William Howard Russell the first special correspondent of the Manchester Guardian John Black Atkins. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/24/the-special-correspondent/?_r=0' http://spartacus-educational.com/Jrussell.htm' William Howard Russell Sir William Howard Russell (28 March 1820, Tallaght, County Dublin, Ireland – 11 February 1907, London, England) was an Irish reporter with "The Times", and is considered to have been one of the first modern war correspondents. He spent 22 months covering the Crimean War, including the Siege of Sevastopol and the Charge of the Light Brigade. He later covered events during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the American Civil War, the Austro-Prussian War, and the Franco-Prussian War. As a young reporter, Russell reported
William Thomas Russell he served on the executive committee of the National Catholic War Council, and was head of the press department of the National Catholic Welfare Council. Russell served as head of the Diocese of Charleston for ten years, until his death at the age of sixty-three. His relative John Joyce Russell later served as Bishop of Charleston before becoming Bishop of Richmond. William Thomas Russell William Thomas Russell (October 20, 1863 – March 18, 1927) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Charleston from 1917 until his death in 1927. William Russell was born