Dorothy Walker (journalist and writer)

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

Biography

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.[3]

She has contributed to The Times,[4] The Sunday Times, The Independent,[5] The Guardian,[6] The Daily Telegraph ,[7] The Evening Standard, The Scotsman and The Mail on Sunday and has been a regular columnist for the Times Educational Supplement.[8] She wrote a regular column on science and technology for Saga Magazine.

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 is Immediate Past Prime Warden of The Worshipful Company of Basketmakers and Under Warden of The Guild of Freemen of the City of London. She is Chair of the Scottish Castles Association and served as Deacon of the Incorporation of Wrights, heading the Glasgow-based charity.

Walker is married to journalist Willy Newlands, former travel editor of the Daily Mail.[10]

Awards and honours

She was voted National Newspaper Technology Journalist of the Year in the BT Technology Awards 1997–98.[11]

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

Books

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

References

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

External links

• Dorothy Walker’s website, Write a Better Bid with Dorothy Walker