Source: Liverpool_Echo
Liverpool ECHO exhibition of Hillsborough coverage unveiled
Exhibition recording how the Liverpool Echo and Liverpool Daily Post reported the Hillsborough disaster 300[LNB]Key Echo staff from 1989 who covered the Disaster will be giving a talk and answering any questions at 1.30pm Wednesday 14th April at the ECHO building, Old Hall St, Liverpool[LNB]AN EXHIBITION charting the ECHO's coverage of the Hillsborough Disaster will be unveiled to mark the 21st anniversary of the tragedy.[LNB]The atrium of the ECHO's Old Hall Street offices has become a gallery for a week to showcase the 96 most crucial stories published in our pages in the days, months and years that followed April 15, 1989.[LNB]Margaret Aspinall of Hillsborough Family Support Group said that after 21 years the old news cuttings still have an important message.[LNB]She said: 'I think it's still educating people.[LNB]'There are a lot of people, especially younger ones, who don't understand.[LNB]'I think it's important for people to be aware, as well, of each stage we've been through to get to today.'[LNB]The exhibition will feature the emergency Sunday Echo that was published on April 16, 1989 - the starting point for our coverage and fight for justice that has continued right through to the recent appointment of a panel to finally review the Hillsborough files.[LNB]Sheila Coleman from the Hillsborough Justice Campaign added: 'In the 21st year after Hillsborough, this exhibition is a fitting tribute not only to the 96 people who were killed but also to the ongoing fight for justice.'[LNB]Long-serving ECHO features writer Paddy Shennan was a 24-year-old district reporter in Knowsley in 1989.
