Ian bell journalist biography examples

          Ian Bell (7 January – 10 December ) was a Scottish journalist and author who won the Orwell Prize for political journalism in...

          By Maurice Smith

          The death of Ian Bell has been accompanied by an outpouring of tributes from across the media in Scotland.

          It is easy to dismiss newspaper headlines, which are by their nature exaggerations made simply for effect.

          But in this case, none of the qualities ascribed to Bell has been overblown: he was indeed one of the finest journalists of his generation, and probably its greatest columnist.

          Bell was an outstanding if bolshie student at Portobello High School, and after graduation and further study in the US, he began a career in newspapers, firstly as a sub-editor at The Scotsman, which was his first and lasting love until he felt driven out by management during a bitter industrial dispute in the late 1980s.

          Some lost their jobs through redundancy.

          Bell was an award-winning political columnist, whose career spanned a host of publications that included the Scotsman, Herald, Sunday Herald.

        1. Ian Bell almost alone amongst Scottish journalists wouldn't put his name to propaganda pieces.
        2. Ian Bell (7 January – 10 December ) was a Scottish journalist and author who won the Orwell Prize for political journalism in
        3. Bell enjoyed a brief period as editor of the Scottish Observer and explored other news platforms as they evolved.
        4. Ian had written a farewell column excoriating Scotland's business community for failing to support the newspaper in sufficient numbers.

          5. Bell walked out of his on principle. He couldn’t bear to witness unfairness, and his black rage about the behaviour of the Scotsman’s then owners did not subside for a long time. His career was rescued, turned round