Jon Ronson



Profile:


Full name: Jon Ronson

Area of interest: Culture, society and the human condition

Journals: The Guardian

Email: [mailto:jon@jonronson.com jon@jonronson.com] - contact page

Websites: Jon Ronson.com - (forum) | Guardian.co / Jon Ronson

Blog: From Ronson; Comment is free...

Agent: AP Watt >scroll down the page to 'authors'

Networks: MySpace; flickr: The Jon Ronson Group | twitter.com "jonronson"



Biography:
Education: Polytechnic of Central London: journalism

Career: Began journalistic career as a columnist for Time Out, went on to write features for The Guardian and the ‘human zoo’ column, see: about Jon Ronson (Jon Ronson.com) Current position/role: journalist


 * also writes/has written for: Time Out

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Other activities: author, documentary film maker, investigative journalist, radio presenter

Disclosures:

Viewpoints/Insight: The Wolf Man Knew My Father (notes from the margins of Welsh popular culture): an interview with Jon Ronson by Anthony Brockway

TV/Radio: IMDb; Radio (Wikipedia)
 * BBC Radio 4: Jon Jonson on... (2007)

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Books & Debate:



 * Clubbed class OCLC33042253, 1994
 * Them: adventures with extremists OCLC47831472, 2002
 * The men who stare at goats OCLC57475995, 2004
 * Out of the ordinary: true tales of everyday craziness OCLC70764598, 2006

Latest work: What I do: more true tales of everyday craziness OCLC 155680707, 2007

Speaking/Appearances: Jon Ronson Talks Kensington Central Library, 23rd January 2008

Current debate: Jon's forum - work and related topics 

Articles: 2008

 * ‘I've thought about doing myself in loads of times...’ - In August, Christopher Foster shot dead his wife and daughter, turned his mansion home into an inferno and then killed himself. Why? Jon Ronson talks to friends and peers of the bankrupt millionaire to try to find out - 22nd November 2008
 * I make it look like they died in their sleep - Reverend George Exoo says he has helped 102 people to commit suicide. But, reports Jon Ronson, most of his clients were not terminally ill, just depressed and in need of psychiatric help - 12th May 2008
 * Jon Ronson meets the Reverend George Exoo - 9th May 2008 (VIDEO)
 * Titch, the crunch and me - My multiple personas had different traits - some were solvent, some were cash-strapped. Guess who the loan companies were interested in? - Guardian.co - Wednesday, 19th March 2008



The Guardian:
this column ended September 2007

Column remit: Everyday events that shed light on the human condition

Section: Weekend

Role: Columnist

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Website: Guardian.co / Jon Ronson

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Regularity: Weekly

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Articles: 2007

 * I'll keep writing and just not tell him. I can get away with it for months - 15th September 2007
 * I tend to base my opinion of someone on whether or not they like my work - 8th September 2007
 * Have they given me the award because I'm the only one to enter? - 1st September 2007
 * I'm never snotty to waiters. Well, there was that time recently... - 25th August 2007
 * He isn't dead, I say. It's fake. You know how wrestling sometimes fakes - 18th August 2007
 * This is not the first time I've provoked a violent crusty - 4th August 2007
 * I'm going to tell my son the worst swearword in the world - 28th July 2007
 * I must do something to show my gratitude - 21st July 2007
 * There would be nothing wrong with me saying, "ooh arr, me pirates" - 14th July 2007
 * This is nothing less than a watershed moment for rationalists - 7th July 2007
 * Can I go back to how my life was before I became obsessed with emails? - 30th June 2007
 * Who am I to teach my son the ways of the awkward misanthrope? - 23rd June 2007
 * I wave my arm next to my brain as if to say, work with me here! - 9th June 2007
 * It's like having someone saying nice things about me to everyone - 2nd June 2007
 * Look at me, an old fart, sitting in the dark with my memories - 26th May 2007
 * I don't believe that skateboarding lessons are middle class - 19th May 2007
 * The worst thing I ever said to anyone was a bungled condolence - 12th May 2007
 * Perhaps one day she'll see me in the flesh and vomit all over me - 5th May 2007
 * I'm so glad I've cured myself of all those crazy thoughts - 28th April 2007
 * I have a reason for wanting my own All-Bran - 21st April 2007
 * I was out of my depth the moment I entered the shop - 14th April 2007
 * I'm glad that, these days, I can keep things in perspective - 7th April 2007
 * I'm forever insulting friends behind their backs and getting away with it - 31st March 2007
 * Pin etiquette - 24th March 2007
 * If doctors say "pop over" to hospital, it means they think you might die - 17th March 2007
 * It's like being able to spit on the floor at Costa, but not at Starbucks - 10th March 2007
 * Neurotic Jon can stay at home. Clubby Jon is here to stay - 3rd March 2007
 * I suppose I just have to hope he's unhappy - 24th February 2007
 * I'm going to relinquish all negative baggage and be... renewed - 17th February 2007
 * Everything about this moment is much too posh - 10th February 2007
 * Jon, have you been writing about me? - 3rd February 2007
 * I'd be happy to have a Bolshevik dance for me - 27th January 2007
 * Why can't I just be more like the Swedes? - 13th January 2007
 * They'll probably have sex tonight remembering this moment - 6th January 2007



Links:

 * Wikipedia biog.