Dorothy Walker (journalist and writer) explained

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

She has contributed to The Times,^[3] The Sunday Times, The Independent,^[4] The Guardian,^[5] The Daily Telegraph ,^[6] The Evening Standard, The Scotsman and The Mail on Sunday and has been a regular columnist for the Times Educational Supplement.^[7] She wrote a regular column on science and technology for Saga Magazine.

She was voted National Newspaper Technology Journalist of the Year in the BT Technology Awards 1997–98.^[8]

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 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.^[10]

Walker is married to journalist Willy Newlands, former travel editor of the Daily Mail.^[11]

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

Books

• Walker, Dorothy. Education in the Digital Age, Bowerdean (1998).

External links

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/search/results/19845/Dorothy%20WALKER.aspx Debrett’s People of Today – Dorothy Walker profile
2. http://www.journalistdirectory.com/journalist/XXT/Dorothy-Walker/ Journalist Directory – Dorothy Walker
3. http://www.newsint-archive.co.uk/pages/S.asp?pubsel=TIM&SrchText=&DateFromDD=01&DateFromMM=Jan&DateFromYY=1985&DateToDD=31&DateToMM=Dec&DateToYY=2009&ResultListMax=100&head=&byline=Dorothy+Walker&sect=&Caption=&edn=&page=&SortOrder=Desc&SortField=SDate&Submit1=Search&BackDD=Day&BackMM=Month&BackYY=Year&source=thetimes&SortField=Pub&SortOrder=asc&SortField=EDN&SortOrder=asc&SortField=Page&SortOrder=asc&ST=NS&SortSpec=&ResultMaxDocs=100&Site=ALL&Collection=NI&ResultCount=20&summreqd=yes&indexkey=2795158601345231343E150&advsrch=0&QueryText=%28%28Dorothy+Walker%29+%3CIN%3E+byline%29+%3CAND%3E+%28PUB%3DTIM%29+%3CAND%3E+%28%28SDate%3E%3D1%2F1%2F1985%29+%3CAND%3E+%28SDate%3C%3D12%2F31%2F2009%29%29&_P=1 The Times archive: articles by Dorothy Walker for The Times, Interface section
4. https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Dorothy+Walker%22+-Bush+site:www.independent.co.uk&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&ei=XBwqTPu_B5yTONygibMD&start=10&sa=N&filter=0 Articles by Dorothy Walker for The Independent
5. http://browse.guardian.co.uk/search/all/Education/E-learning?search=%22Dorothy+Walker%22&sitesearch-radio=guardian&go-guardian=Search The Guardian archive: articles by Dorothy Walker for The Guardian
6. Walker, Dorothy. “Better value for a higher purchase”, The Daily Telegraph, 9 July 2005
7. http://www.tes.co.uk/searchResults.aspx?area=all&parametrics=&keywords=%22Dorothy+Walker%22&x=25&y=4 TES archive: articles by Dorothy Walker for the Times Educational Supplement
8. "Award for ‘Independent’ writer", The Independent, 17 October 1997
9. Web site: The Society of Authors – Dorothy Walker profile . 2010-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722221710/http://www.societyofauthors.org/profiles/writers/dorothy-walker-newlands . 2011-07-22 . dead .
10. Walker, Dorothy. "Business process re-engineering with legacy systems", Financial Technology Review, Euromoney Publications, Spring 1994
11. http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/search/results/2196/William%20Alexander%20NEWLANDS%20OF%20LAURISTON.aspx Debrett’s People of Today – Willy Newlands profile
12. Miss United Kingdom 1977, BBC Television, 2 September 1977