For some reason, last week's story about a pipe bomb being left at the front door of Northern Ireland press photographer Mark Pearce didn't make it on to the Media Guardian site.
So I'm putting that right to ensure as many journalists as possible know it happened.
Pearce from Mayobridge, near Newry, Co Down, was woken by police shortly after midnight on Friday (14 December) and told he and his family - including his two children, aged 14 and 12 - must leave because of the device outside his front door. Six homes in their street were also evacuated.
It was five hours before they were allowed to return after army bomb disposal officers had dealt with the bomb. Politicians from Sinn Fein, the SDLP and Alliance parties condemned the attack.
Pearce, who has worked as a photojournalist for more than 20 years, said: "As photographers, we have this ability to distance ourselves from what happened. To a certain degree it does not seem real – but this is real. This is my family, this is my children. It is horrible."
Michelle Stanistreet, general secretary of the National Union of Journalists, said: "The targeting of a journalist in this way is totally unacceptable and we are deeply concerned by this attempt to intimidate journalists."
Sources: The Guardian/Belfast Telegraph/Irish Times/NUJ
