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Virtue, John
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1935-2016
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John Virtue, a journalist and author, was born in Nelson, BC in 1935. He was a correspondent for United Press International (UPI), getting his start reporting on Castro in Havana in 1964. He later managed UPI bureaus in Sao Paolo, Brazil, and Mexico City, and covered wars in Central America and the Guatemala earthquake of 1976. In the 1980s, Virtue was executive editor for El Mundo in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He worked 25 years as director of Florida International University's International Media Centre. Virtue passed away in Miami, Florida in 2016.
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Biographical sketch based on the article "A 'Canadian through and through': reporter and journalism teacher John Virtue dies" from CityNews at https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2016/06/08/a-canadian-through-and-through-reporter-and-journalism-teacher-john-virtue-dies/ (accessed 2023-06-08).