Dorothy Walker (journalist and writer)

Dorothy Walker is a British journalist and author. [1] [2]

She has contributed to The Times,[3] The Sunday Times, The Independent, [4] The Guardian,[5] The Daily Telegraph ,[6] The Evening Standard, The Scotsman and The Mail on Sunday and has been a regular columnist for the Times Educational Supplement.[7] She wrote a regular column on science and technology for Saga Magazine.

She was voted National Newspaper Technology Journalist of the Year in the BT Technology Awards 1997–98.[8]

Dorothy is author of Education in the Digital Age, a front-line report on the impact of information technology (IT) in education. She is a member of The Society of Authors.[9]

She was educated at the Institute of Archaeology, University of London, where she gained a degree in archaeology. Her early career was in financial software in the City of London.[10]

Dorothy is married to journalist Willy Newlands, former travel editor of the Daily Mail. [11]

Dorothy was first runner-up to Miss United Kingdom in 1977.[12]

References
  1. Debrett’s People of Today – Dorothy Walker profile Archived July 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Journalist Directory – Dorothy Walker
  3. The Times archive: articles by Dorothy Walker for The Times, Interface section
  4. Articles by Dorothy Walker for The Independent
  5. The Guardian archive: articles by Dorothy Walker for The Guardian
  6. Walker, Dorothy. “Better value for a higher purchase”, The Daily Telegraph, 9 July 2005
  7. TES archive: articles by Dorothy Walker for the Times Educational Supplement
  8. "Award for ‘Independent’ writer", The Independent, 17 October 1997
  9. "The Society of Authors – Dorothy Walker profile". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
  10. Walker, Dorothy. "Business process re-engineering with legacy systems", Financial Technology Review, Euromoney Publications, Spring 1994
  11. Debrett’s People of Today – Willy Newlands profile Archived July 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  12. Miss United Kingdom 1977, BBC Television, 2 September 1977

Books
  • Walker, Dorothy. Education in the Digital Age, Bowerdean (1998). ISBN 978-0-906097-89-2
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