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Laurence Stern Fellowship
The Stern-Bryan fellowship is an annual summer internship program for British journalists at ''The Washington Post''. The internship was established in honour of ''Post'' journalist, Laurence Stern. A fund for the program is managed by the National Press Foundation. Awardees are selected by the ''Post''. Many program alumni have gone on to national prominence in British journalism. In 2020, the fellowship was renamed the Stern-Bryan fellowship in hour of Felicity Bryan, who started the scheme in 1980. Past winners * 1980 - David Leigh * 1981 - James Naughtie * 1982 - Penny Chorlton * 1983 - Ian Black * 1984 - Mary Ann Sieghart, ''Financial Times'' * 1985 - Lionel Barber, ''Financial Times'' * 1986 - Ewen MacAskill, ''The Scotsman'' * 1987 - Sarah Helm, ''The Independent'' * 1988 - Ed Vulliamy, ''The Guardian'' * 1989 - Adela Gooch, ''The Daily Telegraph'' * 1990 - Keith Kendrick, ''The Birmingham Post'' * 1991 - Liz Hunt, ''The Independent'' * 1992 - Jonathan Freedland, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Washington Post
''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large national audience. Daily broadsheet editions are printed for D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. The ''Post'' was founded in 1877. In its early years, it went through several owners and struggled both financially and editorially. Financier Eugene Meyer purchased it out of bankruptcy in 1933 and revived its health and reputation, work continued by his successors Katharine and Phil Graham (Meyer's daughter and son-in-law), who bought out several rival publications. The ''Post'' 1971 printing of the Pentagon Papers helped spur opposition to the Vietnam War. Subsequently, in the best-known episode in the newspaper's history, reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein led the American press's investigation into what became known as the Watergate scandal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Freedland
Jonathan Saul Freedland (born 25 February 1967) is a British journalist who writes a weekly column for ''The Guardian''. He presents BBC Radio 4's contemporary history series ''The Long View''. Freedland also writes thrillers, mainly under the pseudonym Sam Bourne, and has written a play, ''Jews. In Their Own Words'', performed in 2022 at the Royal Court Theatre, London. Early life The youngest of three children and the only son of a Jewish couple, biographer and journalist Michael Freedland, and Israeli-born Sara Hocherman, he was educated at University College School, a boys' independent school in Hampstead, London. As a child, Freedland periodically accompanied his father for broadcasting work. On one occasion, his father was interviewing Eric Morecambe, who comically assumed the 10 year-old Freedland was married. After a gap year working on a kibbutz in Israel with the Labour Zionist Habonim Dror (where Freedland had been a mentor to Sacha Baron Cohen), he studied Philo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anushka Asthana
Anushka Asthana (born 1980) is a British Indian journalist and television presenter, who is currently deputy political editor of ITV News. Early life Asthana was born in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, and raised in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester. Her parents, both doctors, moved to the United Kingdom from New Delhi, India in the 1970s. Asthana attended the private school Manchester High School for Girls and read economics at St John's College, Cambridge. Career Asthana joined ''The Observer'' as a general reporter in 2003 and spent several months at ''The Washington Post'' in 2006 on the Laurence Stern fellowship. Later she was a political correspondent for ''The Times'' before beginning to work for Sky News in 2013 as a political correspondent. In succession to Patrick Wintour, Asthana was appointed in December 2015 as the joint political editor of ''The Guardian'', in a job share arrangement with Heather Stewart which began in early 2016. From 23 April 2017, Asthana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Coates
Sam Coates is a British journalist. He has worked for Sky News since 2019 as their deputy political editor. Coates previously worked as a newspaper journalist for ''The Times'' from 2000 until 2019. __TOC__ Early life and education Coates studied English and Social & Political Sciences (SPS) at the University of Cambridge. Career ''The Times'' Coates joined ''The Times'' in 2000 as a graduate trainee, working on the diary, foreign desk and as a general reporter. He won the Laurence Stern fellowship in 2005, and worked at ''The Washington Post'' during summer 2005. Coates joined ''The Times'' lobby team in 2005 as Chief Political Correspondent, before being promoted to Deputy Political Editor in November 2010. In 2012, Coates spent a year as banking editor of ''The Times''. During his time working at ''The Times'', he contributed to the 2010 ''The Times Guide to the House of Commons'', and his picture of the 2017 Westminster attack was used on the front cover of the newspap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Belfast Telegraph
The ''Belfast Telegraph'' is a daily newspaper published in Belfast, Northern Ireland, by Independent News & Media. Its editor is Eoin Brannigan. Reflecting its unionist tradition, the paper has historically been "favoured by the Protestant population", while also being read within Catholic nationalist communities in Northern Ireland. History It was first published as the ''Belfast Evening Telegraph'' on 1 September 1870 by brothers William and George Baird. Its first edition cost half a penny and ran to four pages covering the Franco-Prussian War and local news. The evening edition of the newspaper was originally called the "Sixth Late", and "Sixth Late Tele" was a familiar cry made by vendors in Belfast city centre in the past. Local editions were published for distribution to Enniskillen, Dundalk, Newry and Derry. Its competitors are ''The News Letter'' and ''The Irish News'', and local editions of London-based red tops also compete in this market, in some cases selling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'', which do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1966. In general, the political position of ''The Times'' is considered to be centre-right. ''The Times'' is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, such as ''The Times of India'', ''The New York Times'', and more recently, digital-first publications such as TheTimesBlog.com (Since 2017). In countries where these other titles are popular, the newspaper is often referred to as , or as , although the newspaper is of nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daily Mail
The ''Daily Mail'' is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper and news websitePeter Wilb"Paul Dacre of the Daily Mail: The man who hates liberal Britain", ''New Statesman'', 19 December 2013 (online version: 2 January 2014) published in London. Founded in 1896, it is the United Kingdom's highest-circulated daily newspaper. Its sister paper ''The Mail on Sunday'' was launched in 1982, while Scottish and Irish editions of the daily paper were launched in 1947 and 2006 respectively. Content from the paper appears on the MailOnline website, although the website is managed separately and has its own editor. The paper is owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere, a great-grandson of one of the original co-founders, is the current chairman and controlling shareholder of the Daily Mail and General Trust, while day-to-day editorial decisions for the newspaper are usually made by a team led by the editor, Ted Verity, who succeede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathy Newman
Catherine Elizabeth Newman (born 14 July 1974)Campbell, Lisa (20 October 2011)"Cathy Newman, C4 News" ''Broadcast''. . Newman's date of birth is given as "Bastille Day 1974". is an English journalist, and presenter of ''Channel 4 News''. She began her career as a newspaper journalist, and had spells at '' Media Week'', ''The Independent'', the ''Financial Times'' and ''The Washington Post''. She has worked on ''Channel 4 News'' since 2006, initially as a correspondent and, since 2011, as a presenter. In 2018, she released ''Bloody Brilliant Women: The Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention'', a book detailing the lives of women in Britain in the 20th and 21st centuries. In 2020, she released ''It Takes Two: A History of the Couples Who Dared to be Different'', a book about how great pairs, from romantic couples to sworn rivals, have made history. Early life Born in Guildford, Newman is the younger daughter of David Newman and Julia Worsdal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Statesman
The ''New Statesman'' is a British political and cultural magazine published in London. Founded as a weekly review of politics and literature on 12 April 1913, it was at first connected with Sidney and Beatrice Webb and other leading members of the socialist Fabian Society, such as George Bernard Shaw, who was a founding director. Today, the magazine is a print–digital hybrid. According to its present self-description, it has a liberal and progressive political position. Jason Cowley, the magazine's editor, has described the ''New Statesman'' as a publication "of the left, for the left" but also as "a political and literary magazine" with "sceptical" politics. The magazine was founded by members of the Fabian Society as a weekly review of politics and literature. The longest-serving editor was Kingsley Martin (1930–1960), and the current editor is Jason Cowley, who assumed the post in 2008. The magazine has recognised and published new writers and critics, as well as e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Daniel
Caroline Daniel is a British journalist, political commentator and editor of ''FT Weekend''. She was appointed in June 2010 after having spent three years running the ''Financial Times'' comment and analysis pages. In March 2014 she was made consulting editor of FT Live. She is also an FT assistant editor. Education and career Daniel was educated at St. Helen's School in London and at Cambridge University, where she studied history. In 1998, Daniel won the Laurence Stern fellowship to ''The Washington Post''. She joined the ''Financial Times'' in 1999. Before her appointment, she was a writer for the ''New Statesman'' and ''The Economist'', and a researcher for Gordon Brown, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer. Between 2005 and 2007, she was the ''Financial Times White House correspondent, based in Washington D. C., during which time she was a regular panellist on ''The McLaughlin Group'' and on National Public Radio’s Diane Rehm show. Before moving to Chicago in May 2002, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audrey Gillan
Audrey Gillan is a British journalist and screenwriter. Gillan began reporting for ''The Guardian'' in 1998 after seven years with other news organisations. Newspapers Gillan has worked for The Scotsman, The Herald, Scotland on Sunday, the Sunday Telegraph and The Guardian. 2003 Invasion of Iraq Gillan was embedded with the Household Cavalry in Iraq during the invasion phase of Operation Telic. Referring to a subsequent assignment''The Guardian'' described Gillan as having been "given unique access to the Territorial Army in southern Iraq". Gillan described her role in Iraq as that of, "an independent witness, not working for the government." Radio Gillan's six part Falling Tree productionTara and George aired on BBC Radio 4 in 2018. A follow-upBeyond Tara and George went out in February 2019. Previous radio credits include the BBC Radio Scotland productioLife is Sweeties about her mother's life selling sweets, anPioneers and Penguins when she traveled to the Falkland Is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Younge
Gary Andrew Younge , (born January 1969) is a British journalist, author, broadcaster and academic. He was editor-at-large for ''The Guardian'' newspaper, which he joined in 1993. In November 2019, it was announced that Younge had been appointed as professor of sociology at the University of Manchester and would be leaving his post at ''The Guardian'', where he was a columnist for two decades, although he would continue to write for the newspaper.Younge, Gary (10 January 2020"In these bleak times, imagine a world where you can thrive" ''The Guardian''. He also writes for the ''New Statesman''. Younge is the author of the books ''No Place Like Home'' (2002), ''Stranger in a Strange Land'' (2006), ''Who Are We – And Should It Matter in the 21st Century?'' (2011), ''The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream'' (2013) and '' Another Day in the Death of America'' (2016). Early years and education Younge grew up in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, where he was born. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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