Emma Brockes
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| Emma Brockes | |
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| Born | 1975 United Kingdom |
Emma Brockes (born 1975) is a British author and journalist for The Guardian newspaper.
Brockes graduated in 1997 with a first from St Edmund Hall, Oxford University where she was editor of the student newspaper Cherwell and won the Philip Geddes prize for journalism. She worked briefly as feature writer on The Scotsman, before joining The Guardian in 1997. She has been recognised by the British Press Awards three times, taking the 'Young Journalist of the Year' award in 2001 and the 'Feature Writer of the Year' award in 2002, for which she was also nominated in 2006.
As a profile writer, Brockes "tends to write snarky, irreverent first-person profiles of public figures" for The Guardian, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.[1] In 2005, the newspaper published a profile of Noam Chomsky written by Brockes.[2][3][4] The newspaper received numerous complaints that the articles misrepresented Chomsky, including objections from Professor Chomsky himself. The readers editor investigation found in favour of Chomsky and The Guardian withdrew the text from their website, apologised and published an article with corrections and clarifications.[5][6]
The matter was reconsidered by an external ombudsman following letters in support of Brockes from David Aaronovitch, Oliver Kamm and Francis Wheen. The ombudsman decided the apology and correction was merited but felt the withdrawal of the original article was "unnecessary and over responsive".[7]
In 2004 Brockes contributed a short story to the New Writing anthology called Visiting Time.[8] Her first book What Would Barbra Do? [9] was published in 2007. It is an examination of the importance of musicals to Brockes life.
[edit] External links
- What Would Barbra Do?, Brockes' blog about musical theatre.
- Brockes' profile at The Guardian
- Emma Brockes' Website.
[edit] References
- ^ Pearlman, Jonathan. Balkan war of words, The Sydney Morning Herald, November 26, 2005
- ^ Brockes, Emma. "The Greatest Intellectual?", The Guardian, October 31, 2005; the article has since been withdrawn from The Guardian website, but remains available at chomsky.info
- ^ Edwards, David. "Smearing Chomsky - The Guardian in the Gutter", ZNet, November 4, 2005
- ^ Storm Over Brockes' Fakery, CounterPunch, November 5-6, 2005.
- ^ "Corrections and Clarifications", The Guardian, November 17, 2005.
- ^ David Edwards "Smearing Chomsky - The Guardian In The Gutter", November 04, 2005
- ^ Willis, John. "External Ombudsman Report", The Guardian, May 25, 2006.
- ^ Best Laid Plans, British Council, retrieved 1 September 2009
- ^ "What Would Barbra Do?" Transworld Publishers Ltd. (2007) ISBN 0593055144
