James Cameron (journalist)

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Mark James Walter Cameron CBE (17 June 1911 – 26 January 1985) was a British journalist and writer, in whose memory the annual James Cameron Memorial Lecture is given.

Early life

Cameron was born in Battersea, London, of Scottish parentage. His father, William Ernest Cameron, was a barrister who wrote novels under the pseudonym Mark Allerton and his mother was Margaret Douglas (née Robertson) Cameron.

Career

Cameron began as an office

Pusan. Cameron wrote, "I had seen Belsen, but this was worse. This terrible mob of men – convicted of nothing, un-tried, South Koreans in South Korea, suspected of being 'unreliable'."[3] The founder of the Hulton press, Edward G. Hulton
, decided to "kill" the story.

In 1952 Cameron wrote an obituary essay for

Afternoon Play by Christopher Ralling, broadcast on 7 April 2008.[5]

In 1965, Cameron wangled his way into North Vietnam for interviews and photos (with photographer Romano Cagnoni) of Ho Chi Minh and its other leaders. His book Here Is Your Enemy was published in the United States, and his five-part series on North Vietnam was published in December 1965 in The New York Times, where it was edited by journalist Anthony Lewis.

Cameron also did illustration work, especially in his early career. Working in Scotland for

D. C. Thomson
, he prepared drawings for sensationalist items in Thomson's publications. He rebelled when asked to draw a picture of a murdered young girl, embellishing it with excess blood and grisly detail. Called to Thomson's office, he was rebuked merely for exposing her underwear.

Cameron became a broadcaster for the

Calcutta
.

Personal life

Cameron's first wife, Elma, died in childbirth near the start of World War II. Before she died she gave birth to their daughter, also Elma (Eleanor Margaret). He later married Elizabeth Marris (who already had a son, Desmond Roderic O’Conor, by a previous marriage to Denis O'Conor Don). He also had a son, Fergus, with Elizabeth. In 1971 he married Moneesha ("Moni") Sarkar.[7] James Cameron died of a stroke in his sleep on 26 January 1985. He was 73.

Among his literary relatives are the Gighan poet the Rev Kenneth Macleod – of "The Road to the Isles" fame – and the writer the Rev Dr John Urquhart Cameron of St Andrews.

Works by Cameron

Books

  • Touch of the Sun (1950)
  • Mandarin Red (1955)
  • 1914: A Portrait of the Year (1959)
  • The African Revolution (1961)
  • 1916: Year of Decision (1962)
  • Men of Our Time (1963)
  • Here is Your Enemy (1965)
  • Witness [in Vietnam] (1966)
  • Point of Departure (1967)
    ISBN 0-85362-175-6
  • What a Way to Run the Tribe (selected journalism) (1968)
  • An Indian Summer: A Personal Experience of India (1974)
    ISBN 0-14-009569-1
  • The Making of Israel (1976)
    ISBN 0-80085-084-X
  • Wish You Were Here: The English at Play. London: Gordon Fraser, 1976.
    ISBN 0-900406-70-4. Introduction and commentary by Cameron, photographs by Patrick Ward
    ).
  • Yesterday's Witness (1979)
  • The Best of Cameron (1981)

Broadcasts

Cameron's television work includes:

James Cameron Memorial Trust Award

There is an annual James Cameron Award Ceremony in London.

Previous winners include:[8]

From 2017 onwards, City, University of London continued to host the James Cameron Memorial Lecture, but the prize was replaced with the Eric Robbins Prize.[12] The James Cameron Memorial Lecture was given by:

References

  1. ^ Keane, David, Nuclear bomb tests at Emu Field remain obscured by Maralinga and the mists of time ABC News 24 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  2. ^ Cameron, James (16 October 1953). "When the Desert Skies Caught Fire". The Age. No. 30, 721. Victoria, Australia. p. 2. Retrieved 24 August 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Jon Halliday and Bruce Cumings. "Selections from Korea: The Unknown War". msu web. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  4. ^ James Cameron Point of Departure, 1966 [1978], Law Book Co of Australasia, p154-74. The bulk of this passage is online here.
  5. ^ The Walrus and the Terrier – programme outline
  6. ^ Prix Italia, Winners 1949 – 2010, RAI Archived 22 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "James Cameron, a journalist and commentator in Britain", The New York Times, 28 January 1985. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  8. ^ "James Cameron Memorial Lecture and Award – Award winners". City, University of London. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  9. ^ The Guardian, 23 June 2007, Abdul Ahad wins Cameron award
  10. ^ "Guardian's Luke Harding wins prestigious James Cameron prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  11. ^ Grover, Ed (20 October 2016). "Foreign reporting in the age of globalisation". City, University of London. City, University of London. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  12. ^ a b "James Cameron Memorial Lecture". City, University of London. City, University of London. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  13. ^ "FT editor Lionel Barber delivers James Cameron Memorial Lecture at City". City, University of London. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  14. ^ "Isabel Hilton OBE lifts lid on China's targeting of global media as she delivers James Cameron Memorial Lecture at City". City, University of London. Retrieved 19 December 2019.

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