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Tim Blair (born 1965) is an Australian editor, journalist,〔("Richard Fidler interviews Tim Blair, ABC Radio, 28 July 2006" )〕 conservative political commentator and prominent blogger. He is based in Sydney, Australia. Blair was raised and educated in Werribee, Victoria. He began a journalism cadetship in 1988 at the now-defunct ''Truth'' newspaper in Melbourne. He went on to become its editor, the youngest person ever to hold the position. In mid-2001, he began blogging at Blogspot. By 2004, Blair had attracted a significant following, the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' describing him as a "top dog among the new Australian digerati" who "some days draws more than 20,000 readers to his website."〔 ("Shooting for top dog in cyber town" ), Brigid Delaney, ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 6 October 2004〕 In 2006, his relocated blog, timblair.net, was voted second "Best Australian or New Zealand Weblog" in the 2006 Weblog Awards.〔 (The 2006 Weblog Awards — Best Australia or New Zealand Blog )〕 Today, Blair's blog is located on the Daily Telegraph website. In addition to running his blog, Blair is the opinion editor for the Sydney ''Daily Telegraph'',〔 ("Employment News" ), TimBlair.net, 20 November 2006〕 where he also writes a weekly column. He was previously a news editor and regular columnist for the now-defunct ''The Bulletin''. He has also worked as a journalist and senior editor at ''Time'', ''Truth'' and ''Sports Illustrated'',〔 ("Just for the record" ), TimBlair.net, 2 September 2007〕 and has also written for ''Fox News''. Blair has also appeared on 4BC, Radio National and the ABC programme ''Insiders''. ==Personal life== Blair supports the Collingwood Football Club and lives in Surry Hills, New South Wales. He is married. In January 2008, Blair announced on his blog that he had abdominal cancer and wrote about his impending surgery (and encouragement from Tony Snow) in a newspaper column. The surgery was successful and Blair went into remission.〔 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「Tim Blair」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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