Reporter Mollie Brandl-Bowen, who fought Fascism, has died in her late 60s, after a long illness.

Mrs Brandl-Bowen, who had been brought up by foster parents, campaigned for children to be placed with foster parents of the same ethnic background.

She became a journalist, specialising on reporting about deprived children. She won the Margaret Rhondda prize for her work.

Mrs Brandl-Bowen, from Hove, also wrote dozens of children's books and story tapes.

For many years, she was a researcher for the BBC documentary series Man Alive, and worked for Desmond Wilcox who died last week.

She was also a long-serving reporter for the Jewish Chronicle, reporting from Brighton and Hove which have a large Jewish population.

Mollie Brandl-Bowen campaigned relentlessly against Fascist and far Right groups.

She also campaigned for better understanding between people of different religions and had been a member of the local Inter Faith group.

During her long and varied career she interviewed people as diverse as President Sadat of Egypt.

Her husband, Eugene, a violinist, died in 1977.

They had one daughter, Sarah.