The last time he received an award, Wiltshire Times’ photographer Trevor Porter was flown to Virginia, USA. There, he was feted by Gannett, owners of the paper’s publisher, Newsquest.
Now Trevor has won another award, life membership of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), for clocking up four decades’ membership.
To collect it he had to travel all the way to…. Trowbridge!
Trevor was presented with his certificate of life membership at a social event organised by the new South-West England branch of the NUJ.
Colleagues from west Wiltshire and across the region came together to celebrate with him at The Village Pump, the iconic music venue behind The Lamb Inn.
James Garrett, NUJ branch chair for South-West England, said, “At a time of far-reaching change in the way news is reported it remains as important as ever that local news media can call on journalists who know their patch intimately.
“Trevor spent 15 years as a freelance photographer before joining the Wiltshire Times in 1999. Across his 40 years in the business there will be few stories in west Wiltshire that he hasn’t covered.”
By James Garrett
Pictures: © Simon Chapman