Deborah Ross (journalist)

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Deborah Ross is a British journalist and author. Her work has appeared regularly in The Independent , [1] the Daily Mail , and The Spectator . She is a columnist and feature writer for The Times .

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In 2012, she was awarded broadsheet Interviewer of the Year in British Press Awards for her work in The Independent, [2] and had previously been nominated for the award in 2006. [3]

Personal life

Ross has a sibling, [4] a daughter and a son. [5]

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References

  1. "Deborah Ross". The Independent. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  2. "Mail titles clean up at The Press Awards - all the winners". Press Gazette. 20 December 2013. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. Steve Busfield (20 March 2006). "British Press Awards as they happened ..." The Guardian . Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  4. Ross, Deborah (3 March 2022). "Sorry, landline - I am breaking up with you. We've been living apart". Times. No. 2. London. p. 2. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  5. Ross, Deborah (28 November 2012). "If you ask me...My family means business and as housewife and mother that makes me its CEO". Independent. London. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  6. Review of Justin Chadwick's Mandela : long walk to freedom .