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]
Walker 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]
Walker is married to journalist Willy Newlands, former travel editor of the Daily Mail.[11]
Walker was first runner-up to Miss United Kingdom in 1977.[12]
Books edit
- Walker, Dorothy. Education in the Digital Age, Bowerdean (1998). ISBN 978-0-906097-89-2
References edit
- ^ Debrett’s People of Today – Dorothy Walker profile Archived July 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Journalist Directory – Dorothy Walker
- ^ The Times archive: articles by Dorothy Walker for The Times, Interface section[permanent dead link]
- ^ Articles by Dorothy Walker for The Independent
- ^ The Guardian archive: articles by Dorothy Walker for The Guardian
- ^ Walker, Dorothy. “Better value for a higher purchase”, The Daily Telegraph, 9 July 2005
- ^ TES archive: articles by Dorothy Walker for the Times Educational Supplement
- ^ "Award for ‘Independent’ writer", The Independent, 17 October 1997
- ^ "The Society of Authors – Dorothy Walker profile". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
- ^ Walker, Dorothy. "Business process re-engineering with legacy systems", Financial Technology Review, Euromoney Publications, Spring 1994
- ^ Debrett’s People of Today – Willy Newlands profile Archived July 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Miss United Kingdom 1977, BBC Television, 2 September 1977
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