{"id":23,"date":"2013-04-20T11:45:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-20T11:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/louisedoughty.com\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2024-02-27T11:03:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T11:03:20","slug":"journalism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/louisedoughty.com\/index.php\/journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Journalism<\/h1>\n<p>Louise Doughty has worked as a freelance critic, columnist, feature writer and cultural commentator for numerous newspapers and magazines. \u00a0She began reviewing books for\u00a0<em>The Literary Review<\/em> and\u00a0<em>Times Literary Supplement\u00a0<\/em>before becoming a feature writer for\u00a0<em>The Guardian<\/em> and\u00a0<em>Independent,\u00a0<\/em>the theatre critic of the\u00a0<em>Mail on Sunday<\/em> and a books columnist for <i>The Daily Telegraph&#8217;s\u00a0<\/i>Saturday Review section.<\/p>\n<p>A sample of her features includes:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why I Ran Away From Home at 60&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12935957\/After-25-years-juggling-domestic-duties-dazzling-career-bestselling-novelist-LOUISE-DOUGHTY-yearned-escape-brutally-honest-account-reveals-ran-away-home-60-too.html\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Made in&#8230; Melton Mowbray<\/strong> column for the\u00a0<em>Guardian <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2019\/sep\/14\/louise-doughty-made-in-melton-mowbray\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Novelry blog on writing Platform Seven <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenovelry.com\/blog\/louise-doughty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>17,000 islands of imagination<\/strong>: why is so little Indonesian literature translated into English? \u00a0Louise Doughty&#8217;s essay for <em>Guardian Review<\/em>. \u00a0Read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2016\/may\/28\/why-isnt-more-indonesia-literature-translated-english\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;m a mum but&#8230;<\/strong>: on travelling to dangerous places, for the\u00a0<em>Telegraph Weekend<\/em>. \u00a0Read it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/women\/family\/im-a-mum-but-i-still-love-reckless-adventures\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>History repeating: <\/strong>violent attacks on Gypsies in Italy, along with attempts to remove Travellers&#8217; homes across Europe, have struck fear into the heart of the Roma community\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2008\/sep\/16\/roma.race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>After the Flood<\/strong>:\u00a0Louise Doughty travelled to Sri Lanka in the wake of the tsunami to talk to the island&#8217;s writers.\u00a0<em>The Guardian<\/em>. \u00a0<em id=\"__mceDel\">Read it\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/books.guardian.co.uk\/review\/story\/0,,1445157,00.html\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sid, my Saviour<\/strong>: Louise Doughty investigates the role of police Family Liaison Officers. \u00a0<em>The Guardian,\u00a0<\/em>September 2010. \u00a0Read it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/lifeandstyle\/2010\/sep\/18\/police-family-liaison-officers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rereading Courtroom Dramas<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>The Guardian<\/em>, June 2013. Read it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2013\/jun\/21\/rereading-louise-doughty-courtroom-dramas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read about how Doughty wrote\u00a0<em>Fires in the Dark<\/em>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/books.guardian.co.uk\/departments\/generalfiction\/story\/0,,1173624,00.html\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newhumanist.org.uk\/volume119issue2_more.php?id=591_0_26_0_C\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read about how she wrote\u00a0<i>Stone Cradle<\/i>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/enjoyment.independent.co.uk\/books\/features\/article362612.ece\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journalism Louise Doughty has worked as a freelance critic, columnist, feature writer and cultural commentator for numerous newspapers and magazines. \u00a0She began reviewing books for\u00a0The Literary Review and\u00a0Times Literary Supplement\u00a0before becoming a feature writer for\u00a0The Guardian and\u00a0Independent,\u00a0the theatre critic of the\u00a0Mail on Sunday and a books columnist for The Daily Telegraph&#8217;s\u00a0Saturday Review section. 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