Brian Reade
{{Short description|British journalist and author}}
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Brian Reade is a British journalist and author who writes a weekly opinion column for the Daily Mirror. He was born in Wavertree and grew up in Huyton.
Life and career
He began his journalism career working on the Reading Evening Post in 1980 and became a columnist on the Liverpool Echo in 1990 before moving to the Mirror in 1994.
In 2007, a column in the Daily Mirror by Reade which likened Lord Green and his organisation MigrationWatch UK to the Ku Klux Klan and the Nazi Party led to Green successfully suing for costs and damages.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/nov/26/mirror.medialaw|title = Mirror pays out over Migrationwatch slur|work=The Guardian|date = 26 November 2007}}
In 2023, Sir James Dyson lost a libel claim against the Daily Mirror over an article in which Reade called him "the vacuum-cleaner tycoon who championed Vote Leave due to the economic opportunities it would bring to British industry before moving his global head office to Singapore."{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-67589147|title = Sir James Dyson loses libel claim against Daily Mirror publisher|work=BBC News|date=1 December 2023}}
In 2008, Reade became a presenter on radio station City Talk 105.9 and released his first book, entitled 43 Years with the Same Bird, documenting his life spent following Liverpool F.C.
In 2011, he released a book investigating corruption in football, An Epic Swindle.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/an-epic-swindle-by-brian-reade-2287551.html|title=An Epic Swindle, by Brian Reade – Reviews|last=Redfern|first=Simon|date=22 May 2011|work=The Independent|accessdate=26 June 2012}} In 2021 Reade wrote a third book Diamonds In The Mud about working-class heroes. In 2024 he penned his debut novel Sick Mick.{{cite web | url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/savagely-funny-novel-debut-city-29085719 | title='Savagely funny' novel to debut at city literary festival | date=3 May 2024 }}
Awards
- 2000: The British Press Awards Columnist of the Year{{Cite web|url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/archive-content/british-press-awards-past-winners/|title=British Press Awards: Past winners|work=Press Gazette|date=29 November 2007}}
- 2003: The Sports Journalists' Association Columnist of the Year{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/sja-journalism-awards/past-winners-of-the-sja-journalism-awards/|title=Past winners of the SJA British Sports Journalism Awards}}
- 2012: The British Press Awards Cudlipp Award for Journalistic Excellence (following his two-decade fight for justice for the victims of the Hillsborough disaster.){{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/mar/08/times-newspaper-of-year-press-awards|title=Press Awards: the Times named newspaper of the year|first=Lisa|last=O'Carroll|date=8 March 2013|work=The Guardian}}
- 2014: The British Press Awards Highly Commended Columnist of the Year
- 2017: Society of Editors National Press Awards Feature Writer of the Year{{Cite web|url=https://www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/national-press-awards-winners-announced-2644|title=National Press Awards – winners announced|date=14 March 2018|website=inpublishing.co.uk}}
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Category:British male journalists
Category:Journalists from Liverpool
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