Editing Simon Cumbers (section)

==Career==
While a student at St Patrick's, he was editor of the school magazine, ''Tuairim''; features writer for ''[[Drogheda Independent]]'', ''Ipswich Evening'' and ''[[Meath Chronicle]]''; and hosted a radio show for Royal County Radio, a local pirate radio station.<ref name=meathchronicle /><ref name=pressgazette>{{cite news|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/simon-cumbers-journalist-and-cameraman/|title=Simon Cumbers: journalist and cameraman|work= [[Press Gazette]]|date = 17 June 2004|access-date = 5 May 2020}}</ref> He started reporting for ''The Weekender''.<ref name=theguardian2>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/jun/07/bbc.iraqandthemedia|title='Loyal and generous of spirit': tributes to Cumbers flood in|author=Cozens, Claire|date = 7 June 2004|access-date = 5 May 2020|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Around the age of 20, he started as a [[rookie]] and advanced to chief reporter for Capitol Radio (now called [[FM104]]) in [[Dublin]], Ireland.<ref name=pressgazette /><ref name=irishtimes1>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/tributes-paid-to-slain-cameraman-1.1143848|title=Tributes paid to slain cameraman|author= Newman, Christine; Beesley, Arthur| date=8 June 2004|access-date = 5 May 2020|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]}}</ref><ref name=irishtimes2 /> In 1990, Cumbers moved to the United Kingdom to work with a variety of British broadcasters, including [[ITN]]'s [[Channel 4 News]], [[Channel 4 Daily]], [[Sky News]], [[Associated Press|APTN]], and the [[BBC]].<ref name=theguardian1 /><ref name=bbc1 /><ref name=cbsnews>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bbc-reporter-shot-critical/|title=BBC Reporter Shot, Critical|date=8 June 2004|access-date= 5 May 2020|work=[[CBS News]]}}</ref> Cumbers worked both as a journalist and a producer. In the late 1990s, he retrained and became a cameraman as well, establishing Locum Productions with his wife and BBC journalist Louise Bevan, to supply camera crews to broadcasters.<ref name=pressgazette /><ref name=bbc2>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4919756.stm|title=BBC man 'was unlawfully killed'|work=[[BBC News]]|date=18 April 2006|access-date=7 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="Locum">{{cite web | url=http://www.locum-productions.com/company_profile.htm | title=Company profile | publisher=Locum Productions Limited | accessdate=23 October 2013}}</ref> Among the stories Cumbers reported on were the 1989 death of [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]] during the [[Romanian Revolution]]; the 1990 release of [[Brian Keenan (writer)|Brian Keenan]] in [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]]; the late 1990s [[Drumcree conflict]]; the [[Good Friday Agreement]] and [[Omagh bombing]] in 1998, the [[Kursk submarine disaster]] in 2000, and the [[2004 Madrid train bombings]].<ref name=pressgazette /><ref name=meathchronicle /><ref name=irishtimes2 /><ref name=bbc2 /> He had also interviewed [[Muammar Gaddafi]] in Libya.<ref name=itv />