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, Politico's Publishing, ISBN 978-1842750612