A larger-than-life, restlessly curious fellow : my memories of Godfrey Hodgson
Hodgson, who died recently, was the Director of our Fellowship Programme from 1993 to 2001. Mark Landler pays tribute to him
Godfrey Hodgson (left) with the 1999 cohort of Journalist Fellows. Credit: Ian Henscheke
Mark Landler
Monday 1 February 2021
Godfrey Hodgson, born on 1 February 1934, died on 27 January 2021. A respected journalist and a trained historian, he wrote a number of books, most of them about American history. From 1993 to 2001 he was the Director of our Journalist Fellowship Programme. Our former Journalist Fellow Mark Landler, London Bureau Chief of the New York Times , remembers his time with Godfrey in this piece.
She will take on an expanded role in shaping the Institute s strategy and management
Meera Selva.
Thursday 21 January 2021
Meera Selva has been named Deputy Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism in addition to continuing in her role as Director of Journalist Fellowship Programmes. She will take on an expanded role in institute strategy and management as part of the senior management team and deputise for Director Rasmus Nielsen.
Her expanded role comes as the institute continues to expand its activities across journalist programmes, leadership development, and research, as well as communications.
Meera joined the Reuters Institute as Director of the Journalist Fellowship Programme in 2017 from a role as editor of the English-language
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The men, and they were usually men, spoke of social cohesion and a need to act selflessly and responsibly. The women, and they were usually women, who took on the greatest burden on housework, childcare and responsibility for ageing parents, sighed, took a deep breath and got to work.