Jude Rogers

Jude Rogers (born 1978)[1] is a Welsh[2] journalist and lecturer who is a music critic for The Guardian.[3] She also regularly writes features and articles for The Observer,[4] New Statesman[5] and women's magazines such as Red.[6] Her articles have also been published by The Times and by BBC Music[7] and she broadcasts on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4 and BBC 6 Music.[4] She is a senior lecturer in journalism at London Metropolitan University.[4][8]

Early life and education

She was born and bred in two villages near Swansea,[9][10] where she went to comprehensive school.[11] In 1997 Rogers became president of the student union at Wadham College, Oxford.[11] She has an English degree from the University of Oxford and an MA from Royal Holloway.[8]

Professional career

In 2003 Rogers co-founded the magazine Smoke: a London Peculiar.[12][13]

After working as reviews editor on The Word, she became a full-time freelancer in 2007.[8]

She has been a judge on several music prize panels,[4] including the Welsh Music Prize[10][14] and the Mercury Prize,[10] and was one of ten experts chosen to write for the University of Westminster's MusicTank 10:10 project, writing about the future of music journalism.[4][15]

Personal life

She married in 2011.[16] She and her husband Dan[16] live in Leyton, north east London[9] and have a son, Evan, born in 2014.[1]

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 Rogers, Jude (25 November 2014). "Roy Rogers, by Jude". My Old Man. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. Rogers, Jude (16 February 2012). "Jude Rogers: The Welsh language is too precious to be allowed to disappear". The Independent. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  3. "Jude Rogers". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Jude Rogers". Faculty of Social Services and Humanities. London Metropolitan University. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  5. "Jude Rogers". New Statesman. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  6. Rogers, Jude (1 July 2013). "Interviews: Vanessa Paradis". Red. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  7. "Music: Jude Rogers". BBC. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  8. 1 2 3 "Journalism lecturer has star quality". London Metropolitan University. 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  9. 1 2 "Northbound". Smoke: a London Peculiar. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  10. 1 2 3 "Judges". Welsh Music Prize. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  11. 1 2 Rogers, Jude (13 August 2009). "Look Back in Anger". New Statesman. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  12. Rogers, Jude (7 August 2013). "Tough deal". The Bookseller.
  13. "Smoke: a London Peculiar magazine". Smoke: a London Peculiar. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  14. Elfyn, Bethan (17 October 2011). "Welsh Music Prize: let judging commence!". BBC Wales. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  15. Rogers, Jude (14 May 2013). "10 @ 10: Jude Rogers – The Future of Journalism". Music Tank. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  16. 1 2 Rogers, Jude (29 April 2011). "Here comes another bride". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
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