Editors Guild mourns Prabhash Joshi's demise

The Editors Guild of India today mourned the untimely demise of veteran journalist Prabhash Joshi and described him as one of the pioneers of Hindi journalism.

"Joshi was one of the active member of the Guild who had strived hard throughout his career in journalism to uphold freedom of the press and worked for perfecting professional standards," the Guild said in a statement.

"He was one of the pioneers of Hindi journalism who introduced new styles of writing both in political and sports fields," it said. Joshi,72, died of a heart attack here last night.