Amelia Sophie Gentleman[a] (born 1972) is a British journalist. She is a reporter for The Guardian, and won the Paul Foot Award in 2018 for reporting the Windrush scandal.[2]
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| Born | 1972 (age 51–52) London, England |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | The Guardian |
| Spouse | [1] |
| Children | 2 |
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Early life and education
editBorn in London in 1972,[3] Gentleman is the daughter of the artist David Gentleman[4] and his second wife Susan Evans, daughter of George Ewart Evans.[5]
Gentleman was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, an independent day school,[6] before studying Russian and History at Wadham College, Oxford.[1][7]
Career
editEarlier in her career, Gentleman was the New Delhi correspondent for the International Herald Tribune and the Paris and Moscow correspondent for The Guardian.[8] Since 2009, she has been in London, writing features for The Guardian, mainly looking at the impact of government policy.[7]
For six months, Gentleman worked for The Guardian on the story of the Windrush scandal, the deportation of people originally from British colonies in the Caribbean, or elsewhere in the Commonwealth,[9] who legally had a right of residence in the UK. According to Sara El-Harrak, writing for the openDemocracy website, the issue had previously been neglected by the British media.[10] The scandal broke in April 2018 and within weeks led to the resignation of the Conservative Home Secretary, Amber Rudd.[11] Gentleman won the 2018 Paul Foot Award for her work on the Windrush story.[12] She was also named as the Political Studies Association's journalist of the year for 2018, with Carole Cadwalladr,[13] and as journalist of the year in the British Journalism Awards, 2018.[14]
Personal life
editGentleman met Jo Johnson, former MP for Orpington, while at Oxford University in 1991. They married in 2005 and live in Camden. The couple have two children.[1][15]
Awards
edit- 2007 Amnesty International Hong Kong Human Rights Press Awards[8]
- 2007 Ramnath Goenka Prize for Best Foreign Correspondent[8]
- 2010 Press Awards Feature Writer of the Year[16]
- 2012 Orwell Prize Winner for Journalism[17][18]
- 2017 Press Awards Specialist Journalist of the Year[19]
- 2018
- Paul Foot Award[12]
- Political Studies Association Journalist of the Year (joint award with Carole Cadwalladr)
- Journalist of the Year, British Journalism Awards[20][21]
- 2019
- The Cudlipp award for Windrush investigation[22]
- The Amnesty impact award for Windrush investigation[23]
- Print journalist of the year, London press club[24]
- Sue Lloyd Roberts media award, in association with UNHCR and Migrants Organise[25]
- Best campaigning/investigative journalism, Drum online media awards[26][27]
Books
edit- The Windrush Betrayal, Exposing the Hostile Environment, Guardian Faber, longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2019[28]
Notes
edit- ^ Gentleman's correct title, by marriage, is The Right Honourable The Lady Johnson of Marylebone; however she does not use this title.
References
edit- ^ a b c ES news (4 October 2011). "The Johnson supremacy". London Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "Profile: Amelia Gentleman". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 11 December 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ firefly.org.uk
- ^ Killen, Mary (March 2015). "Boris Johnson's mother on her brilliant brood". Tatler. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "Gentleman, David (William)". Who's Who 2017. Oxford University Press. 2017. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.16933. ISBN 9780199540884.
- ^ "Oxford's diversity strategy: portraits of privileged white women replace portraits of privileged white men". The Spectator. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Changing faces: Amelia Gentleman". Alumni news. Wadham College, Oxford. 1 February 2016. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ a b c "2010 Journalism Prize Short List: Amelia Gentleman". The Orwell Foundation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ Bush, Stephen (25 April 2018). "Why Amber Rudd Won't Suggest Real Solutions to the Worsening Windrush Scandal". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ El-Harrak, Sara (17 April 2018). "The Windrush generation and the long history of not being quite 'British' enough". openDemocracy. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Amber Rudd's resignation throws Theresa May's government into crisis". The Economist. 30 April 2018. Archived from the original on 2 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ a b "The Paul Foot Award 2018". Private Eye. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ Rawlinson, Kevin (27 November 2018). "Amelia Gentleman and Carole Cadwalladr win joint journalist of the year award". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ Amelia Gentleman named journalist of the year Archived 2 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine in The Guardian, 11 December 2018.
- ^ Rayner, Gordon (25 April 2013). "Profile: Jo Johnson, the sensible sibling who might beat Boris to the job he covets most". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "2010 Press Awards Winners". The Press Awards. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "2012 Journalism Prize Winner: Amelia Gentleman". The Orwell Foundation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "Afghan war book wins Orwell Prize for political writing". BBC News. 23 May 2012. Archived from the original on 6 November 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "2016 Press Awards Winners". The Press Awards. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ Rawlinson, Kevin (11 December 2018). "Guardian's Amelia Gentleman named journalist of the year". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ Mayhew, Freddy (10 December 2018). "British Journalism Awards 2018: FT takes top prize, Amelia Gentleman named Journalist of the Year + full list of winners". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ Guardian staff (3 April 2019). "National Press Awards: Guardian and Observer win for Windrush and Cambridge Analytica". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "Amnesty Media Awards 2019 winners announced". Amnesty International UK. 3 April 2019. Archived from the original on 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "Guardian and Observer win three London Press Club Awards". The Guardian. 1 May 2019. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ Bralo, Zrinka (12 March 2019). "Women On The Move Awards Ceremony #IWD2019". Migrants Organise. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ https://www.onlinemediaawards.net Archived 19 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine /online-media-awards/the-drum-online-media-awards-2019#95210
- ^ GNM press office (1 May 2019). "Guardian wins four Drum Online Media Awards". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "2019". The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
