Ben Lowry: Sad to see departure of colleagues, including someone who was intrinsic to our news coverage

On page two you might have seen the picture of a departing staff member.

Rod McMurray’s name was rarely in the paper yet, behind the scenes, he was indispensable to our news operation.

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As the editor Alistair Bushe mentions, a number of other fine people are moving on, but I single out Rod in this limited space because our roles were such that we worked closely over the last 12 years.

• Ben Lowry (@BenLowry2) is News Letter deputy editor

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