Alison Phillips (born 1970) is a British journalist and the

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of the ''

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'' since 2018.

Biography

Phillips grew up in

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and first worked as a reporter for the ''Harlow Star'' Weekly Newspaper. She then attended the

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where she took a secondment for a year as the editor of the student newspaper (''Leeds Student'', now called '' the Gryphon''). She then worked for the '' Evening Argus'' in Brighton, Connors News Agency and ''

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'' before joining Trinity Mirror (now

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) in 1998 as a feature writer on the ''

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'' magazine. In 2016, Phillips launched '' The New Day'', a national newspaper which aimed to deliver politically neutral news, primarily for a female audience. Its launch was sceptically received by media commentators. The new venture failed to reach target circulation and was closed two months after its launch. Later that year she was made Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Trinity Mirror papers. In 2018, Phillips was named as the Editor of the ''

'', making her its first female editor since its very first editor in 1903,

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. She often writes and speaks about gender equality and the

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, including at her own company. She is a regular media commentator, often appearing on programmes such as the

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's ''

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'' and ITV's ''

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''. In June 2018. she was a guest on BBC One's ''

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'', declaring that the

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had made Britain "a global laughing stock". In 2018 she was named a "Columnist of the Year" at the National Press Awards, for her weekly Wednesday column in the ''Daily Mirror''. The column often covers working-class family issues from a broadly left-wing perspective. Under her editorship, the ''Daily Mirror''s stance on

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has been critical of the Conservative government, but remained opposed to calls for a second referendum. Phillips succeeded Eleanor Mills as chair of the Women in Journalism pressure group in February 2021.

References

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