Posted on March 25, 2015 by The Orwell Prize -
Suzanne Moore is a columnist for The Guardian. She has written for The Mail on Sunday, The Daily Mail, The Independent, and the New Statesman over the course of her career. She stood as an independent parliamentary candidate in the 2010 general election.
Articles submitted
In the tawdry benefits debate, no politician speaks of moral obligations – so I will – The Guardian, 05/02/2014 My old council flat sold for half a million – this madness can’t end well – The Guardian, 02/04/2014 This politics of denial over immigration is feeding a growing inhumanity – The Guardian, 20/10/2014 Jeremy Clarkson and Ukip are not mavericks, but the bullying face of the establishment – The Guardian, 07/05/2014 Poor children are seen as worthless, as Rotherham’s abuse scandal shows – The Guardian, 27/08/2014 The Scottish independence debate has given politicians what they say they want – engagement – The Guardian, 10/09/2014
Posted on March 25, 2015 by The Orwell Prize -
Melanie Phillips is a British journalist, broadcaster and author. Her weekly column, which is currently appearing in The Times, has appeared over the years in The Guardian, Observer, Sunday Times and Daily Mail. She has a weekly radio show on Voice of Israel, is a regular panellist on BBC Radio’s The Moral Maze and appears frequently on BBC TV’s signature political shows Question Time and The Daily Politics. She also writes regularly for the Jewish Chronicle and the Jerusalem Post. Her best-selling book Londonistan was published in 2006. She followed this in 2010 with The World Turned Upside Down: the Global Battle over God, Truth and Power. Guardian Angel, her most recent book, was published in 2013. Taken from melaniephillips.com
Articles Submitted
The peace process can’t deliver true justice (£) – The Times, 05/05/2014 UKIP isn’t a protest, it’s a counter-revolution (£) – The Times, 26/05/2014 Forget ISIS. Iran remains our deadliest foe (£) – The Times, 23/06/2014 Keep the censor away from lessons of history (£) – The Times, 30/06/2014 Israel abandoned – The Spectator, 19/07/2014 The murder of Christians is our guilty secret (£) – The Times, 17/11/2014
Posted on March 25, 2015 by The Orwell Prize -
David Pilling is the Asia editor of the Financial Times. He was previously Tokyo Bureau Chief for the FT from January 2002 to August 2008. His column ranges over business, investment, politics and economics. He joined the FT in 1990. He has worked in London as an editor, in Chile and Argentina as a correspondent and covered the global pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. Taken from FT.com
Articles Submitted
Bigger, richer, better? How GDP has become a global obsession (£) – Financial Times, 05/07/2014 Japan’s old age story (£) – Financial Times, 18/01/2014 Ten days that shook Hong Kong (£) – Financial Times, 11/10/2014 Did you hear the one about the generals? (£) – Financial Times, 04/10/2014
Posted on March 25, 2015 by The Orwell Prize -
Rebecca’s work has been published by the Dominion of New York, the Guardian, the New Statesman, the Washington Post, the New Internationalist, the Independent, and Kvinfo. She is a Winston Churchill Travel Fellow, and spent her fellowship reporting on immigration and asylum in Greece, Italy, Spain, France and the UK. Rebecca is writer in residence at Lacuna, a new human rights magazine. She has also worked as an editorial assistant and special correspondent in the Washington Post’s London office, and as a business journalist writing and reporting on private finance initiatives for the Partnerships Bulletin magazine. Taken from Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi
Articles submitted
- Refugee women in the UK: fighting back from behind bars – People on the Move, Open Democracy, 24/02/2014
- Rats in the lunchbox, mould in the mattress: living in squalor in London – Our Kingdom, Open Democracy, 14/05/2014
- Down the Rabbit Hole: single parenthood in austerity Britain – Lacuna, 23/05/2014
- How to build a law centre – Lacuna, 18/07/2014
- Black and Dangerous – Our Kingdom, Open Democracy, 30/09/2014
- Politicians like Calais’ mayor should stop telling tales – New Statesman, 30/10/2014
Posted on March 25, 2015 by The Orwell Prize -
Kim Sengupta is the Defence and Diplomatic Correspondent for The Independent. He covers international and domestic news and his extensive reporting from around the world has included many of the major conflicts in recent times.
Articles submitted
Tortured Ukrainian’s widow mourns as Russia vows to defend its interests – The Independent, 24/04/2014 ‘A maelstrom of bombs, missiles and chaos’ – The Independent, 15/08/2014 Gunfire, paranoia and football on the base that plays host to two armies – The Independent, 05/03/2014 The Odessa file: how a cultural melting pot boiled over into sectarian strife – The Independent, 08/05/2014 Ukraine: the storm breaks – The Independent, 10/05/2014 Four months after the bombardment, Gaza’s wounds are yet to heal – The Independent, 22/12/2014
Posted on March 25, 2015 by The Orwell Prize -
Clare Sambrook is a novelist, freelance journalist and a founder of the citizens’ campaign
End Child Detention Now. Clare is a coeditor of OurKingdom, the UK section of OpenDemocracy where she runs the Shine A Light project. In 2010 she won both the Paul Foot Award and the Bevins Prize for outstanding investigative journalism. Taken from claresambrook.com
Articles submitted
The racist texts: What the Mubenga trial jury was not told – Open Democracy, 17/12/2014 Fail and prosper: how privatisation really works – Open Democracy, 06/03/2014 Nice work: G4S wins $118 million Guantánamo contract – Open Democracy, 12/08/2014 Gove’s own Operation Trojan Horse: the privatisation of our schools – Open Democracy, 16/07/2014 Man, 84, dies handcuffed in hospital: UK border control by the GEO Group – Open Democracy, 16/01/2014 One Man, Two Guvnors: the conflict at the heart of British justice – Open Democracy, 09/07/2014
Posted on March 25, 2015 by The Orwell Prize -
Peter Ross is a journalist based in Glasgow and the author of Daunderlust – Dispatches From Unreported Scotland, which was published in 2014. He writes for The Guardian and Scotland on Sunday.
Articles submitted
- From canny scepticism to our chance to dream – Scotland on Sunday, 24/08/2014
- Two to tango or last waltz – Scotland on Sunday, 31/08/2014
- It Could Be Us – Scotland on Sunday, 07/09/2014
- Growing pains – Scotland on Sunday, 14/09/2014 Tears and loathing – Scotland on Sunday, 21/09/2014
Posted on March 25, 2015 by The Orwell Prize -
Mary Riddell is a columnist and political interviewer for the Daily Telegraph. She studied modern languages at Nottingham University and began her journalistic career in Lincolnshire, Oxford and Aberdeen before moving to London. Her previous jobs include women’s editor and assistant editor of the Daily Mirror and deputy editor of Today. Taken from telegraph.co.uk
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Posted on March 25, 2015 by The Orwell Prize -
Established as one of the most influential political commentators in the country, Steve Richards became The Independent’s chief political commentator in 2000 having been political editor of the New Statesman. He presents Radio 4’s Week in Westminster. Taken from The Independent
Articles submitted
Our Political Landscape – The Independent, 24/11/2014 Tony Blair Cannot Say Iraq Was A Mistake – The Independent, 16/06/2014 Hysteria, Vilification, A Spurious Victim – The Independent, 21/11/2014 The Real Reason Cameron Struggles To Be A Winner – The Independent, 15/12/2014 Could The Real Theresa May Stand Up? – The Independent, 21/12/2014 Our Public Services Are In Decline – Can We Change Track? – The Independent, 30/12/2014
Posted on May 21, 2014 by The Orwell Prize -
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad is an Iraqi journalist, who has reported from Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and Libya. He is a Guardian foreign correspondent, and writes regularly for the London Review of Books.
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Posted on May 21, 2014 by The Orwell Prize -
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad is an Iraqi journalist, who has reported from Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and Libya. He is a Guardian foreign correspondent, and writes regularly for the London Review of Books. Articles submitted How to Start a Battalion (in Five Easy Lessons) – London Review of Books, 21/02/2013 Diary – London Review of Books, 08/08/2013 Syria’s oilfields create surreal battle lines amid chaos and tribal loyalties – the Guardian, 25/06/2013 Syria’s al-Nusra Front – ruthless, organised and taking control – the Guardian, 10/07/2013 ‘Syria is not a revolution any more – this is civil war’ – the Guardian, 18/11/2013 Ghaith Abdul-Ahad on twitter
Posted on March 26, 2014 by The Orwell Prize -
Anthony Loyd is a war correspondent who writes regularly for The Times and contributes to other publications, including Standpoint. He has written two books about his experiences in war zones in Chechnya, Yugoslavia, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Iraq: My War Gone by, I Miss it So and Another Bloody Love Letter. He was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for journalism in 2010.
Submitted Articles
Posted on March 26, 2014 by The Orwell Prize -
Posted on March 26, 2014 by The Orwell Prize -
Paul Wood is the World Affairs Correspondent for the BBC. He was previously the defence and Middle East correspondent.
Submitted articles
In Syria, Facing Danger From All Sides – Committee to Protect Journalists annual review, 01/02/2013 Face-to-face with Abu Sakkar, Syria’s ‘heart-eating cannibal’ – BBC Online, 05/07/2013 Syria: The Nusra Front – BBC Online, 17/01/2013 Sharia spreads in Syria – BBC Online, 02/07/2013 Syria: a corrupted revolution – The Spectator, 04/05/2013 Assad now has the enemy he wants – The Spectator, 05/10/2013
Posted on March 26, 2014 by The Orwell Prize -
Mary Riddell is a columnist for Daily Telegraph. A former deputy editor of Today, she has written for a number of national newspapers, including The Observer, on social, constitutional and foreign affairs, as well as covering criminal justice and Westminster politics. Her writing awards include Interviewer of the Year in the British Press Awards and a commendation in the feature-writing category. She has twice been named legal journalist of the year by the Bar Council and has previously been shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Journalism (2008).
Submitted articles
Titanium Ed And The Iron Lady – Daily Telegaph, 16/04/2013 Is Ed Miliband caught in a trap on Syria? – Daily Telegraph, 18/06/2013 The NHS is not a creaking relic – Daily Telegraph, 16/07/2013 The housing crisis needs new towns – Daily Telegraph, 15/10/2013 The silent majority and immigration – Daily Telegraph, 12/10/2013 What Obama’s deal with Iran can teach us – Daily Telegraph, 26/11/2013
Posted on March 26, 2014 by The Orwell Prize -
Gideon Rachman became chief foreign affairs columnist for the Financial Times in July 2006. He joined the FT after a 15-year career at The Economist, which included spells as a foreign correspondent in Brussels, Washington and Bangkok. He also edited The Economist’s business and Asia sections. His particular interests include American foreign policy, the European Union and globalisation. He is the author of Zero-Sum World, published by Atlantic Books in November 2010. He was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for journalism in 2011.
Submitted articles
America cannot live so carelessly forever – Financial times, 07/10/2013 Staying out of Syria is the bolder call for Obama – Financial Times, 13/05/2013 The Chinese dream is Smothered by Toxic Fog – Financial Times, 06/05/2013 Germany is a vegetarian in a world full of carnivores – Financial Times, 09/09/2013 Why I switched sides in the UK’s civil war over Europe – Financial Times, 20/05/2013 The Shadow of 1914 falls over the Pacific – Financial Times, 06/02/2013 Gideon Rachman on Twitter
Posted on March 26, 2014 by The Orwell Prize -
Peter Oborne is a journalist and author who joined the Telegraph in 2010 after writing for some years for the Daily Mail. He has also written for The Spectator,Prospect, The Observer, The Independent, the Evening Standard and the Sunday Mirror. His books include The Rise of Political Lying and The Triumph of the Political Class, and biographies of Alastair Campbell and Basil D’Oliveira, the latter being named the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2004. He was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2009.
Submitted articles
George Osborne can’t claim credit for IDS’s virtuous reform – The Telegraph, 07/04/2013 This is a state funeral, and that’s a mistake – The Telegraph, 11/04/2013 Is Interpol fighting for truth and justice, or helping the villains? – The Telegraph, 23/05/2013 Conservative radicalism can go too far – The Telegraph, 9/06/2013 Britain betrays its values in its response to the Egyptian coup – The Telegraph, 11/07/2013 Ed Miliband is proving himself to be a brave and adroit leader – The Telegraph, 19/09/2013
Posted on March 26, 2014 by The Orwell Prize -
Caitlin Moran is a critic and columnist for the Times. She has won a number of awards for her journalism, including the 2010 British Press Awards for best columnist. Her first book, HOW TO BE A WOMAN, was published in 2011.
Submitted articles
I Am A Product Of Welfare UK – The Times, 13th April 2013 The Rats, Riots & Sad Silent Queues: my life under Thatcher – The Times, April 15th 2013 Ironic Bigotry – Not Big, Not Clever – The Times, March 16th 2013 The Bedroom Tax Is An Attack On Society – The Times, October 6th 2013 My Response To The Crisis In Syria – The Times, September 14th 2013 Why Female Genital Mutilation Must End – The Times, August 10th 2013 Caitlin Moran on twitter
