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Biography of Veronica Guerin
Name: Veronica Guerin
Birth Date: 1959
Death Date: June 26, 1996
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Nationality: Irish
Gender: Female
Occupations: investigative reporter, journalist, accountant
Veronica Guerin
Irish investigative reporter Veronica Guerin (1959-1996) believed in revealing the truth about drugs and crime in Ireland, continuing to write her revealing articles even in the face of numerous threats. She was assassinated while sitting in her car on a Dublin street in 1996.On June 26, 1996, a tough investigative reporter named Veronica Guerin became the twenty-fourth journalist that year to die in the line of duty, according to figures compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists. She was a relative newcomer to the field, having only practiced her craft for some six years. Yet she was already one of its brightest stars, celebrated worldwide for her willingness to track down and publish the kind of information that certain people preferred to keep quiet. And when she died at the hands of a professional killer, presumably to ensure her silence, Guerin was elevated to the status of a national heroine.Guerin, who acquired …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…was killed.) Her husband addressed the audience, noting the pride both he and his son felt at seeing Guerin honored in such a way. "Veronica stood for freedom to write," Turley observed. "She stood as light, and wrote of life in Ireland today, and told the truth. Veronica was not a judge, nor was she a juror, but she paid the ultimate price with the sacrifice of her life." Further Reading Chicago Tribune, January 19, 1997.GQ (Gentlemen's Quarterly), March 1997.Irish Times (online edition), October 19, 1996; June 21, 1997.Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service, July 11, 1996.Nation, June 30, 1997.New York Times, June 27, 1996, p. A4; July 8, 1996, p. D8; October 19, 1996; November 23, 1996; February 5, 1997.People, July 22, 1996, pp. 40-43; February 24, 1997, p. 90.Washington Post, July 9, 1996.World Press Review, December 1996; December 1996, p. 22.Committee to Protect Journalists, http://www.cpj.org (January 19, 1998).Freedom Forum and the Newseum, http://www.newseum.org (January 19, 1998).Guardian newspaper (online edition), June 27, 1996; June 28, 1996; available at http://www.guardian.co.uk (January 20, 1998).
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