Hella Pick, pioneering Guardian journalist, dies aged 96

Former colleagues pay tribute to Pick, who broke into male-dominated world of foreign affairs journalism in 1950s

Hella Pick, the Guardian’s esteemed and pioneering former foreign correspondent and diplomatic editor, has died at the age of 96.

Her career spanned more than seven decades, during which she covered geopolitical upheavals and tectonic shifts in global power, and met numerous world leaders. Her last article, on the war in Gaza, was published in January.