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Wakelet update
The Football Writers' Association is happy to endorse a new digital platform, Wakelet, which enables members to collate their cuttings, posts and pictures in one place.Gone are the days of cuttings books full of newspaper clippings slowly fading away. The new free service from Wakelet allows journalists to keep all their articles and posts in one place, and share a link to their collection with others.
Derek Hodgson – RIP
The FWA is sad to hear that Derek Hodgson has passed away, aged 87.Although Derek was best known as a cricket writer, becoming the Independent's chief cricket writer, he was formerly a senior sports reporter, with the Daily Express among others.
He was also a former President of the Cricket Writers' Club, and had been a member of Yorkshire Cricket Club since 1948.
THE IVAN SHARPE LIFE MEMBERSHIP AWARD
THE IVAN SHARPE LIFE MEMBERSHIP AWARD
The name of Ivan Sharpe, chairman of the Football Writers’ Association for the first six years of our existence, is not as well known today as it once was, which is all the more reason the FWA takes great pride tonight by bringing it back into the limelight with the inauguration of the Ivan Sharpe Life Membership Award at our 70th anniversary dinner.
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