Neil Harman
| Neil Harman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 April 1957 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Journalist; author |
| Known for |
The Times tennis correspondent Wimbledon Annual writer |
Neil Harman (born 9 April 1957) is the former chief tennis correspondent for The Times. Previously, Harman was football and tennis correspondent for The Daily Mail and tennis correspondent for the Sunday Telegraph.
Career
Journalist
Harman started his journalistic career at the Evening Echo (Southend) and later worked for the Birmingham Evening Mail. In 2002, Harman was appointed chief tennis correspondent for The Times.[1] In 2007, he became the first tennis journalist to be awarded the Sports Journalists' Association's "Sports News Reporter of the Year" award.[2] Neil also was the recipient of the ATP's Ron Bookman Award for Media Excellence in 2005. Neil is a past chairman of the Lawn Tennis Writers' Association and a former president of the International Tennis Writers Association.[3]
Harman has also written for ProTennisCoach.com, the tennis coaching website of Roger Rasheed, Paul Annacone, Brad Gilbert and Darren Cahill.[4]
Harman coined the term "Spice Boys" in a Daily Mail piece published in March 1997 to describe a group of high-profile footballers playing for Liverpool F.C. in the mid-to-late 1990s.[5]
Author
Since 2004, Harman has written the Wimbledon Annual: the official publication of the Grand Slam tournament.[6] Neil co-wrote the Davis Cup The Year in Tennis publication until 2006.
In 1999, Harman published an account of the rivalry between Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski over the preceding year. With David Beckham, Neil wrote Beckham's official biography.[7] Harman has also written Court Confidential, an 'insider' account of the tennis world, published in 2013. Neil also assisted Andy Murray in the publication of his biography Andy Murray: Seventy-Seven: My Road to Wimbledon Glory.
Plagiarism
In July 2014 it was revealed that Harman had plagiarized material for the official Wimbledon yearbook, which he had written since 2004. Harman admitted the allegation and subsequently resigned from the International Tennis Writers Association.[8][9] Harman was suspended from The Times in mid-2014.[10]
References
- ↑ "Neil Harman - journalisted.com".
- ↑ "2007 SJA British Sports Journalism Awards « Sports Journalists' Association".
- ↑ International Tennis Writers Association: Member Services
- ↑ "Neil Harman". Pro Tennis Coach.
- ↑ Smyth, Rob (22 October 2015). "Manchester United 2-2 Liverpool: the Class of 92, Spice Boys and Cantona's return". theguardian.com. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ↑ "Official Wimbledon 2012 Annual on sales now". www.wimbledon.com. AELTC. 28 August 2012.
- ↑ "David Beckham : my story". www.worldcat.org. Worldcat.
- ↑ "Times tennis correspondent Neil Harman admits to extensive plagiarism". The Telegraph. 24 Jul 2014.
- ↑ Ben Rothenberg (23 July 2014). "Unforced Errors". www.slate.com. Slate.
- ↑ Greenslade, Roy (25 July 2014). "Neil Harman suspended by the Times over plagiarism" – via The Guardian.