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Chief Leader Writer
A leader writer is a senior journalist in a British newspaper who is charged with writing the paper's editorial either in the absence of the editor or in cases where the editor chooses not to write editorials because their editorial skills may rest more in management of the company than in writing daily editorials. Some major newspapers have a number of leader writers. Often different individuals may write editorials in their own specialist areas, for example, the political editor would write some or all editorials on political matters, and so on. Leader writers are often also columnists in their newspapers. Outside the UK, leader writers are known as editorial writers. Some leader writers include: *Daniel Finkelstein *Amanda Platell *Jonathan Freedland *David Aaronovitch *Libby Purves *Matthew Parris *Simon Hoggart *Julia Hartley-Brewer * Patrick Hennessy *Quentin Letts *Simon Heffer *Peter Hitchens *Melanie Phillips *Oliver Kamm *Trevor Kavanagh * Michael White *Peter Oborne *And ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Editorial
An editorial, or leading article (UK) or leader (UK), is an article or any other written document, often unsigned, written by the senior editorial people or publisher of a newspaper or magazine, that expresses the publication's opinion about a particular topic or issue. Australian and major United States newspapers, such as ''The New York Times'' and '' The Boston Globe'', often classify editorials under the heading " opinion". Examples Illustrated editorials may appear in the form of editorial cartoons. Typically, a newspaper's editorial board evaluates which issues are important for their readership to know the newspaper's opinion on. Editorials are typically published on a dedicated page, called the editorial page, which often features letters to the editor from members of the public; the page opposite this page is called the op-ed page and frequently contains opinion pieces (hence the name think pieces) by writers not directly affiliated with the publication. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevor Kavanagh
Trevor Kavanagh (born 19 January 1943) is a retired British/Australian journalist who most recently wrote for ''The Sun''. Early life and career Kavanagh was educated at Reigate Grammar School before leaving school at 17 to work for newspapers in Surrey and later Hereford. In 1965, he emigrated to Australia, working on several newspapers. After a short stint back in the United Kingdom working for the ''Bristol Evening Post'', Kavanagh returned to Australia to work for the ''Daily Mirror'' in Sydney on the political desk. Career In 1978, he returned to the United Kingdom permanently, taking a job on the news desk of ''The Sun'', and then as an industrial correspondent in 1980. He was appointed as the paper's political editor in 1983. In January 2004, Kavanagh claimed a huge scoop. An unnamed source telephoned Kavanagh with details of the Hutton Inquiry the night before it was officially published. Kavanagh was provided with accurate details of the report and published them ah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Toner (journalist)
Michael Toner (born 1944) is a British journalist. He was political editor, diplomatic correspondent and leader writer at the ''Sunday Express'', chief leader writer on the ''Daily Mail'' until 2006, a political author and novelist.School of the Black & Red, A History of Bedford Modern School, A.G. Underwood (1981) Life and career Toner was born in Bedfordshire in 1944 and educated at Bedford Modern School and the University of Cambridge. He began his career in journalism at the '' Stoke Sentinel'' before moving to the ''Sunday Express'' where, in 1981, he interviewed Margaret Thatcher with fellow ''Express'' journalist Keith Renshaw. He became leader writer of the ''Sunday Express'' where he covered many of the controversial topics of the 1980s and 1990s including articles about the IRA, ''Britain Fumes at US Over I.R.A. Guns'', the miners' strike, the Falklands War, child abuse and the war crime allegations involving Kurt Waldheim. David Alton described Toner's approach to A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Stanley
Timothy Randolph Stanley (born 1 April 1982) is a British journalist, author and historian. Early life Educated at the Judd School, a grammar school in Tonbridge, Kent, Stanley taught as a gap student at Solefield School, Sevenoaks, before studying Modern History at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated as Bachelor of Arts (BA). Stanley then pursued further studies at the University of Cambridge, completing a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree, then taking a doctorate of Philosophy (PhD): his doctoral thesis was on Edward M. Kennedy's role in the US Democratic Party in the 1980s, which was published in 2010 as his first solo book, ''Kennedy vs. Carter: The 1980 Battle for the Democratic Party's Soul''. Active in student journalism at Cambridge and, contributing to student newspaper '' Varsity'', Stanley unsuccessfully ran for a sabbatical post on Cambridge University Students' Union. Standing in 2007 as Welfare Officer, his manifesto comprised a handwritten no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polly Toynbee
Mary Louisa "Polly" Toynbee (; born 27 December 1946) is a British journalist and writer. She has been a columnist for ''The Guardian'' newspaper since 1998. She is a social democrat and was a candidate for the Social Democratic Party in the 1983 general election. She now broadly supports the Labour Party, although she was critical of its left-wing former leader, Jeremy Corbyn. Toynbee previously worked as social affairs editor for the BBC and also for ''The Independent'' newspaper. She is vice-president of Humanists UK, having previously served as its president between 2007 and 2012. She was named Columnist of the Year at the 2007 British Press Awards. She became a patron of right-to-die organization My Death My Decision in 2021. Background Toynbee was born at Yafford on the Isle of Wight, the second daughter of the literary critic Philip Toynbee by his first wife Anne Barbara Denise (1920–2004), daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel George Powell, of the Grenadier Guards. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Jenkins
Sir Simon David Jenkins FLSW (born 10 June 1943) is a British author, a newspaper columnist and editor. He was editor of the ''Evening Standard'' from 1976 to 1978 and of ''The Times'' from 1990 to 1992. Jenkins chaired the National Trust from 2008 to 2014. He currently writes columns for ''The Guardian''. Early life Jenkins was born , in Birmingham, England. His father, Daniel Thomas Jenkins, was a Welsh professor of systematic theology at Princeton Theological Seminary and a Minister in the Congregational and then United Reformed Church. He was educated at Mill Hill School and St John's College, Oxford, where he earned a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. Career Journalism After graduating from the University of Oxford, Jenkins initially worked at '' Country Life'' magazine, before joining the '' Times Educational Supplement.'' He was then features editor and columnist on the ''Evening Standard'' before editing the Insight pages of ''The Sunday Times''. From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giles Whittell
Giles Quintin Sykes Whittell (born in March 1966) is an English author and journalist who has worked for ''The Times'' as Correspondent in Russia and the United States. Whittell was educated at Sherborne School and Christ's College, Cambridge (B.A. 1988). He has worked for ''The Times'' of London since 1993, first as US West Coast The West Coast of the United States, also known as the Pacific Coast and the Western Seaboard, is the coastline along which the Western United States meets the North Pacific Ocean. The term typically refers to the contiguous U.S. states of Califo ... Correspondent from 1993 to 1999 and later as Moscow Correspondent (1999–2001) and Washington, D.C., Washington Bureau Chief (2009–2011). As of 2019 he is the paper's chief List of leader writers, leader writer (editorial writer). His books include ''Lambada Country'' (1992), ''Extreme Continental'' (1994), ''Spitfire Women of World War II'' (2007) and ''Bridge of Spies (book), Bridge of Spies'', a N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Ashley
Jacqueline Ashley (born 10 September 1954) is an English journalist and broadcaster. Early life Ashley was born in St Pancras, London. She is the daughter of Pauline Kay () and Jack Ashley, Baron Ashley of Stoke, a Labour MP and life peer. She was educated at Rosebery Grammar School for Girls, a grammar school in Epsom, Surrey. She went on to study Philosophy, Politics and Economics at St Anne's College, Oxford. She was a member of the Oxford University Broadcasting Society. Career She has been a television news reporter and newspaper journalist, writing for the ''New Statesman'' and ''The Guardian''. She specialises in the Labour Party, the media, politics, public services, trade unions and women's issues. She was broadly a supporter of Gordon Brown's government. Having graduated from university, she spent two years, from 1979–81, as a trainee with the BBC. She was a producer and newsreader on '' Newsnight'' from 1981–84. Then, from 1984–86, she was a reporte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Maguire (journalist)
Kevin John Maguire (born 20 September 1960) is a British political journalist and is currently associate editor at the ''Daily Mirror'' newspaper.The Media 100 2007 - 96. Kevin Maguire '''', 9 July 2007 Earlier in his career, Maguire was chief reporter for ''''. Early life and education Maguire was brought up in South Shields as one of six children. His brother was a miner at[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Portillo
Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo ( ; born 26 May 1953) is a British journalist, broadcaster, and former Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician. His broadcast series include railway documentaries such as ''Great British Railway Journeys'' and ''Great Continental Railway Journeys''. A former member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Enfield Southgate from 1984 Enfield Southgate by-election, 1984 to 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 and Kensington and Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency), Kensington and Chelsea from 1999 Kensington and Chelsea by-election, 1999 to 2005 United Kingdom general election, 2005, holding a number of ministerial and Cabinet positions. Portillo obtained a first-class degree in history from the University of Cambridge, having been a student at Peterhouse. He began his working life as a graduate trainee with the transport company Ocean Group plc, before joining the Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Riddell
Sir Peter John Robert Riddell (born 14 October 1948) is a British journalist and author. He worked for the ''Financial Times'' from 1970 to 1991. From April 2016 to September 2021 he served as the British government's Commissioner for Public Appointments, and is the former director of the Institute for Government. Early and personal life Riddell was born in Torquay, Devon on 14 October 1948. His father, a solicitor, served in the RAF during World War II. Riddell lived in Streatham, London during his early life. He attended Dulwich College and graduated from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge with a BA in history and economics and an MA. Riddell married Avril in 1994. They have one daughter, born in 1996. Journalism career Riddell joined the ''Financial Times'' (''FT'') in 1970. He was property correspondent in the early 1970s and economics correspondent in the late 1970s, covering events such as the 1976 IMF crisis. He became the ''FT''s political editor in 1981, at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annunziata Rees-Mogg
Annunziata Mary Rees-Mogg (; born 25 March 1979) is a British freelance journalist whose focus is finance, economics, and European politics. She was a Brexit Party, then Conservative politician, during 2019 and into early 2020. Rees-Mogg has been a leader writer for ''The Daily Telegraph'', deputy editor of ''MoneyWeek'', and editor of the European Journal, a Eurosceptic magazine owned by Bill Cash's think tank, the European Foundation. Formerly active in Conservative Party politics, Rees-Mogg was added to the party's A-List by David Cameron. She stood unsuccessfully as a Conservative parliamentary candidate in the 2005 and 2010 general elections.''UK General Election results May 2005'' , politicsresources.net. On 12 April 2019, Rees-Mogg was selected as a candi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
