Dorothy Walker (journalist and writer)

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

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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]

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