Andrew Sparrow

Andrew Sparrow is a British journalist[1] and member of the Lobby – the political journalists with privileged access to the Members' Lobby of the House of Commons. He writes a live blog for The Guardian, for which he was nominated for the Orwell Prize in 2010.[2] In 2011 he won The Press Awards for Political Journalist, and was praised for his live general election blog,[3] and in 2012 won the Editorial Intelligence Comment Award for mainstream media blogger.[4] His career in journalism started at the South Wales Echo and he then worked as a political correspondent for other newspapers including the Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph.

Bibliography
  • 2003 Obscure Scribblers: A History of Parliamentary Journalism ISBN 978-1842750612

References
  1. "Andrew Sparrow - The Guardian's 14,000 words a day man", Press Gazette, 10 May 2010
  2. Andrew Sparrow, The Orwell Foundation, 2010
  3. "Press Awards 2011: Guardian wins newspaper of the year". The Press Gazette. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  4. "The late Marie Colvin among seven Times and Sunday Times winners at Comment Awards". The Press Gazette. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2021.


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