thumb|Roger Protz at the [[Great British Beer Festival 2006]]
Roger Protz (born 5 February 1939) is a British writer, journalist and campaigner. He joined the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) in 1976 and has written several books on beer and pubs. Between 1978 and 1983 and from 2000 to 2018 he was the editor of CAMRA's Good Beer Guide.
Biography
Protz was born in Deptford, London to a working-class family in 1939. His father was a dockworker. During the Blitz he was evacuated with his mother to Norfolk. In 1961, he resigned from New Advance to become the editor of the SLL's youth newspaper Keep Left. In 1964, he became editor of the Militant newspaper, and in 1968 of Socialist Worker, until removed in 1974. Subsequently, he spent a period lecturing part-time in journalism at the London College of Printing.