article_title name occupation nationality
chris bascombe
 chris bascombe sports journalist british
chris bascombe

chris bascombe is a north west football reporter for the `` daily telegraph '' .
bascombe worked at the `` liverpool echo '' for seven years , whilst there he won sports writer of the year in the north west for five successive years .
he is also the recipient of the ` merseyside journalist of the year ' and the ` sports journalist of the year ' award at the `` merseyside media network journalism award '' .
he was presented the award by bill kenwright .
in 2007 bascombe moved to the `` news of the world '' .
the move angered some liverpool fans as the paper was the sunday stablemate of `` the sun '' newspaper , boycotted in liverpool following its coverage of the hillsborough disaster .
when some fans made violent threats to bascombe , he received support from other fans and the football club , whilst the attack was described by roy greenslade in `` the guardian '' as `` frankly stupid '' and `` completely at odds with the facts '' following the closure of the `` news of the world '' , bascombe joined the `` daily telegraph '' in 2011 .
bascombe was the ghostwriter of jamie carragher 's autobiography `` carra '' .
