Tributes continue to pour in for the veteran journalist and former Rand Daily Mail and Sunday Times editor, Raymond Louw. The Professional Journalists Association of South Africa (ProJourn) has described Louw as a wordsmith and one of the best journalists. ProJourn administration secretary Michael Schmidt says Oom Ray as he was affectionately known, was always at the fore-front of defending people's right to speak up and make their opinion heard. Schmidt says Louw was never a fan of what he termed - grab and chop style of reporting as seen today. He says the passing away of Louw yesterday* happens at the time when the media industry is faced with many challenges including the rapid rise of social media and fake news.