Helen Pidd

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Helen Pidd
Born1981 (age 4041)
Alma mater University of Edinburgh
Occupation Journalist
Employer The Guardian
Website www.theguardian.com/profile/helenpidd

Helen Pidd (born 1981) is a British foreign correspondent who is a news writer for The Guardian , [1] [2] succeeding Martin Wainwright as the paper's Northern Editor, based in Manchester, in Spring 2013. [3]

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Education and early life

Pidd was born in Hest Bank in Lancaster and went to school in nearby Morecambe. [4] She studied German at the University of Edinburgh before joining The Guardian. While at the university she regularly contributed to The Student newspaper.

Career

In 2002, Pidd co-founded Fest Magazine , an alternative Edinburgh Festival magazine, and also that same year was a runner-up in The Guardian media awards best feature writer section. [5]

she began freelancing for The Guardian before her graduation in 2004. [5] Since joining the paper's staff, she has been the Berlin correspondent and worked briefly in Delhi before moving to Manchester in 2013. [6] She is also the author of Bicycle – Love Your Bike: the Complete Guide to Everyday Cycling. [7]

Awards and honours

While at university, Pidd won Student Journalist of the Year 2002 in The Glasgow Herald's media awards.

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References

  1. Helen Pidd on Twitter OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. Helen Pidd's articles at journalisted.com.
  3. David Prior, "Pidd aims to 'breathe new life' into Guardian coverage", Prolific North, 14 January 2013.
  4. Pidd, Helen (6 June 2019). "nah - i never say I'm from Lancaster. I always say Morecambe cos it's where I went to school and Hest Bank was nearer there. Plus Jon R is actually a bit famous". Twitter.
  5. 1 2 "Profile: Helen Pidd". ed.ac.uk. University of Edinburgh.
  6. Helen Pidd at The Guardian website.
  7. Juttla, Sonia (15 June 2010). "How to get on your bike". telegraph.co.uk. The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 22 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.