Helen Pidd


Helen Pidd is British journalist who is a news writer for The Guardian, succeeding Martin Wainwright as the paper's Northern Editor, based in Manchester, in Spring 2013.

Education and early life

Pidd was born in Hest Bank in Lancaster and went to school in nearby Morecambe. She studied German at the University of Edinburgh before joining The Guardian. While at the University she regularly contributed to The Student newspaper.

Career

Pidd was a runner-up in The Guardian media awards best feature writer section the same year, and also co-founded Fest Magazine, an alternative Edinburgh Festival magazine, in 2002.
Pidd began freelancing for The Guardian before her graduation in 2004. Since joining the paper's staff, she has been the Berlin correspondent and worked briefly in Delhi before moving to Manchester in 2013. She is also the author of Bicycle – Love Your Bike: the Complete Guide to Everyday Cycling.

Awards and honours

While at University, Pidd won Student Journalist of the Year 2002 in The Glasgow Herald's media awards.