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| Name | Heather Brooke |
| First Name | Heather |
| Last Name | Brooke |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Birthday | December 15 |
| Birth Year | 1970 |
| Place of Birth | Pennsylvania |
| Home Town | |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Sagittarius |
| Full/Birth Name | Heather Rose Brooke |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Not Known |
| Children(s) | Not Available |
Heather Brooke Biography
Heather Brooke is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on December 15, 1970 in Pennsylvania, United States.
According to The Scotsman, she briefly moved to England as a teenager, but returned to the United States when she was 15. She attended the University of Washington Department of Communication, where she graduated in 1992 with a double major degree in journalism and political science. While there, she wrote for the student newspaper, The Daily, covering news stories and acting as the paper’s sex columnist, writing with what she called a “feminist” slant.
Describing herself as “burnt out” from covering over 300 murders, Brooke took a break from journalism. When her mother died in a car accident in 1996, and her father moved back to England, she no longer had family in America and decided to relocate to the United Kingdom. She enrolled for a master’s in English literature at the University of Warwick, then moved to East London with her husband, where she took a job with the BBC as a copywriter. Boyd Tonkin wrote in 2010 that when she arrived in the UK she was immediately introduced to the “British disease”: “the overweening haughtinesss of bureaucratic jobsworths, and the deference of citizens.” She became a neighbourhood activist, describing local public officials as having a surprisingly hostile attitude compared to local governments in the United States.
Heather Rose Brooke (born 1970) is a British-American journalist and freedom of information campaigner. Resident since the 1990s in the UK, she helped to expose the 2009 expenses scandal, which culminated in the resignation of House of Commons Speaker Michael Martin and several MPs standing down in 2010 general election
Heather Brooke Net Worth
Heather is one of the richest Journalist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Heather Brooke's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Journalist |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
In early 2007, Brooke won a landmark legal case that led the BBC to disclose the minutes of its Board of Governors’ meeting of 28 January 2004. At that meeting, the governors had decided to dismiss director general Greg Dyke and issue an apology to the government in response to the Hutton Inquiry. Brooke, along with journalists from The Guardian, had requested the minutes shortly after the Freedom of Information Act came into force, but the BBC resisted disclosure for nearly two years. In December 2006, the case came before the Information Tribunal, which the following month ruled that the BBC should disclose the minutes.
In January 2005, the Freedom of Information Act 2000 came into force, allowing members of the public to request disclosure of information from public bodies. She started out requesting all 646 MPs’ expenses, but the Commons claimed that would be too costly. She then asked for request for travel information (refused); then for the names and salaries of MPs’ staff, blocked personally by the Speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin. She then asked for information on second homes for the details for all MPs, but this was refused.
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In October 2004, Brooke started to request details of MPs’ expenses, via the House of Commons Freedom of Information Officer, Bob Castle. However, the information was in a bulk format, and could not be broken down to individual MPs.
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Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Heather Brooke. You may help us to build the dating records for Heather Brooke!Brooke is Professor of Journalism at City University London’s Department of Journalism. She is the author of Your Right to Know (2006), The Silent State (2010), and The Revolution Will Be Digitised (2011).
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
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| Height | Unknown |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
With the enactment of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Brooke began work on a book explaining how to use the law, which was not scheduled to come into effect for another five years. Originally titled Your Right to Know: How to Use the Freedom of Information Act and Other Access Laws, the book was reissued in October 2004 as Your Right to Know: A Citizen’s Guide to Freedom of Information, with a foreword by Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian. In October 2006 it was revised and published in paperback and hardcover editions that included a foreword by satirist Ian Hislop.
In 2006, Brooke reduced her request to 10 MPs—the leaders of the parties and a few ministers. After again being refused, in July 2006 she made an appeal to the Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas. Her request was considered for a year, together with two other similar requests on MPs’ expenses which had been appealed to the Commissioner in 2005, from Jonathan Ungoed-Thomas of The Sunday Times. The Information Commissioner ordered the release of some information on 15 June 2007. House of Commons authorities objected to this order in June 2007 and MPs had, in May 2007, voted in favour of the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill which sought to exempt MPs from the 2000 act. The amendment bill was ultimately withdrawn prior to second reading in the House of Lords because peers were unwilling to sponsor the bill.
Top Facts about Heather Brooke
- Heather Brooke is a British-American journalist and freedom of information campaigner.
- She is best known for her role in exposing the UK parliamentary expenses scandal.
- Brooke has written several books on transparency and accountability in government.
- She was awarded the OBE for services to journalism in 2016.
- Brooke has also worked as an academic, teaching investigative journalism at City University London.
- Her work has been featured in The Guardian, The Times, and The Independent.
- In 2009, she was named one of the “100 most influential people in the world” by Time magazine.
- Brooke is a strong advocate for open data and government transparency.
- She holds dual citizenship in both the United States and United Kingdom.
- Brooke continues to be an active voice on issues related to press freedom and government accountability.
Facts & Trivia
Heather Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Heather Brooke celebrates birthday on December 15 of every year.
No appeal was lodged against the High Court ruling, and the details were made public on 23 May 2008. In January 2009, the Leader of the House of Commons, Harriet Harman, tabled a motion to exempt MPs’ expenses from being disclosed under a Freedom of Information request. Labour MPs were placed under a three line whip to force the motion through the Commons. However, opposition parties stated they would vote against the proposals, and large scale public opposition emerged. The proposals were ultimately dropped on 21 January 2009. The Commons authorities announced that full disclosure of all MPs’ expenses would be published on 1 July 2009, after the 2009 European Elections in early June 2009.
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