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 a Past Prime Warden (Master) of The Worshipful Company of Basketmakers and has served as a Director of The Guild of Freemen of the City of London, establishing and chairing the Guild’s Membership Committee. She is Chair of The Scottish Castles Association[10] 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.[11] They restored Lauriston Castle, Aberdeenshire, in the late Eighties with the help of architect Ian Begg.[12]

Awards and honours

She was voted National Newspaper Technology Journalist of the Year in the BT Technology Awards 1997–98.[13]

Walker was first runner-up to Miss United Kingdom in 1977.[14]

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
  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. ^ Scottish Castles Association – Council Members https://scotlandscastles.org/about/council-members/
  11. ^ Debrett’s People of Today – Willy Newlands profile Archived July 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ The Buildings of Scotland, Aberdeenshire South and Aberdeen, Joseph Sharples, David W. Walker and Matthew Woodworth (Founding Editors: Nikolaus Pevsner & Colin McWilliam) (Yale University Press, 2015).
  13. ^ "Award for ‘Independent’ writer", The Independent, 17 October 1997
  14. ^ Miss United Kingdom 1977, BBC Television, 2 September 1977
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