Lester John Holloway is a British journalist and editor.

He began his media career as a reporter for Eastern Eye

Eastern Eye (newspaper)

Eastern Eye is a British weekly newspaper. It was created in 1989 and was first published by The Guardian, before becoming a standalone newspaper.The company behind Eastern Eye changed several times since its foundation by Sarwar Ahmed...

, which was published by Ethnic Media Group, in 1999. He later became News Editor at The Voice

The Voice (newspaper)

The Voice is a British national weekly tabloid newspaper owned by the Jamaican publisher, GV Media Group, aimed at the British Afro-Caribbean community. The paper is based in the London Docklands and is published every Monday.-History:...

, and then Editor at the news website Black Information Link, published by The 1990 Trust.

He was editor of the New Nation

New Nation

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newspaper fom January 2008 until January 2009 http://www.minoritystudents.net/node/887?q=node/888, when the paper ceased production due to its parent company Ethnic Media Group going into Administration. He was New Media Manager at the campaign group Operation Black Vote between June 2009 and March 2010, http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com.

Prior to journalism

Journalism

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, Holloway was a local authority councillor (Labour Party

Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

) in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is a London borough in West London, and forms part of Inner London. Traversed by the east-west main roads of the A4 Great West Road and the A40 Westway, many international corporations have offices in the borough....

, between 1994 and 1998, representing the College Park and Old Oak Ward. He left the Labour Party in 2000 after nine years, and is now a member of the Liberal Democrats

Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...

. He currently lives in Sutton, Surrey.

In 1987, he won the Radio4/YMCA Best of British Youth Award for his campaign to save an area of natural important called 'Scrubs Wood http://www.maps.lbhf.gov.uk/udp/text/udp_part2_chapter4.asp?section=7&subsection=4&policy=1&c=p&userExtent=520135:175000:527750:183500' in Wormwood Scrubs

Wormwood Scrubs

Wormwood Scrubs, known locally as The Scrubs, is an open space located in the north-eastern corner of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London. It is the largest open space in the Borough, at 80 ha , and one of the largest areas of common land in London...

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External links

• Ian Burrell, Lester Holloway: 'Victim stories have had their day in black papers', The Independent, May 5, 2008
• Lester Holloway profile at The Guardian