Steven Edwards, who has died aged 67, was a newspaper correspondent whose youthful experience of the 1974 Birmingham IRA bombings inspired a close reckoning with the extremes of human politics, including major coverage of the Rwandan genocide and the detention of Omar Khadr at Guantanamo Bay.

Trained in England, he was an original National Post journalist on&nbsp;a staff that drew heavily from British newspaper talent, a tabloid man gone broadsheet.

British-born Edwards was an original National Post journalist who was the paper’s UN correspondent for many years.{ai:summary}<p>Steven Edwards, a newspaper correspondent who died at 67, was influenced by the 1974 Birmingham IRA bombings. His career included significant coverage of the Rwandan genocide and Omar Khadr's detention at Guantanamo Bay. He was part of the original National Post team.</p><p>Edwards was trained in England and transitioned from tabloid to broadsheet journalism. #history</p>

'A total newshound': Steven Edwards, National Post writer who reported from Ground Zero on 9/11, dead at 67

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