Lester Holloway

Lester John Holloway (born 22 July 1970) is a British journalist and editor, as well as a campaigner and local politician.

Career

Born in Shepherd's Bush, London, Holloway began his media career as a reporter for Eastern Eye, a weekly newspaper published by Ethnic Media Group, in 1999. He later became News Editor at The Voice, and was editor of the New Nation newspaper from January 2008 until January 2009,[1] when the paper ceased production due to its parent company Ethnic Media Group going into administration.[2] He was New Media Manager at the campaign group Operation Black Vote between June 2009 and March 2010,[3] and worked for The Runnymede Trust and the TUC, before returning to The Voice as Editor in 2021.

Prior to journalism, Holloway was a local authority councillor (Labour Party) in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, between 1994 and 1998, representing the College Park and Old Oak Ward. He left the Labour Party in 2000 after nine years, and rejoined in 2017.

In 1987, he won the BBC Radio 4/YMCA Best of British Youth Award for his campaign to save an area of natural importance called "Scrubs Wood" [4] in Wormwood Scrubs.[5]

References
  1. "Welcome minoritystudents.net - Justhost.com". Minoritystudents.net. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  2. Paul McNally & Sally Newall, "Potential buyers emerge for New Nation newspaper", Press Gazette, 23 January 2009. Archived 22 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Operation Black Vote's blog". Operationblackvote.wordpress.com. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  5. Lester Holloway, "My letter to Boris Johnson over threat to destroy Scrubs Wood" Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine, 7 September 2013.



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