David Pallister | |
|---|---|
| Born | David Pallister Clark 15 March 1945 Newcastle, England |
| Died | 4 September 2021 (aged 76) |
| Alma mater | University of Liverpool |
| Occupation | Investigative journalist |
| Spouse |
Lynn Winterburn
(m. 1967, divorced)Aswini Weereratne (m. 1997) |
| Children | 1 |
David Pallister (born as David Pallister Clark; 15 March 1945 – 4 September 2021) was a British investigative journalist.[1] He worked on The Guardian for many years, specialising in miscarriages of justice, the arms trade, corruption in international business, and British and international politics, terrorism and terrorist financing (post 9/11), mercenaries, race relations and Africa. For ten years from 1983 he was The Guardian's London-based correspondent for Nigeria; he also covered the Lebanese Civil War, the Ethiopian famine and the Sri Lankan civil war.[2] He changed his name to avoid confusion with another journalist with the same name who was a co-founder of The Leveller magazine.[1]