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Dawn Foster
Dawn Hayley Foster (12 September 1986 – 9 July 2021) was an Irish-British journalist, broadcaster, and author writing predominantly on social affairs, politics, economics and women's rights. Foster held staff writer positions at Inside Housing, The Guardian, and Jacobin magazine, and contributed to other journals such as The Independent, The New York Times, Tribune, and Dissent. She regularly appeared as a political commentator on television and was known for her coverage of the Grenfell Tower fire.
Foster was born in and grew up in Newport, South Wales. She also had a background in Belfast and held dual British and Irish citizenship. In articles for Child Poverty Action Group and The Guardian, she wrote that she grew up in poverty in an unemployed family. In 2017, Foster detailed early experiences of hunger and sleeping rough for the Food Memory Bank project.
She attended Caerleon Comprehensive School and Bassaleg High School before going on to study English literature at the University of Warwick. Before going into journalism, Foster worked in politics and higher education.
Foster held staff writer positions at Inside Housing, The Guardian, and Jacobin magazine. She was co-editor of openDemocracy 50:50 and wrote for numerous publications including The New York Times, Tribune, and the London Review of Books.
The success of Foster's blog on the harassment of female cyclists led to her first commission at The Guardian in 2010. In 2011, Foster was appointed as a moderator on The Guardian Comment is Free website and became a regular contributor to its opinion section.
Foster's career at The Guardian continued with regular columns including Foster on Friday for the Housing Network, opinion columns, and her work for The Guardian's Society desk. Her work at The Guardian predominantly covered social affairs, politics, economics and women's rights. Her tenure at The Guardian came to an end in mid-2019 after she wrote an opinion piece criticising then deputy leader of the Labour Party Tom Watson and suggesting he should quit.
After working on The Guardian's comment moderation desk and writing opinion, Foster worked as deputy features editor at Inside Housing from 2014 to 2015. Her work there includes reports into hoarding, interviews with social geographer Danny Dorling and Welsh politician Tanni Grey-Thompson, and investigations into how periods impact homeless women.
Inside Housing colleagues described Foster as "brave and bold" and a "brilliant journalist."
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Dawn Foster
Dawn Hayley Foster (12 September 1986 – 9 July 2021) was an Irish-British journalist, broadcaster, and author writing predominantly on social affairs, politics, economics and women's rights. Foster held staff writer positions at Inside Housing, The Guardian, and Jacobin magazine, and contributed to other journals such as The Independent, The New York Times, Tribune, and Dissent. She regularly appeared as a political commentator on television and was known for her coverage of the Grenfell Tower fire.
Foster was born in and grew up in Newport, South Wales. She also had a background in Belfast and held dual British and Irish citizenship. In articles for Child Poverty Action Group and The Guardian, she wrote that she grew up in poverty in an unemployed family. In 2017, Foster detailed early experiences of hunger and sleeping rough for the Food Memory Bank project.
She attended Caerleon Comprehensive School and Bassaleg High School before going on to study English literature at the University of Warwick. Before going into journalism, Foster worked in politics and higher education.
Foster held staff writer positions at Inside Housing, The Guardian, and Jacobin magazine. She was co-editor of openDemocracy 50:50 and wrote for numerous publications including The New York Times, Tribune, and the London Review of Books.
The success of Foster's blog on the harassment of female cyclists led to her first commission at The Guardian in 2010. In 2011, Foster was appointed as a moderator on The Guardian Comment is Free website and became a regular contributor to its opinion section.
Foster's career at The Guardian continued with regular columns including Foster on Friday for the Housing Network, opinion columns, and her work for The Guardian's Society desk. Her work at The Guardian predominantly covered social affairs, politics, economics and women's rights. Her tenure at The Guardian came to an end in mid-2019 after she wrote an opinion piece criticising then deputy leader of the Labour Party Tom Watson and suggesting he should quit.
After working on The Guardian's comment moderation desk and writing opinion, Foster worked as deputy features editor at Inside Housing from 2014 to 2015. Her work there includes reports into hoarding, interviews with social geographer Danny Dorling and Welsh politician Tanni Grey-Thompson, and investigations into how periods impact homeless women.
Inside Housing colleagues described Foster as "brave and bold" and a "brilliant journalist."