Edward Barnes Obituary: Saddened to hear about the death of Edward Barnes who created #Newsround. I owe him an awful lot and wouldn’t be the journalist I am today without him and John Craven’s vision and passion to engage young people.
Saddened to hear about the death of Edward Barnes who created #Newsround. I owe him an awful lot and wouldn’t be the journalist I am today without him and John Craven’s vision and passion to engage young people.
— Ricky Boleto (@rickyboleto) September 8, 2021
He co-created @BBCNewsround almost 50 years ago and what a legacy he leaves behind.
When it launched in 1972, no other programme gave children a platform to understand the changing world around them. Instead of talking down to kids, it spoke to them and still does… pic.twitter.com/SAkG0xZCiM
— Ricky Boleto (@rickyboleto) September 8, 2021
InsideEko is yet to confirm Edward Barnes’s cause of death as no health issues or other causes of death have been learned to be associated with the passing.
Tributes To Edward Barnes
Across social media users, timelines are statements that show respect, admiration, and gratitude towards Barnes people mourn the passing.
So many broadcasters, many household names, became journalists because of @BBCNewsround
Growing up, I always felt safe in my living room watching the team report on everything from global warming to terror attacks. Never patronising or shying away from the truth.
— Ricky Boleto (@rickyboleto) September 8, 2021
Newsround alone has changed the lives and upbringing of generations of children.
Thank you, Edward Barnes from all the #Newsround presenters, past and present. pic.twitter.com/ukueguEurz
— Ricky Boleto (@rickyboleto) September 8, 2021
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