Colin James (journalist)

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Colin James
Circumstances
Occupation Journalist
Ethnicity New Zealand European
Notable credit(s) Political columnist of the year in 2003
Official website

Colin James is a New Zealand political journalist and commentator. He is widely renowned as one of New Zealand's best political commentators[citation needed]. He is a life member of the New Zealand Parliament's press gallery.

James writes a weekly column in the New Zealand Herald, Management Magazine, and is often a television and radio commentator. He has formerly been editor of the National Business Review and has also written for the Far Eastern Economic Review.

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[edit] Political views

James believes that as a political commentator he should not vote and has not done so since 1975,[1] and his political views are not publicly known.

[edit] Bibliography

  • Building the Constitution (2000 - editor)
  • The Quiet Revolution published by Allen & Unwin New Zealand Limited in association with Port Nicholson Press, Wellington (1986).
  • New Territory (1992)
  • Covering Elections - A Guide for Journalists

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Colin James, 13 September 2005, "Brash's tax cuts may lose Clark the unlosable election" in The New Zealand Herald. Reproduced as "Can Helen Clark lose the unlosable election?". "I haven't voted since 1975. That, in my view, goes with the job."