John Morgan (British journalist)

John Morgan (1929–1988) was a Welsh journalist and broadcaster. Morgan worked for the BBC as a presenter on programmes such as Panorama,[1] and wrote for New Statesman, The Spectator and The Sunday Times, among others.

Morgan was born in Treboeth, Swansea, and attended the University College of Swansea.[2]

When Morgan was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he worked with Channel 4 on Concerning Cancer: the Enemy Within, a documentary of his experience; the film won the 1989 Grierson Award.[3] A collection of his articles was published posthumously in 1993.

Works
  • John Morgan's Wales (Christopher Davies, 1993)

References
  1. BBC Archive: John Morgan
  2. Meic Stephens (1998). The New Companion to the Literature of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 506. ISBN 978-0-7083-1383-1.
  3. Grierson Trust: Past Awards Archived 25 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine


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