Camilla Wright Explained
Camilla Wright |
Birth Date: | 4 December 1970 |
Occupation: | Media owner/consultant |
Camilla Wright (born 4 December 1970) is a British journalist and one of the founders (with then boyfriend Neil Stevenson) and owners of the Popbitch newsletter and website.[1] In 2008 she published a book, Popbitch: Celebrity Excess And Other Monkey Business.[2]
She graduated with a degree in PPE from Oriel College, Oxford in 1992.[1] Before starting university and Popbitch her first job was as a bar promoter in Tenerife. In January 2007 she appeared in the Radio 4 Great Lives series, nominating American war correspondent Martha Gellhorn.[3] In 2011, Wright appeared to give evidence for the Leveson Inquiry into the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press.[4] On Monday 21 December 2015, Wright represented Oriel College on the BBC television show Christmas University Challenge.[5]
Selected publications
- Book: Wright . Camilla . Camilla Wright . Popbitch: Celebrity Excess And Other Monkey Business . Century . London . 2008 . 978-1-84605-382-5.
External links
Notes and References
- News: Aikenhead . Decca . Hot Gossip . 24 December 2011 . . Decca Aitkenhead goes head-to-head with the queen bee of Popbitch . 6 August 2006.
- News: Eyre . Hermione . Close-up: Camilla Wright . https://web.archive.org/web/20120617042347/http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/sunday-review/regulars/closeup-camilla-wright-963930.html . dead . 17 June 2012 . 24 December 2011 . The Independent (website) . 19 October 2008.
- Web site: Martha Gellhorn . . 24 December 2011.
- Web site: Witness Statement of Camilla Wright . Leveson Inquiry into the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press . http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140122165629/http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Witness-Statement-of-Camilla-Wright.pdf . unfit . 2014-01-22 .
- Web site: BBC Media Centres .