My friend Jonathan Street, who has died aged 69, after a short illness following a fall at his home, was a public relations innovator specialising in healthcare and a trailblazer in NHS communications.
The son of a diplomat, Jonathan was born in Oxford and educated at Tonbridge school, Kent. He started off as a junior reporter on the Kentish Times in their Sidcup office in 1961. He later moved to Lewisham in south-east London as a senior PR officer for the local council, where I first met him. He honed his succinct writing style in Lewisham library and won the Somerset Maugham award for his second novel, Prudence Dictates (1972).
Jonathan joined North West Thames regional health authority in 1981, mediating between health service managers and the media, encouraging the flow of information to the public in his crisp, clear manner. In 1995, Jonathan set up his own company Jonathan Street Public Relations, specialising in...
The son of a diplomat, Jonathan was born in Oxford and educated at Tonbridge school, Kent. He started off as a junior reporter on the Kentish Times in their Sidcup office in 1961. He later moved to Lewisham in south-east London as a senior PR officer for the local council, where I first met him. He honed his succinct writing style in Lewisham library and won the Somerset Maugham award for his second novel, Prudence Dictates (1972).
Jonathan joined North West Thames regional health authority in 1981, mediating between health service managers and the media, encouraging the flow of information to the public in his crisp, clear manner. In 1995, Jonathan set up his own company Jonathan Street Public Relations, specialising in...
- 12/2/2012
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