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Melanie Reid (born 1957) is an award-winning ''Times'' journalist whose weekly column for ''The Times'', 'Spinal Column',〔(Melanie Reid. Public Profile. The Times )〕 is about disability and her life as a disabled person. She broke her neck and back in April 2010 whilst horse riding,〔(Journalist Melanie Reid in Horse Fall Horror, The Sun, 07 April 2010 )〕 and is now a tetraplegic. Following her accident she spent twelve months in the spinal unit of Southern General Hospital in Glasgow. ==Career== Reid was a columnist at ''The Herald'' in Glasgow and a former associate editor of ''The Sunday Mail'' before joining ''The Times'' and reporting and commentating from Scotland. She was named 2011 Columnist of the Year in the British Press Awards,〔(Press Awards. Winners 2011 )〕 and in 2012 she was awarded broadsheet Columnist of the Year.〔(Press Awards 2012. The Guardian )〕 Her column generates hundreds of letters, emails and comments every week. Ms Reid said of her writing: "A lot of people take inspiration from it. I have a black sense of humour, I think you have to have in this situation. You have to try to keep going and tell it like it is."〔(Scotland TV. "Melanie Reid on writing, riding and recovery after breaking her neck" )〕 In June 2014, Reid received an honorary degree from the University of Stirling "in recognition of her contribution to journalism, to disability rights and awareness, and for being an inspirational example of human resilience and dignity".〔(University of Stirling )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Melanie Reid」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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