Holly Brockwell

Holly Brockwell, born December 13, 1985[1] is an English technology journalist, copywriter and the founder of the tech site Gadgette. She has also written columns for Gizmodo, the BBC, The Guardian and other media outlets.

Early life

Brockwell is from Nottingham[2] and currently lives in London. She originally hoped to study computer science at university, but instead took a degree in English and became an advertising copywriter and an assistant reviewer and then an editor at ShinyShiny, a women's technology website.[3]

NHS sterilization denial

In 2012 Brockwell requested the ability to be sterilized from the United Kingdom's National Health Service. She was denied due to her age,[4] which according to the NHS is common practice because surgeons prefer to wait until prospective patients are at least 30 years of age and have had children.[5] At the end of March 2016, after turning 30, she was granted permission for the procedure.[6]

Blogging and Gadgette

In 2012 Brockwell blogged about an advertising agency and its campaign about benefit schemes for their staff [7] which sparked controversy and negative publicity.[8] The agency accused Brockwell of libel but later apologised.

The next year Brockwell sparked controversy again after writing about a 2013 Hyundai advert that was later withdrawn.[9]

In 2015 Brockwell started her own women’s tech site called Gadgette in order to tackle the apparent condescending and discriminating attitudes towards women in the technology industry. The launch of the website faced backlash, according to an op-ed by Brockwell.[10]

In the summer of 2017 she was the first journalist hired by Jimmy Wales for his new commercial news venture, Wikitribune.[11] Her last day with that publication was November 17, 2017.[12]

Awards

In 2015 she won the SheSays Award for The Drum Woman of the Year.[13]

References

  1. ↑ https://twitter.com/holly/status/979126623399301120
  2. ↑ "Scottish referendum: How a tweet from a Nottingham resident took the Twittersphere by storm". Nottingham Post. 2014-09-19. Archived from the original on 2014-12-10.
  3. ↑ zroll (2015-12-09). "'What it's like to be a tech journalist'". Look (interview). Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  4. ↑ "100 Women 2015: Desperate not to have children". Magazine. BBC. 2015-11-22. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  5. ↑ "Female sterilisation - Contraception guide". NHS Choices. National Health Service. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  6. ↑ Blott, Holly (2016-03-29). "Woman, 30, defends being sterilised after winning four year battle with NHS". The Daily Mail.
  7. ↑ Brockwell, Holly (2012-09-05). "Ad agency laughs at people on benefits". HollyBrockwell.com. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  8. ↑ "Iris faces uproar over 'chav' parody". Decision Marketing. 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  9. ↑ Dugan, Emily (2013-04-25). "Hyundai pulls viral zero emission car ad featuring man attempting suicide". The Independent. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  10. ↑ Brockwell, Holly (2015-07-22). "I've been viciously attacked for daring to start a women's tech site". The Guardian (opinion).
  11. ↑ Knowles, Kitty (2017-07-07). "WikiTribune: Inside the media mashup waging war on fake news". The Memo. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  12. ↑ Brockwell, Holly. "Last Day at WikiTribune Twitter Announcement," Twitter.com, Nov. 17, 2017.
  13. ↑ McQuater, Katie (2015-11-13). "Editor-in-chief of tech publication Gadgette Holly Brockwell named The Drum Woman of the Year at SheSays Awards". The Drum.
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