegas y vecinos de Eldorado.

29.07.2021. MALAWI. Death has been announced of veteran journalist and Researcher Sweeney Chinkango (photo). Chinkango died of COVID-19 at Adventist Hospital in Blantyre. Until his death, Chinkango was working with the State controlled Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC).

29.07.2021. RUSSIA. In the 86th year, the famous Crimean sports journalist Garrinald Nemirovsky (photo) passed away from Covid. This information to RIA Novosti Crimea was confirmed by the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Krymskaya Pravda" Mikhail Bakharev. The Crimean Football Union expressed condolences to the family and friends of Nemirovsky, noting that it is difficult to imagine Crimean sports without him.

29.07.2021. COLOMBIA. Eduardo Mantilla Trejos (photo) uno de los escritores, político, poeta y periodista que ha dado el llano colombo-venezolano, falleció hoy 29 de julio por causas asociadas al covid-19 en la ciudad de Bogotá. Autor de numerosos libros, ensayos, crónicas, artículos y monografías, Mantilla Trejos se encontraba internado en la unidad de cuidados intensivos desde el pasado sábado 24 de julio, en el Hospital Universitario de la Nacional.

28.07.2021. RUSSIA. Raf Gurevich (photo) died in Moscow on July 28. Raf Gurevich is a well-known journalist, writer, screenwriter and director. He is one of the screenwriters of the "Trace" series, the author of the book "Man in Law", as well as one of the founders and former presenter of the Perm "Autoradio". He recently contracted coronavirus and could not bear the consequences of a serious illness. Raf Gurevich recently turned 75 years old.

26.07.2021. BANGLADESH. Abdur Razzaque (photo) died of COVID-19 at a Rakshahi hospital.  He was a former Pabna district correspondent of Daily Ittfaq. He was 70 years old. He was a Freedom Fighter and former president of a local press club. Razzaque is the 59th Bangladeshi journalist killed by the deadly virus.

26.07.2021. CUBA. El periodista e investigador cienfueguero Andrés García Suárez (photo) nacido el 21 de julio de 1932 quien cumplió hace pocos días 89 años de edad falleció este domingo en el Centro Especializado Ambulatorio Héroes de Playa Girón, de Cienfuegos, por enfermedades asociadas a la Covid-19.

25.07.2021. ZIMBABWE. The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists is deeply worried by the number of media practitioners who are dying from COVID-19. At least six have succumbed to the virus since the beginning of this year. The union wants authorities and media houses to make sure reporters are safe while doing their jobs. The latest journalists to succumb to COVID-19, include state broadcaster ZBC journalist Tawanda Gudhlanga (photo), and former Voice of  America journalist Sandra Nyaira.

25.07.2021. ALGERIE. Le journaliste à l'ENTV, Karim Boussalem (photo), est décédé dimanche matin au CHU Nedir Mohamed de Tizi-Ouzou, à l'âge de 49 ans, a-t-on appris de la direction générale de cet établissement hospitalier. Le défunt était atteint par la Covid-19 et avait été admis au service de réanimation.

24.07.2021. COLOMBIA. En una clínica de Cartagena se apagó la vida del periodista y empresario taurino Alberto Borda Martelo (photo). Tenía 78 años de edad, y murió de un paro cardiorespiratorio tras sobrevivir a las secuelas del Covid 19, que le afectaron los riñones y pulmones.

23.07.2021. MEXICO. El reconocido periodista Cecilio Balam Ciau (photo), famoso en todo Quintana Roo por su manera de informar y sus decenas de collares, falleció por complicaciones a su salud derivadas del Covid-19. El “Chamán del Periodismo”, como también era conocido, permanecía intubado en el hospital general “Jesús Kumate Rodríguez”, desde hace casi un mes.

23.07.2021. MEXICO. Raúl Fernández León (photo), quien por muchos años fungió como defensor de derechos humanos en esta ciudad, además de transformarse en comunicador, a través de redes sociales, falleció producto del COVID-19.

23.07.2021. BANGLADESH. Mushifiqur Rahman Jhanda (photo) died of COVID-19 at a Dhaka hospital.  He was the Editor of Weekly Faridpur Bani. He was 65 years old. He was senior member of Faridpur Press Club. Jhanda is the 58th Bangladeshi journalist killed by the deadly virus.

23.07.2021. HONDURAS. La Asociación de Prensa de Honduras (APH) lamentó hy la muerte de Marlon Tovar Zelaya (photo) ampliamente reconocido por la población, especialmente de Puerto Cortés en la zona norte de Honduras. El locutor había logrado superar el covid-19, sin embargo las secuelas le provocaron la muerte. Fue la voz de Power FM en San Pedro Sula.

23.07.2021. VENEZUELA. Este jueves el gremio periodístico monaguense conoció el deceso del periodista y profesor universitario, Jesús González (photo), a consecuencia del Covid-19 en la ciudad de Maracaibo, estado Zulia. Tenía 54 años de edad. Jesús laboró como redactor en La Verdad de Monagas, al igual que en medios como el diario El Sol, El Oriental y en Extra.

22.07.2021. BRASIL. O jornalista Walter Menezes (photo), um dos pioneiros do Jornalismo em Goiás, faleceu nesta quinta-feira (22/7) em Conquista, no Estado de Minas Gerais. Ele foi mais uma vítima da covid-19. O jornalista foi presidente da Associação Goiana de Imprensa (AGI) e também um dos principais ativistas que lutaram pela criação do curso de Jornalismo na Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG).

21.07.2021. RUSSIA. Journalist Alexei Babich (photo) dies of coronavirus in Tver at the age of 49. Alexey Babich was in the media since 1997. He worked in newspapers, on television, in the press service of the ZS of the Tver region, and the last place was "Tverigrad".

20.07.2021. RUSSIA. Journalist Tamara Sapozhnikova (photo) died of Covid-19 in St. Petersburg. For a month and a half she fought the coronavirus, but the disease turned out to be stronger. In the evening, July 18, the journalist of the 47News portal Tamara Sapozhnikova died of coronavirus.

20.07.2021. ALGERIA. The former journalist of the daily El Chaab and the sports weekly Al Mountakhab, Abdelkader Djebloun (photo), died, Sunday, at the age of 75, following complications related to Covid-19, his relatives announced. He is considered to be one of the oldest Algerian sports journalist in Arabic.

19.07.2021. HONDURAS. Este domingo (18.07.2021) sobre Pedro Rosales (photo), un comunicador social en Olancho, zona oriente del país y que falleció por sospechas de la covid-19 en el municipio de San Francisco de la Paz de ese departamento. El estuvo ingresado en sus últimos días en un centro de salud en San Francisco de la Paz. Rosales fue corresponsal en Olancho para varios medios de comunicación.

19.07.2021. ALGERIE. Le journaliste sportif Adlène Hamidechi (photo) est décédé, dimanche 18 juillet au soir, à Constantine, à l’âge de 51 ans. Selon ses proches, Adlène Hamidechi est mort des suites du Covid-19 après un récent séjour à l’hôpital d’Ibn Badis de Constantine.

18.07.2021. SOUTH AFRICA. The radio journalist Amanda Olivier (photo) died on Sunday morning in Johannesburg after she had lost her battle against Covid-19. She was 72. The SABC's RSG radio station first reported the passing of Amanda Olivier who worked for decades at the SABC and presented several programmes on RSG, as well as on the regional commercial OFM radio station.

17.07.2021. INDONESIA. Many Journalists Exposed and Died of Corona. The number of journalists 
who are exposed to Covid-19 is increasing day by day. In Jakarta alone there are hundreds of journalists 
who were exposed to Covid-19 and not a few who eventually died in various regions. Based on a report by 
the Cross Media Journalists Association (IJLM), there were hundreds of media crews who were exposed 
to this dangerous virus. According to the results of the data collection of the Indonesian Alliance of 
Independent Journalists (AJI) from March 2020 to June 19, 2021, there were 381 media workers infected 
with Covid-19, nine of whom died (25/6/2021). In East Java Province (East Java), 38 journalists died due to Covid-19. They 
consist of active and inactive journalists. The disclosure of the number of journalists in East Java who died from Covid-19, 
after journalists in the area chatted together on the WhatsApp (WA) messaging application and jointly collected data. Two 
journalists died today (17/07): Zed Abidien (61, photo), a former journalist for the Surabaya Post and Tempo magazine, and 
Arif Noviantadi, a former Jawa Post. 

17.07.2021. BRASIL. Aos 33 anos, o jornalista Denny Siviero (photo), que não tinha comorbidades, perdeu a batalha para a COVID-19 nesta sexta, 16. O profissional residia em Araras e atuava como servidor na área de comunicação da Prefeitura de Pirassununga. O jovem jornalista ficou hospitalizado em Limeira, mas infelizmente não resistiu às complicações causadas pelo Coronavírus.

16.07.2021. USA. Harry Rosenfeld (photo) , longtime editor of the Albany Times Union newspaper and a key leader in the Washington Post’s newsroom as it uncovered the Watergate scandal, died Friday. The man who had fled Nazi Germany as a child shortly before the Holocaust made holding the powerful accountable to the public the focus of a career that stretched more than a half-century. Rosenfeld survived a bout with COVID-19 in December and was still participating remotely in Times Union editorial board meetings as recently as Monday. He never fully recovered, though, and complications from the virus ultimately proved fatal. He was 91.

14.07.2021. ARGENTINA. Daniel Wilberger (photo), periodista pampeano y gran difusor del atletismo, falleció este miércoles 14 de julio, víctima del Covid. Tenía 56 años. Tuvo una larga trayectoria en el medio local. Además, fue director de Prensa de la Municipalidad de Santa Rosa y director de Canal 3.

14.07.2021. BRASIL. O jornalismo perdeu mais um de seus grandes nomes em Minas. Faleceu ontem, de complicações causadas pela Covid-19, e foi enterrado nesta quarta, o jornalista Hélio Fraga (photo), de 84 anos. Hélio Fraga foi também diretor do Sindicato dos Jornalistas de Minas e da Associação Mineira de Cronistas Esportivos (AMCE). Hélio Fraga teve uma extensa carreira no jornalismo.

13.07.2021. ZIMBABWE. Veteran Zimbabwean journalist Sandra Nyaira (photo) has died in Harare today reportedly of Covid-19 related complications. Nyaira (46) had a distinguished career as a journalist in and outside of the country and worked for the Zimbabwe Inter-Africa News Agency (Ziana) and The Daily News before she moved to the United States to pursue other career interests. At the time of her death, she was working as a public information officer at the United Nations station in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

12.07.2021. BRASIL. Morreu, na manhã desta segunda-feira (12), o jornalista Jailton Batista (photo), conhecido como Boca, aos 42 anos de idade. Ele faleceu por complicações da Covid-19. Jailton estava internado desde o dia 30 de maio na UTI do Hospital do Coração em Maceió. Jailson trabalhava como assessor de comunicação na cidade de Pindoba, no interior alagoano. Jailson também apresentou diversos programas de rádio em uma estação comunitária em sua trajetória jornalística.

12.07.2021. BRASIL. Morreu, nesta segunda-feira (12/7), a jornalista Neuza Meller (photo). Diretora da UnBTV por 10 anos, ela teve complicaçoes decorrentes da covid-19. Em nota, a Universidade de Brasília (UnB) lamentou o ocorrido e disse que na gestão da professora, o canal "cresceu em tamanho e qualidade". Antes de morrer, ela coordenava a equipe de Relações Institucionais da UnBTV e também atuava como diretora de Relações Institucionais na Associação Brasileira de TVs Universitárias.

10.07.2021. COLOMBIA/NEW ZEALAND. Well-known former New Zealand football journalist Dave Petraska (photo) has died having spent four weeks on a ventilator in a Colombian hospital after catching Covid-19. Petraska, 56, had been battling the virus and later pneumonia in the South American country, which had been his home for seven years.

10.07.2021. HONDURAS. El Colegio de Periodistas de Honduras confirmó esta mañana la muerte del periodista, ambientalista y abogado, Mauricio Torres Molinero (photo). El periodista a los 74 años es una víctima más de la Covid-19, enfermedad por la cual estuvo varias semanas interno en el Hospital del Torax de Tegucigalpa. Torres laboró en diferentes medios de comunicación, manejaba el programa radial “Café y Naranja” en una radio capitalina, también condujo foros y debates radiales.

08.07.2021. VENEZUELA. El periodismo larense está de luto. Durante la mañana del miércoles 7 de julio murió la periodista Marla Prato (photo), quien se desempeñaba como corresponsal de El Universal en el estado Lara. Tenía Covid-19 desde hacía tres semanas, según comentaron sus amigos más cercanos. Marla Prato trabajó en los diarios más conocidos en la región: El Impulso y El Informador.

07.07.2021. USA. Journalist Ayesha K. Faines (photo) Dies After Receiving Covid-19 Vaccine. Black Twitter is mourning the sudden death of journalist and influencer Ayesha K. Faines. The former traffic anchor at News4Jax died unexpectedly on July 2nd. She was best known as a panelist on the web series The Grapevine Show. She was also a contributor for MTV, Essence, Entertainment Tonight, Hot 97, and The Michael Baisden Show. Her cause of death was not made public, however Facebook friends say she took the Covid-19 mRNA injections recently.

06.07.2021. BRASIL. Faleceu nesta terça-feira (6), vítima da Covid-19, o jornalista e publicitário Gustavo Sales (photo). Ele estava internado desde o dia 15 de junho no Hospital Rio Grande, em Natal. Gustavo havia sido transferido para a Unidade de Terapia Intensiva (UTI) há 15 dias; não resistindo e falecendo nesta manhã. Gustavo Sales já havia tomado a primeira dose da vacina contra a covid-19, no entanto ainda não estava com o esquema vacinal completo.

06. 07. 2021. COLOMBIA. Falleció por Covid el periodista Orlando Cancelado (photo). En la Clínica Chicamocha de Bucaramanga, falleció este martes el periodista Orlando Cancelado Sánchez a causa de las consecuencias del Covid-19 a sus 73 años. Además de su trabajo en canales como TRO y TVC, es muy recordado por una transmisión del temblor de 2015 en la capital santandereana.

06.07.2021. REPUBLICA DOMINICANA. El veterano periodista y director de la emisora Z101, Willie Rodríguez (photo), falleció la noche de este martes, tras sufrir complicaciones por la COVID-19. La información fue confirmada por un familiar del comunicador. El locutor, de 72 años de edad, se encontraba hospitalizado desde hace varios días en el Centro de Diagnóstico Medicina Avanzada y Telemedicina (CEDIMAT) in Santo Domingo.

05.07.2021. BRASIL. Adriana Roveri Alves Tanno (photo), de 35 anos, faleceu neste domingo (4), em Londrina. A morte da jornalista do Grupo Tribuna, Adriana Roveri Alves Tanno, de 35 anos, que faleceu neste domingo (4), no Hospital do Coração, em Londrina, deixa em luto seus familiares, amigos e colegas de trabalho. Internada há 16 dias, lutando contra a Covid-19, ela não resistiu ao agravamento do quadro.

03.07.2021. BRASIL. O jornalista e ex-vereador de Araraquara Geraldo Polezze (photo), morreu neste sábado (03). Ele tinha 75 anos e estava internado há alguns dias em decorrência da covid-19.  Geraldo Polezze foi em Araraquara que fez carreira na comunicação. Trabalhou por mais de 30 anos no rádio. Ele foi ainda proprietário de um jornal. 

03.07.2021. BRASIL. Morre de covid-19 o jornalista Antônio Carlos Marques (photo), aos 75 anos. Foi

editor do jornal impresso e criador e editor do site Diário de Petrópolis.

02.07.2021. COLOMBIA. A la edad de 75 años, murió  el escritor, poeta y periodista Santandereano Germán Valenzuela Sánchez (photo), conocido en Piedecuesta como El Pica Pica, por el periódico que editaba donde se daban a conocer los hechos literarios, culturales y noticias destacas de la región. Falleció de Covid luego de permanecer hospitalizado por varias semanas en la Clínica Chicamocha de Bucaramanga.

02.07.2021. BOLIVIA. El periodista y productor chuquisaqueño Félix Bolo (photo) falleció la madrugada de este jueves a causa del coronavirus. La Asociación de Periodistas de Chuquisaca (APCH) emitió un comunicado sobre el deceso de Bolo, en el que repasa su carrera.  El periodista se desempeñó durante 30 años en medios como Canal 4 y radio Vida Nueva.

02.07.2021. SOUTH AFRICA. The media is in mourning after the death of three journalists - SABC's Moabi Litheko; eNCA's former output editor, Celeste Phillips; and Primedia technical manager, Dan Maswanganye (see below) - as a result of Covid-19 complications. On Wednesday, the SABC announced the death of bulletin writer for the Sesotho Television News Bulletin, Moabi Litheko (photo). He had been admitted to Flora Clinic for treatment for Covid-19 complications.

01.07.2021. VENEZUELA. El presidente del Colegio Nacional de Periodistas (CNP), Tinedo Guia (photo), informó este jueves que al menos 47 trabajadores de la prensa han muerto a causa del covid-19. Guia solicitó al régimen de Nicolás Maduro que los periodistas fueran incluidos en el plan de vacunación masiva. Seguidamente, recomendó a los profesionales de la prensa que acaten las medidas de bioseguridad, porque su contacto directo con las personas los hace estar más expuestos al virus.

24.06.2021. ARGENTINA. Un profundo dolor en el periodismo fueguino tras confirmarse pasada las 18 horas de este jueves el fallecimiento de Charly Molina (photo) , un reconocido y querido periodista de Ushuaia y quien supo liderar las crónicas policiales durante más de 15 años. El conductor radial quedó internado en el Hospital Regional Ushuaia, tras sentir síntomas del coronavirus y que luego se confirmó en el propio nosocomio.

24.06.2021. PALESTINE. Abd Al-Nasser Al-Najjar (photo), a senior Palestinian journalist and a columnist for the Al-Ayyam daily, died on June 23, 2021, at the age of 61, of covid complications after contracting the virus several months ago. Al-Najjar served in the past as the head of the Palestinian Journalists Union and as a lecturer on communications at Al-Quds University. In 2020, Al-Najjar devoted two of his columns to warning about the inadequate response to the covid pandemic in the Palestinian territories.

24.06.2021. COLOMBIA. Murió Armando González (photo), editor político de “El Nuevo Siglo”. Aunque hace cuatro semanas recibió la primera dosis de la vacuna contra el coronavirus, se contagió y tuvo que ser trasladado por sus familiares al Hospital de Kennedy. Dentro de su trayectoria profesional, también hizo parte de La FM de RCN Radio. Tenía 58 años.

24.06.2021. HONDURAS. Este martes falleció por Covid-19 el periodista y lider miskito Jacinto Molina González (photo), informó el Colegio de Periodista de Honduras (CPH). El Colegio de Periodista de Honduras confirmó la muerte del periodista a través de su cuenta de Twitter.

21.06.2021. RUSSIA. Petersburg sports journalist Alexander Kuzmin (photo) passed away at the age of 53. 
As his colleague Kirill Legkov wrote on Facebook, death was due to the coronavirus. In 1991 he began working
 for the Sport-Express newspaper. Later, the journalist worked in the magazine "90 minutes", the newspaper 
"Sport day by day", as well as in the sports editorial office of Channel Five and at the radio station "Sport FM". 

21.06.2021. MEXICO. El gremio periodístico de la región de Martínez de la Torre, se encuentra de luto, el compañero Julio Jiménez (photo), reportero del grupo MS Noticias y jefe de prensa del diputado federal Rodrigo Calderón, pierde la vida tras una larga lucha contra el Covid-19. Julio Jiménez a sus treinta y tres años de edad, falleció en un hospital del Puerto de Veracruz.

20.06.2021. HONDURAS. Este domingo falleció el veterano periodista Carlos Eduardo Riedel (82, photo), debido a complicaciones relacionadas a la enfermedad del COVID-19 en el municipio del Distrito Central, capital hondureña. Al menos 13 periodistas han muerto por COVID en Honduras. Considerado el “Señor de la radio y la televisión” será recordado por muchas generaciones de periodistas.

20.06.2021. RUSSIA. The legendary TV journalist, general director of OTR - Anatoly Lysenko (photo) died 
in Moscow. He was 84 years old. The preliminary cause of death is coronavirus. Anatoly Lysenko passed away 
on June 20, 2021.

19.06.2021. RUSSIA. In Novosibirsk, the host of "Avtoradio" Pavel Levin (photo) died of coronavirus at the 
age of 48. Pavel  Levin started work at the "Russian Radio", also worked at the radio "Classic" and 
"Radio Siberia". From 2008 to the present, he worked for Avtoradio Novosibirsk.

18.06.2021. BRASIL. Foi confirmada na manhã desta sexta-feira (18), a morte do jornalista Ednaldo Guedes (photo) de 30 anos. Vitima da Covid-19, Ednaldo estava internado no Hospital Metropolitano, em Santa Rita, na Grande João Pessoa. O comunicador tem passagens por várias empresas de comunicação da Paraíba. Já atuou como repórter de TV e na redação dos veículos.

18.06.2021. ARGENTINA. Dolor en el fútbol: murió el periodista Rodrigo Munilla (photo) tras contraer coronavirus y pasar varios meses internado. Falleció este viernes tras una larga lucha contra el COVID-19. En los últimos tiempos cubría el fútbol de ascenso en Deportv. Tenía 45 años.

17.06.2021. BRASIL. Morreu na manhã desta quinta-feira (17), o jornalista Valdemir Ribeiro do Nascimento (photo), vítima da Covid-19, no município de Tenente Portela. A vítima apresentou os primeiros sintomas no dia 05 de maio, sendo internado no dia 16 no Hospital Santo Antônio, de Tenente Portela. Nascimento, como era conhecido, tinha 57 anos e trabalhava na Rádio Municipal de Tenente Portela.

16.06.2021. ARGENTINA. Dolor en la región: falleció el periodista Miguel Ángel Ruppel (photo). El lamatritense tenía 40 años y más de dos décadas dedicadas a la profesión. Hace pocos días había contraído Covid-19, que derivó en una neumonía.

16.06.2021. COLOMBIA. En las últimas horas se conoció el lamentable deceso del administrador público Javier Alonso Gaviria Giraldo (photo), debido al Covid-19. Gaviria Giraldo asumió el pasado 03 de mayo como Jefe de la Oficina Asesora de Comunicaciones de la Alcaldía de Yopal, luego de la renuncia de la periodista Leydi Katherine Porras tras el fallecimiento del locutor y periodista Omar Smerling Rey también por afectaciones relacionadas al virus de Covid-19. Javier Alonso Gaviria tenía una amplia trayectoria en el gremio periodístico de Casanare al ser socio fundador del Colectivo de Periodistas de Casanare, socio de la Organización Nacional de Periodistas de Investigación Consejo de Redacción y cofundador del portal web suversión.com.co.

15.06.2021. ARGENTINA. Pesar por el fallecimiento del periodista costero Humberto Rohr (photo). Humberto tenía 59 años y era un querido periodista local que actualmente tenía un programa en la mañana en FM Omega de San Clemente. Además de su rol como comunicador fue un luchador incansable por el bienestar de la comunidad, colaborando con infinidad de instituciones.

15.06.2021. SOUTH AFRICA. Covid-19 claims life of renowned Eastern Cape journalist Wandile Fana (photo), editor of Skawara News. Wandile Fana, seasoned journalist, publisher, chair of the Association of Independent Publishers (AIP), and board member at the Press Council of SA, has succumbed to Covid-19.

14.06.2021. AFGHANISTAN. Nabi Misdaq (photo), founder and former head of the Pashto department at the BBC World Service, died of COVID-19 at the age of 77, sources confirmed. Nabi Misdaq recently served as President Ashraf Ghani’s advisor in media affairs and has written many articles in both Persian and Pashto languages. Misdaq had worked for almost 20 years for the BBC World Service, mainly he was based in Bush House, where he founded the Pashto section for the BBC service.

08.06.2021. BRASIL. Entre as vítimas, o Pará já perdeu grandes nomes do jornalismo local, como o radialista, narrador e apresentador de televisão Ronaldo Porto. Na tarde desta terça-feira (8), o jornalismo do Estado perdeu mais uma grande profissional. A jornalista Marinalda Ribeiro (photo, 54 anos) não resistiu e faleceu por complicações da Covid-19. Ela estava internada desde o dia 16 de abril, fazendo o tratamento contra a doença. 

06.06.2021. VENEZUELA/COLOMBIA. El periodista venezolano, Eduard Ortega Sánchez (photo), presentó el pasado 28 de mayo un reposo médico por síntomas de Covid-19 en el Diario Extra de Bogotá, Colombia, donde laboraba. Luego de dos días, lo despidieron sin ninguna explicación. Falleció este 5 de junio, y aún después de muerto, la empresa le niega a su esposa el pago de la liquidación para los gastos fúnebres. La denuncia hace eco en el gremio periodístico colombiano y venezolano.

07.06.2021. RUSSIA. The oldest TASS journalist Igor Veksler (photo) died at the age of 83. His daughter 
Ksenia Yukhananova told TASS  that the cause of death was COVID-19. In December 2020, he received the Tass 
Chief Personnel Award for Contribution to the Development of the Agency.

06.06.2021. INDIA. COVID-19 has claimed the life of another journalist in Manipur on Sunday. Saikhom Shantikumar (51, photo), who worked as sub-editor of Ireibak, a daily newspaper based in Imphal, succumbed to COVID-19 related complications at a hospital in Chandigarh where he was treated for other ailment on Sunday morning, reports said.

05.06.2021. BRASIL. Morreu aos 44 anos, nesta sexta-feira (4), o radialista Fábio Diniz (photo), vítima da Covid-19. Ele era apresentador da rádio Arapuan FM, em Patos, no Sertão paraibano. Fábio Diniz estava internado no Complexo Hospitalar Regional de Patos, não resistiu às complicações da infecção e faleceu. Ele havia sido entubado ontem (3), na UTI do Hospital Regional de Patos.

03.06.2021. BRASIL. O jornalista mineiro Fernando Lana (photo), de 72 anos, morreu nessa terça-feira (1º/6), no Hospital São Lucas, no Bairro Floresta, na Região Leste da capital mineira. De acordo com o Sindicato dos Jornalistas Profissionais de Minas Gerais (SJPMG), Lana foi vítima de complicações da COVID-19. Lana passou por diversos jornais mineiros, como Jornal de Minas, Estado de Minas e Diário do Comércio, além de emissoras de TV como a Alterosa.

03.06.2021. MEXICO. Zacarías Ramírez (photo), quien fuera editor en jefe de Forbes México (2012-2019), falleció este martes. Aristegui Noticias lamenta el fallecimiento del periodista Zacarías Ramírez, editor de Economía y Negocios en Aristegui Noticias.

03.06.2021. NICARAGUA. El Licenciado en Periodismo Leonel Antonio Fletes (photo) falleció a causa de un fulminante infarto cardiaco en Juigalpa, Chontales, la madrugada de este miércoles. Se dice que murió de un paro cardíaco asociado al covid 19. Leonel Antonio Fletes era director del Canal 17 Telecentro y corresponsal de Viva Nicaragua Canal 13.

02.06.2021. BRASIL. O jornalista Ribamar Oliveira (photo), repórter especial e colunista do jornal Valor Econômico, morreu em Brasília, vítima da covid-19, aos 67 anos. Ele ficou internado por quase 50 dias. Além do Valor Econômico, Ribamar passou pelas redações do jornal O Globo, Jornal do Brasil, O Estado de S. Paulo, além das revistas Veja e Isto é. Foi, ainda, assessor de imprensa do Banco Central e do ministério do Planejamento. O jornalista também ganhou vários prêmios, incluindo um Esso de Economia pela reportagem "O Escândalo dos precatórios".

02.06.2021. COLOMBIA. El conocido periodista Henry Arias Romero (photo) falleció en las últimas horas en Ibagué víctima de Covid-19. Director de deportes del Canal PYC, Henry Romero se destacó en radio y televisión.

02.06.2021. BRASIL. Faltando poucos minutos para terminar terça-feira (1º), o radialista, locutor e jornalista Willian Tofoli (photo) deu seu último suspiro. Aos 34 anos, o comunicador faleceu após longos 40 dias de luta contra o coronavírus. Multiprofissional, Tofoli era o responsável por fechar a programação diária da 99 FM de Presidente Prudente, com o programa noturno "Mais 99". Também era diretor de programação e locutor da Life FM de Adamantina.

31.05.2021. NEPAL. The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) is shocked and saddened by the sad

news of the ultimely demise of Rabindra Gautam, at the young age of 38 due to corona infection.

Gautam, who has worked for Image Channel, Abhiyan Aartgi Daily, Navtarang Weekly and others, has

been working as a Dolakha correspondent of Annapurna Post and station manager of Radio Bhimeshwar.

Corona has so far killed 19 journalists and infected more than 900 in Nepal. The rate of corona infection has been increasing for

the last few days. FNJ appeals to all journalists to engage in professional work by taking all possible health safety measures.

31.05.2021. GUYANA. Journalist Mondale Smith (photo) has passed away as a result of Covid-19. Smith was in his 40s. He was admitted to the Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit last week with severe complications. Smith started his media career at the Guyana Broadcasting Corporation in the early 1990s. He would later join the Evening News and eventually became one of the faces of Prime News newscast. Smith would later work at Kaieteur News, among several other places. The Guyana Press Association (GPA) has expressed condolences to his family and friends.

30.05.2021. ITALIA. Ancora una vittima, la 58esima, del Covid nel giornalismo et nella cultura del

Italia : è morto nei giorni scorsi, nel reparto Covid 3 dell’ospedale di Cuorgnè (Torino), il giornalista e

poeta Marco Lojacono (photo), nato nel dicembre 1935 a Palermo. Ha collaborato con il settimanale

«Il Risveglio popolare» del quale fu una firma conosciuta.

30.05.2021. BANGLADESH. The Financial Express executive editor and chief news editor Shahiduzzaman Khan (photo) died of Covid-19 at a hospital in Dhaka. He was 71. Shahiduzzaman breathed his last at Bangladesh Specialized Hospital where he was undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit. Shahiduzzaman was admitted to the hospital on May 07 and the senior journalist has been undergoing treatment there for the last three weeks and tested positive for the virus.

29.05.2021. ARGENTINA. El joven trabajador de radio, Pablo Andés Miranda (photo), falleció este viernes, afectado por coronavirus. Un conocido operador y locutor de radio de Santa Rosa, Pablo Andrés Miranda, de 48 años, falleció este viernes, afectado por coronavirus, según confirmaron compañeros de la actividad. Miranda era un conocido trabajador de las radios locales. Entre ellas, se desempeñaba en LU33 y Radio Patagonia.

29.05.2021. INDIA. Veteran journalist and author Basant Das (photo) has succumbed to Covid-19 on 28 May.  He was 81. Das, who used to work for Amrita Bazara Patrika and Jugantar, passed away while undergoing corona treatment at a private hospital. The Oriya author-journalist led Utkal Journalist Union and was also associated with Indian Federation of Working Journalists. Das has written as many as 16 books including his recent book ‘Political History of Modern Odisha’.

28.05.2021. ECUADOR. El periodista guayaquileño Rommel Ramos (photo), del medio digital La Data, falleció la noche del 26 de mayo tras haberse contagiado de la COVID-19. Amigos cercanos al comunicador confirmaron a Fundamedios que el deceso del periodista ocurrió luego de permanecer durante cuatro semanas en una Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos (UCI) de una clínica privada de Guayaquil. 

27.05.2021. BRASIL. Morreu na última terça-feira 25, no Hospital Santa Marcelina em Itaquera, São Paulo, o jornalista Rodinei Lafaete (photo) vítima de complicações da Covid-19. Rodinei Lafaete era correspondente do Direto do Planalto em São Paulo, onde atuava como Repórter Tô de Olho”, autodidata em direito do consumidor, presidente da Andecon – Associação Nacional de Defesa do Consumidor -  e criador e administrador do Blog Tô de Olho.

27.05.2021. ECUADOR. El periodista manabita Rubén Darío Vera Naranjo (photo), de Bahía Stereo, falleció 25 de mayo de un paro cardiaco, mientras se encontraba en recuperación por el virus de la COVID-19. Yuri Burbano, amigo de Vera, contó a Fundamedios que el periodista se infectó con COVID-19 y estuvo internado durante 60 días en el Hospital del Seguro Social de Bahía de Caráquez.

25.05.2021. PHILIPPINES. Cesar Reyes died of COVID-19 complications Tuesday, May 25, at the Baguio General Hospital. Reyes, a long-time Baguio correspondent for People’s Journal and People’s Tonight, was 61. Reyes' demise from COVID-19 came after Philippine Star Cagayan correspondent Raymung Catindig also succumbed to COVID-19 towards the end of April in Ilagan City, Isabela.

25.05.2021. COLOMBIA. Falleció este lunes 24 de mayo en la noche el periodista Jhon Jairo Ocampo (photo), tras sufrir las secuelas del Covid-19. Ocampo fue editor económico de Noticias RCN, jefe de Prensa de Palacio y gerente de RTVC durante el gobierno de Juan Manuel Santos.

24.05.2021. BRASIL. Faleceu ontem, aos 66 anos, de complicações causadas pela Covid-19, a jornalista Ivany Rocha (photo). Ela ficou internada durante dois meses e cinco dias, no hospital do Instituto de Previdência dos Servidores do Estado de Minas Gerais (Ipsemg).

24.05.2021. BRASIL. Mais uma vítima da COVID-19 teve sua morte confirmada na noite deste domingo, 23 na cidade de Monteiro. O locutor de vaquejadas, radialista e funcionário público conhecido como Roberto Locutor (photo) teve sua morte confirmada através das redes sociais. Roberto atuou em emissoras de rádio como a IMPRENSA FM, Sertânia FM, Monteiro FM, Santa Maria, entre outras.

23.05.2021. BRASIL. Morreu na madrugada deste domingo (23), aos 72 anos, o jornalista e historiador José Murilo Noleto (photo), vítima da Covid-19. Murilo Noleto estava internado há mais de um mês na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva (UTI) do Hospital Unimed, em Teresina. atualmente atuava como comentarista no Portal AZ.

22.05.2021. BRASIL. Morreu nesta sexta-feira (21), em Juazeiro, o jornalista Jean Rego (photo), aos 47 anos. Ele estava internado com a Covid-19 na UTI de um hospital da região. O profissional trabalhava na Rádio Juazeiro. Durante a pandemia, Rego manteve a programação diária na rádio a fim de informar a população e acabou sendo infectado pela doença.

22.05.2021. MEXICO. Después de breve dolencia y a la edad de 74 años, esta mañana se desligó de la vida en Mérida el conocido periodista yucateco Martiniano Alcocer Álvarez (photo). "Don Martiniano” o "Profesor", como se le conocía en el ambiente periodístico, fue ingresado en un hospital por algunos problemas de salud y posteriormente se contagió del coronavirus Covid-19, lo que complicó su estado y finalmente le arrebató la vida. Se forjó como reportero y redactor en Diario de Yucatán, donde desempeñó varios cargos, como jefe de Información, editorialista y editor web.

22.05.2021. INDIA. Rajkumar Keswani (photo), an acclaimed journalist who had warned about irregularities that led to the Bhopal gas tragedy much before the world's worst industrial disaster took place in 1984, died of post Covid-19 complications in Bhopal on Friday, his son Raunaq said. He was 72.

- INDIA. Mancherial (Telangana) based journalist Choppadandi Mohan (34), who was associated with a Telugu daily,  succumbed to corona complications on 21 May while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Hyderabad. 

- INDIA. Nagaon (Assam) based rural journalist Humeswar Hira (63) died of Covid-19 on 22 May 2021

21.05.2021. COLOMBIA. Murió Alberto Urrego (photo), reportero gráfico, hermano del periodista Héctor Urrego. Trabajó en la revista 'Mundo ciclístico'. Contrajo covid, luego de cubrir 'Vuelta a la Juventud 2021'. Alberto Urrego  un gran profesional de la fotografía deportiva, en varias Vueltas a Colombia, clásicos RCN, Vuelta a España , tors de las Américas etc.

21.05.2021. ITALIA. Covid, morto il giornalista e fotografo Angelo Marchese (photo): aveva 64 anni. Direttore di User Tv, Angelo Marchese è morto ieri all’ospedale San Giuseppe Moscati di Avellino, dove era stato ricoverato dopo la sua positività al Coronavirus.

21.05.2021. PARAGUAY. El periodismo y la docencia misionera está de luto. Lamentamos informar que el Prof. José María Martínez Benítez (photo) falleció anoche a consecuencia del covid-19, estuvo internado 37 en UTI.

20.05.2021. BOLIVIA. Lamentablemente falleció el reconocido periodista Pablo Calucho (photo), tras luchar varias semanas contra el coronavirus, según informaron medios locales. Calucho se encontraba internado en terapia intensiva en una clínica en Santa Cruz. Calucho empezó a trabajar en los medios de comunicación cuando tenía 15 años, también se dedicaba a producir material de periodismo de investigación. Ademas, fue ganador del Premio Nacional de Periodismo 2013.

20.05.2021. BOLIVIA. El periodista deportivo Freddy Martínez Tapia (photo) falleció este miércoles en la ciudad de Potosí a causa de la Covid-19. Martínez también se destacó en la prensa escrita, en CORREO DEL SUR, siendo el primer editor de la sección deportiva del diario de la capital, en 1987. Cumplió esta función durante una década, mientras no dejaba su pasión por la radio.

20.05.2021. BRASIL. Morreu na noite desta quinta-feira (20) o jornalista e escritor alagoano Reinaldo Cabral (photo). Segundo comunicado da família, publicado em sua página, no Facebook, Reinaldo estava internado desde o último sábado, no Hospital Universitário, em Maceió, mas não resistiu às complicações da Covid-19. Seu texto e sua atuação como repórter investigativo eram bastante respeitados. Na década de 70, no Jornal do Brasil, foi responsável por uma série de reportagens que revelaram, pela primeira vez, nomes de traficantes internacionais que agiam em conjunto com criminosos brasileiros.

20.05.2021. MEXICO. Expresamos nuestras más sinceras condolencias a los familiares y amigos del periodista, historiador y catedrático, Francisco Verdayes Ortiz (photo), quien falleció esta mañana a causa del COVID-19. Ya como profesionista fundó la revista “Pioneros”, fue coordinador de comunicación social del gobierno estatal, asesor de prensa del ayuntamiento de Cozumel, director del periódico Novedades Quintana Roo, director de noticias de TV CUN, del grupo Sipse, locutor de programas radiofónicos en Radio Caribe y Radio Turquesa, docente en la Universidad del Sur y conferencista.

19.05.2021. TURKEY. Journalist Semir Yazıcı (photo) from Iskenderun dies of covid. The heart of MEGA 
Media General Director Semir Yazıcı, who has been successfully working as a journalist for many years 
in İskenderun, stopped at the hospital where he was treated for Covid-19. 

19.05.2021. BRASIL. Parnamirim perdeu na manhã desta terça-feira, dia 18, o jornalista Erivan Fernandes Souza (photo), do Jornal City Tour. Erivan, que tinha 64 anos, estava internado na UTI e não resistiu às complicações ocasionadas pela Covid-19.

18.05.2021. BRASIL. O radialista Luis Fabiano de Oliveira (photo), conhecido por “Sassá” Oliveira, faleceu neste domingo (16), vítima da Covid-19. Esse foi o 94º morador de Irati que faleceu por complicações da doença. Sassá atuou mais de 20 anos como radialista. Iniciou sua trajetória aos 17 anos na rádio Vale do Mel FM, de Irati, no ano de 1996. Quatro anos depois, ele trabalhou na rádio 94, de União da Vitória. Em 2001 ingressou na Rádio Najuá.

- BRASIL. A TV Cultura se despediu neste final de semana do repórter cinematográfico José Gomes, vítima de Covid-19.

17.05.2021. INDIA. Renowned journalist and well-known TV anchor Anjan Bandyopadhyay (photo) died at a private hospital in Kolkata on Sunday night due to COVID-19. He was 56. Bandyopadhyay was the editor of Bengali news channel Zee 24 Ghanta. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed grief over Bandyopadhyay's death.

17.05.2021. INDIA. Journalist Swamy Gowda (photo) succumbed to Covid-19 on Monday. He was 45. Gowda a native of Channarayapatna taluk was initially undergoing treatment at a hospital in his native, before he was shifted to Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences (HIMS) hospital six days ago. Gowda had served as the  president of Channarayapatna Taluk Journalists Association.

17.05.2021. BOLIVIA. Murió ayer el periodista paceño Boris Iván Miranda Espinoza (photo, 37 años. ) corresponsal de BBC Mundo. La notícia fue confirmada por sus familiares. Su último trabajo periodístico fue sobre la morenada y se publicó hace unos días en el portal de BBC Mundo. Falleció de COVID.  Fue corresponsal de la BBC en Colombia y realizó coberturas en diferentes países de América Latina. El 18 de enero murió su padre Iván Miranda, quién también era periodista, aquejado por coronavirus.

16.05.2021. INDIA. A veteran Video Editor in the electronic media industry, Sudesh Vasudev (photo) died today. He was suffering from SARS-Cov-2 infection and was admitted to a private hospital in Delhi. Media fraternities in the National Capital and across India have expressed deep regrets on the untimely demise of Sudehsh, who they said was a master in video editing, for the field of TV news. Sudesh was the Chief of Video Editing at CNN News 18 and had also worked with NDTV.

16.05.2021. INDIA. Another 3 Journalists Lose Covid Battle In Odisha.They are Kailash Chandra Sahoo (75) of Patnagarh in Bolangir district, Ratikant Bal (38) of Badachana in Jajpur district, and Bishnu Prasad Patra (42) of Berhampur. Sahoo was working with Odia daily Pragativadi while Bal was with Ekamra TV. Patra was working for Odisha Bhaskar and Kalinga Darpana, reports stated.

16.05.2021. BOLIVIA. El reconocido periodista deportivo Pedro Yucra (photo), director del programa Mundo del Deporte, falleció luego de una dura batalla contra el coronavirus COVID-19. Yucra era directivo del Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Prensa de Quillacollo -Valle Bajo y su trabajo era bastante destacado en el área deportiva a nivel nacional. Yucra es la séptima víctima de la COVID-19 en el gremio. Cupertino Fernández, Édgar Sanabria, Edmundo Olmos, Fernando Balderrama, Fortunato Fernández y José “Chechi” Nogales completan la lista.

15.05.2021. ARGENTINA. El periodista José María Barrios (photo) murió durante la madrugada del viernes a los 61 años por complicaciones en cuadro de coronavirus. El periodista cordobés Barrios trabajó en la redacción central de la Agencia de Noticias Télam desde 1983, y en los últimos 15 años lo hacía desde Córdoba en la sección de Turf y Juegos.

15.05.2021. ARGENTINA. Sol Casella (photo) tenía apenas 23 años y se convirtió en una víctima más de la pandemia de coronavirus. Era periodista, trabajaba como redactora en la agencia de noticias de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de Lomas de Zamora, donde también estudiaba, y su muerte causó conmoción en esa casa de estudios, donde la recuerdan como "una periodista joven, comprometida y alegre".

15.05.2021. COLOMBIA. El equipo de Noticias Día a Día cumple con el penoso deber de informar sobre el sensible fallecimiento de nuestro compañero de labores, Whiston Sandoval Rojas (photo), este viernes 14 de mayo de 2021. Fue director de RCN en la ciudad de Ibagué, trabajó en Amor Estéreo y FusaTV, en Fusagasugá. Noticias Día a Día sería su última casa, donde conducía el programa “Emprendedores” y al mismo tiempo producía “Economía y Finanzas”. El comunicador dejó de existir en el Hospital San Rafael de Fusagasugá, donde fue recluido tras presentar afectaciones respiratorias con las cuales luchó durante los últimos días.

15.05.2021. YEMEN. Yemeni journalist Ibrahim Naji (photo) died in Al-Dhalea Governorate, south of

Yemen, Saturday. A press source confirmed the death of the editor-in-chief of the Aden Post news website

Ibrahim Ali Naji as a result of being infected with the Covid-19. He previously worked for a number of media

outlets, including the Al-Mashad website in Al-Dhalea Governorate. Since the beginning of the outbreak of

the Corona virus in Yemen, a number of journalists have died due to being infected with the virus, in the absence of an

announced statistic.

14.05.2021. BRASIL. Morreu na noite da última quinta-feira (13), a jornalista cuiabana Márcia Caetano (photo), 60 anos, vítima da Covid-19. Ela estava internada em um hospital de Campo Grande, para onde tinha ido ajudar a filha, que contraiu a doença primeiro e faleceu há duas semanas.

14.05.2021. BRASIL. Faleceu nesta sexta-feira (14), em Campina Grande, a jornalista e Diretora Escolar Adriana Braz (photo), aos 50 anos. Ela estava internada havia cerca de 20 dias no Hospital Pedro I, em tratamento por complicações decorrentes da Covid-19. Adriana Braz era jornalista, com passagens pelo Correio da Paraíba e Jornal da Paraíba.

- Aos 66 anos, de complicações causadas pela Covid-19, morre a jornalista Ivany Rocha (Minas Gerais)

13.05.2021. USA. Former KHOU 11 reporter John "Rucks" Russell (photo) has died following a battle with COVID-19. Russell was a reporter for KHOU-11 between 2006 and 2017. From there, he went on to work as the Communications Director for US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in Washington DC. According to Russell's Twitter bio, he was in D.C. at the time of his death and was working as a Senior Media and Communications Specialist for the Department of Health and Human Services’ Minority Health division.

11.05.2021. COLOMBIA. En la madrugada de este martes falleció el periodista, locutor y escritor William Rosado Rincones (61, photo), quien sufrió múltiples complicaciones en su organismo como consecuencias del contagio de covid 19. El periodista hizo parte del equipo del programa de noticias La Tribuna del Cesar, en Radio Guatapurí, a donde trabajó en los últimos 15 años. Tenía más de 25 años de experiencia en los medios de comunicación; además, fue escritor y autor de la biografía del cantautor Calixto Ochoa, El mundo de Calixto.

11.05.2021. COLOMBIA. Murió Humberto Pava (photo), periodista y exsenador del Valle. El periodista y exsenador Humberto Pava Camelo falleció este martes, luego de varios días hospitalizado por covid-19. Pava era gerente del medio de comunicación Radio Súper Cali.

11.05.2021. INDIA. Odisha lost another young Journalist to Covid-19. RJ Sabnam Sirin (photo), who was working with Radio 90.4, Voice of SOA Community died due to Covid-19 complications. She was 38.

10.05.2021. BRASIL. O jornalista Luís Fernando Avelar (photo), de 47 anos, morreu nesta segunda-feira (10) vítima da Covid-19. Ele estava internado há dois meses em um hospital de Goiânia. Natural de Jandaia, Luís Fernando, durante os mais de 25 anos de profissão, exerceu vários cargos, como repórter, apresentador, produtor e editor. Ele trabalhou na TV Anhanguera e atualmente era editor-chefe na TV Serra Dourada.

10.05.2021. ECUADOR. El reconocido periodista peninsular Enrique del Pezo (photo) falleciò hoy por complicaciones del COVID-19. El comunicador social tenìa una trayectoria de cuatro dècadas en varias estaciones de radio de Santa Elena y GYE. En redes sociales, amigos y colegas expresaron sus condolencias.

10.05.2021. CHILE/VENEZUELA. La narración deportiva está de luto por el fallecimiento del periodista y locutor Fernando Hernández (photo). El profesional quien por años estuvo al frente de Unión Radio Deportes Valencia (Venezuela) murió de COVID 19 en Chile. Desde hace unos años el periodista se había radicado en el país austral. Beisbol, baloncesto, fútbol eran la verdadera pasión del periodista; quien es recordado en Unión Radio como en Dat Tv.

09.05.2021. COLOMBIA. Falleció hoy la periodista, presentadora y locutora Alexandra Mora Niño (photo), víctima del Covid-19. Triste noticia, para el periodismo nacional. Solidaridad con sus familiares y amigos.

09.05.2021. BRASIL. Morre o jornalista esportivo Fernando Caetano (photo) vítima da Covid-19. Morreu neste domingo o jornalista de 50 anos em Marília. Fernando Caetano trabalhou como repórter na Rádio Jovem Pan e depois teve passagens na TV por ESPN Brasil e Fox Sports.

09.05.2021. COSTA RICA. Oswaldo Alvarado (photo) periodista de la cadena Multimedios y músico del grupo Grupo Octavo falleció hoy por causas relacionadas con el Covid-19. El comunicador de 51 años, contaba con una amplia trayectoria que acumuló en medios como Repretel y Canal 7.

09.05.2021. ARGENTINA. Lamentablemente, falleció a los 48 años el periodista Fabián Flores (photo), quien estuvo internado en la ciudad de Resistencia debido a la complicación que reviste su cuadro de salud a causa del COVID-19. Fabián Flores era periodista en la ciudad de Resistencia, pero se desempeñaba como conductor del programa deportivo "En Carrera" que se emite por Radio LT16 de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña.

08.05.2021. VENEZUELA. El periodista y locutor carabobeño Sigfredo Romero Sánchez (photo) murió por complicaciones relacionadas al Covid-19 este viernes 7 de mayo. El periodista de 56 años, nativo de Puerto Cabello, fue ingresado a la sala de COVID-19 del Prince Lara luego de haber presentado dificultad respiratoria. Sigfredo Romero Sánchez alcanzó éxito con un programa que mantuvo por más de 25 años en radio Puerto Cabello. Desde el año pasado, Sigfredo Romero Sánchez conducía el espacio En contacto 100.3. Sigfredo Romero Sánchez es el segundo periodista de Puerto Cabello que muere a causa de COVID-19. El pasado 8 de marzo falleció por la misma causa el también periodista y locutor Henry Oviedo, quien había sido director de radio Puerto Cabello y corresponsal de El Carabobeño.

08.05.2021. ITALIA. Muore per Covid a 48 anni il giornalista e scrittore Pietro Nardiello (photo). Firma conosciuta nel mondo giornalistico della Campania, aveva collaborato con diverse testate locali e nazionali. Curava anche la trasmissione rafiofonioca «Tre Parole Fuori dal Vulcano», in onda su Radio Rai.

08.05.2021. COLOMBIA. Luis Gómez (photo), reconocido locutor y periodista baranoero, falleció la tarde de este viernes por Covid-19. Su deceso fue confirmado por su hijo Jossimar, en diálogo con Zona Cero. Luis Gómez trabajó en medios de comunicación como RCN, Caracol y también hizo parte de varias cadenas radiales. Actualmente manejaba su propia página web baranoaciberstereo.com y la reconocida Noti-Baranoa. En una semana muy dolorosa para el periodismo de la Región Caribe por el fallecimiento por covid19 del reconocido camarógrafo Julio Cárdenas y por periodistas Rafael Chica Guzmán, Jairo Enrique Charris ‘Paciencia’, Jaime Escalante y el aguerrido Luis Francisco Gómez.

07.05.2021. ARGENTINA. Murió el periodista Pablo Calvo (photo) por coronavirus a los 53 años. Estuvo internado más de veinte días a causa del coronavirus en el sanatorio Otamendi de la ciudad de Buenos Aires. Pablo trabajaba en Clarín, había recibido un premio de manos de Gabriel García Márquez y entrevistado al Papa Francisco.

07.05.2021. URUGUAY. Falleció la comunicadora Sandra Dodera (photo). La comunicadora rionegrense contrajo covid-19 a mediados de abril. Dirigió durante años la revista digital La Fraybentina.

06.05.2021. BRASIL. Mais um jornalista perdeu a vida para a Covid-19. Morreu na manhã desta quinta-feira (6) o repórter esportivo da CBN e ex-atleta de futebol, Gersal Freire (photo), aos 61 anos. Gersal Freire estava internado há mais de uma semana no hospital Santa Isabel, em João Pessoa, onde foi intubado. Ele teve uma parada cardiorrespiratória e não resistiu. Morando e trabalhando há muitos anos na Paraíba, onde atuou também nas rádios Sanhauá, Tabajara, Correio e 104 FM, Gersal era natural da cidade de Floriano, interior do Piauí.

06.05.2021. TURKEY. Burhan Kazmalı (61, photo), a journalist living in Yalova, died in the hospital where he was treated for coronavirus. Kazmalı was the owner of the Atakent newspaper. Kazmalı previously worked in local newspapers and represented agencies in Yalova.

06.05.2021. USA. Bob Wallace (photo), longtime CBS 2 reporter and anchor, died at 80 after contracting Covid-19. Wallace, who worked at CBS 2 for more than two decades, died April 28 after contracting the coronavirus, his former television station confirmed Wednesday. Wallace won several Emmy Awards and was inducted into the Silver Circle of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2019.

06.05.2021. COLOMBIA. Luto en el periodismo. Falleció por Covid en la ciudad de Montería el periodista Rafael Benjamín Chica Guzmán (photo), Director del portal Web http://Chicanoticias.com. Desde hace varias semanas luchaba contra la Covid-19. Chica participó del proceso de formación de decenas de comunicadores cordobeses que vieron en él un ejemplo a seguir.

05.05.2021. BRASIL. A jornalista Cléo Subtil (photo), de 47 anos, morreu na madrugada de quarta-feira (5), por causa de complicações provocadas por Covid-19. Internada no Hospital Cemetron, em Porto Velho no dia 20 de abril, Cléo foi intubada dois dias depois. A jornalista era Chefe da Assessoria de Comunicação da prefeitura de Porto Velho. Trabalhou mais de 20 anos na Rede Amazônica Rondônia, afiliada da TV Globo, como repórter e também como editora-chefe do telejornal Bom Dia Amazônia.

05.05.2021. HONDURAS. La periodista de El Progreso, María Elena Cubillo (photo), falleció este miércoles tras dar positivo de la COVID-19 y estar varios días hospitalizada en el Instituto Hondureño de Seguridad Social (IHSS) en San Pedro Sula, informaron sus familiares. Cubillo laboró como presentadora en Teleprogreso y recientemente se dedicaba a ser voz comercial de varias empresas.

05.05.2021. ITALIA. Ancora una vittima del Covid nel giornalismo italiano: si è spento all’ospedale Mater Olbia, dov’era ricoverato da un mese, Costanzo Spineo (photo), 83 anni. Giornalista popolare in Sardegna, sia perché era stato per ventotto anni firma di punta de La Nuova Sardegna, che per essere, ad un tempo, un volto noto delle tv locali, da Tele Costa Smeralda a Videolina fino alla neonata Gallura Live, dove conduceva il programma “A Ruota libera”.