Rory Peck
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Rory Peck (13 December 1956 – 3 October 1993) was a
Work
Rory Peck covered the first
Rory was shot and killed outside the
Personal life
He was born in the United States in 1956, and grew up in
There were journalists and many writers in his late father Julian Peck's family including Rawle Knox (foreign correspondent for The Observer), Father Ronald Knox, E.V. Knox (editor of Punch), Winifred Peck, and Penelope Fitzgerald. After school his first interest was ocean engineering; he started at the Florida Institute of Technology, then transferred to Heriot-Watt, Edinburgh – leaving there for travel, then military training, and eventually journalism. He was gifted in mathematics and spoke Russian, French and Persian. He had one sister, Julia, a photographer, and one brother Colin Peck – also a TV journalist, known for his coverage of the first Chechen war and for locating the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq during the US-led invasion of Iraq. Both brothers worked and filmed together in Moscow.[citation needed]
His first marriage, in 1981, was to Jane, daughter of
Rory Peck Trust and Rory Peck Award
The Rory Peck Trust is a charitable trust that was set up in 1995 to administer an award named after Rory Peck.[5] The Trust supports freelance newsgatherers and their families in times of crisis, and offers bursaries to freelancers to help them undertake Hostile Environment Training.[1][6] The Rory Peck Award is given to camera operators who have risked their lives to report on newsworthy events.[6]
Notes
- ^ a b c "Juliet Peck (Obituary)". Telegraph. 2 July 2007. Retrieved 9 July 2008.
- ^ Green, Chris (14 April 2008). "Life on the frontline". The Independent. Retrieved 9 July 2008. [dead link]
- ^ Knights saved the day: Elite squad snatched TV centre from rebels' hands Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, The Independent, 10 October 1993
- ^ thePeerage.com Archived 6 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Rory Peck Trust Archived 5 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b UK Kosovo film wins Peck award Archived 7 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine, BBC
References
- Ryzhij. V.Snegiryov. 2003. ISBN 5-87135-145-X.
External links
- Frontline: The True Story of the British Mavericks Who Changed the Face of War Reporting, by David Loyn
- The Rory Peck Trust offers discretionary grants to the families of freelance newsgatherers killed whilst on assignment, and crisis support to freelancers who are unable to continue their work due to severe injury, disablement or imprisonment
- Рецензия на: В. Снегирев. Рыжий. Посвящено Рори Пеку. 28 марта 2004 г. Д. Верхотуров. (in Russian)