Chris Evans (born 1968) is a British journalist and the

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of ''

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'' since 2014. Also Director of Content at '' The Telegraph Group'', he was previously Executive Head of News at ''The Daily Telegraph''. Since 2024, Evans serves as

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of the IPSO Editors' Code of Practice Committee.

Early life

Born and raised at

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located ...

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, Evans was educated at King Edward's School in

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before going up to read English at

Brasenose College, Oxford Brasenose College (BNC) is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509. The l ...

Career

Having left

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after one year without graduating, Evans embarked upon his career as a

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in 1992 at a news agency - the South West News Service in

Bristol Bristol () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, it is bordered by t ...

. Then after 11 years' reporting for '' The Daily Mail'', Evans joined ''The Daily Telegraph'' as a news editor in January 2007. He was recruited by ''The Daily Telegraph'''s then editor, Sir William Lewis, on strong advice from his deputy, Tony Gallagher, now editor of ''The Times''. Said to have a "solid news background" with populist news instincts, Evans "kept a low profile" during his rise to high office. In 2017, Evans expressed his view that

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is "great" for the news industry, in the sense that it fosters more trust in traditional news brands by contrast, thus "increasing

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value". In 2023 Viscount Rothermere tried unsuccessfully to poach Evans for the editorship of ''The Daily Mail''. On 3 January 2024 Evans was appointed by IPSO as Chairman of its Editors' Code of Practice Committee, having served as a lay member since 2022.www.parliament.uk
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References

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