Andrew Sparrow

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Andrew Sparrow is a British journalist[1] and member of the Lobby – the political journalists with privileged access to the Members' Lobby of the House of Commons. He writes a live blog for The Guardian, for which he was nominated for the Orwell Prize in 2010.[2] In 2011 he won The Press Awards for Political Journalist, and was praised for his live general election blog,[3] and in 2012 won the Editorial Intelligence Comment Award for mainstream media blogger.[4] His career in journalism started at the South Wales Echo and he then worked as a political correspondent for other newspapers including the Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph.

Bibliography

  • 2003 Obscure Scribblers: A History of Parliamentary Journalism ISBN 978-1842750612

References

  1. ^ "Andrew Sparrow - The Guardian's 14,000 words a day man", Press Gazette, 10 May 2010
  2. ^ Andrew Sparrow, The Orwell Foundation, 2010
  3. ^ "Press Awards 2011: Guardian wins newspaper of the year". The Press Gazette. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  4. ^ "The late Marie Colvin among seven Times and Sunday Times winners at Comment Awards". The Press Gazette. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2021.

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