Christopher Wenner

Christopher Wenner
Wenner in 2019
Born
Max Christopher Wenner[1]

(1954-12-06)6 December 1954
Kensington, West London, England[2][3]
Died28 October 2021(2021-10-28) (aged 66)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Other namesMax Stahl[4]
CitizenshipTimor-Leste
EducationStonyhurst College, Lancashire
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Television presenter
War correspondent
Journalist
Known forBlue Peter
Channel 4 News (ITN)
(international war coverage)
Children4

Max Christopher Wenner, known as Christopher Wenner and later as Max Stahl[5] (6 December 1954 – 28 October 2021), was a British journalist and television presenter. He was best known for filming an East Timorese demonstration and its aftermath that became known as the Santa Cruz massacre. His coverage of East Timor's struggle for independence is listed in Unesco's Memory of the World register as a "turning point" in the birth of a new nation.[6]

  1. ^ "Max Stahl: Blue Peter host and film-maker who captured East Timor struggle dies". BBC News. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  2. ^ Martins, Filomeno (29 October 2021). "Horta: Max Stahl is forever part of our fighting story". Tatoli. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Obituary: Christopher Wenner, former Blue Peter presenter who became a war correspondent". independent.ie. Telegraph Media Group. 31 October 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  4. ^ Sylvia Lawson (1 August 2012). Demanding the Impossible. Melbourne Univ. Publishing. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-522-85485-5. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  5. ^ Paul R. Bartrop; Steven Leonard Jacobs (17 December 2014). Modern Genocide: The Definitive Resource and Document Collection [4 volumes]. Abc-Clio. ISBN 9781610693646. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Christopher Wenner obituary". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 23 February 2022.

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