He is today a most popular journalist and writes for the 'Presse, Petit Journal, Temps', and others.

The FMLN won power at the last election when it put up a popular journalist, Mauricio Funes, as its candidate.

His father, Khalid, was an outspoken and very popular journalist who had had his own run-ins with the Hassan regime.

He helped the popular journalist Godfrey Winn with the second volume of his memoirs (the first had bruising reviews).

According to reports, the popular journalist will be "redeployed" elsewhere within the network and replaced by Perth journalist Tracy Vo.

The dead Afghans included the popular journalist Sardar Ahmad of Agence France-Presse, his wife and his two daughters, celebrating the Afghan New Year.

The memory of a most respected and popular journalist was honoured last night when the Tom McPhail Journalism Bursary was announced in Dublin.

"Our Willie," said the popular journalist, "never does anything without a purpose, that's a fact."