William Berry (journalist)

William Berry was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, to Margaret Garden and her husband William Berry. Around the year 1847, aged 12 William was apprenticed in the composing room of the Scotsman newspaper. There he gained experience in different aspects of journalism. On 5th of July, 1860 William married Henrietta Younger at Edinburgh. In 1863 William was engaged by the Daily Southern Cross newspaper in Auckland, New Zealand, as a war correspondent. He arrived at Auckland on 26th of January, 1864. He later became a sub-editor on the Southern Cross. In 1868 William resigned from the Southern Cross. From 1868 until 1874 William was an editor of the Thames Advertiser. William moved to Auckland in 1875 as an editor of the New Zealand Herald, and retained this position when it merged with the Southern Cross in 1877. In either 1902 or 1903 William was elected as the president of New Zealand Institute of Journalists. William died on 2nd of October, 1903. Henrietta died on 9th of January, 1918.[1]