Jack Schofield (journalist)

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Jack Schofield
Schofield in 2009
Born1947
Died(2020-03-31)31 March 2020
Cause of deathHeart attack
OccupationJournalist

Jack Schofield (30 October 1947 – 31 March 2020)[1] was a British technology journalist.[2] He wrote the Ask Jack column for The Guardian[3] and covered technology for the newspaper from 1983 to 2010.

He edited photography and computing techniques and wrote many books on photography and on computing, including The Darkroom Book (1981).

He died on 31 March 2020 of a heart attack on 27 March 2020, aged 72.[4]

Publications[change | change source]

  • The Darkroom Book: the comprehensive step-by-step guide to processing your colour or black-and-white photographs. Schofield was consulting editor.
    • London: Spring, 1981, 1982. Feltham, UK: Newnes, 1983. ISBN 9780600353997.
    • New York: Ziff Davis, 1981. ISBN 9780871651068.
    • New York: Amphoto, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1988. ISBN 9780817437572.
  • Photographing People. Littlehampton Book Services, 1982. ISBN 978-0600384731.
  • Nude and Glamour Photography. You & Your Camera Photography Series. Glasgow: Collins, 1981, 1982. Schofield was consultant editor. ISBN 978-0004116396.
  • How Famous Photographers Work. New York: Amphoto, 1983. Edited by Schofield. ISBN 9780817440022.

References[change | change source]

  1. Keegan, Victor (3 April 2020). "Jack Schofield obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. "Jack Schofield - Computer Editor @ The Guardian". Crunchbase. Archived from the original on 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  3. "Guardian hack fails to Ask Jack about IE popups". The Inquirer. Archived from the original on 24 December 2019. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  4. Hern, Alex (1 April 2020). "Jack Schofield, Guardian's Ask Jack tech columnist, dies at 72". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2020.