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[edit]
- 2003: Obscure Scribblers: A History of Parliamentary Journalism, Politico's Publishing, ISBN 978-1842750612
References[edit]
- ^ "Andrew Sparrow - The Guardian's 14,000 words a day man". Press Gazette. 10 May 2010.
- ^ "Andrew Sparrow". The Orwell Foundation. 2010.
- ^ McNally, Paul (5 April 2011). "Press Awards 2011: Guardian wins newspaper of the year". Press Gazette. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ Turvill, William (18 October 2012). "The late Marie Colvin among seven Times and Sunday Times winners at Comment Awards". Press Gazette. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
External links[edit]
- Politics live with Andrew Sparrow – his live blog at The Guardian