Christopher Dore is an Australian journalist, currently the editor-in-chief of The Nightly and editor-in-chief of The West Australian from May 2024. He was previously the editor-in-chief of ''

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'' from October 2018 until 16 November 2022. He was formerly the editor of ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and deputy editor of ''

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'' and ''The Australian''. Dore is a Walkley Award winning journalist. During his time as editor, ''The Courier-Mail'' was also awarded the PANPA newspaper of the year. Under Dore’s leadership at ''The Australian'', subscriber numbers to print and digital editions more than doubled, from 136,000 in 2018 to almost 277,000 in 2022. He was renowned for producing outrageous front pages during his stints at ''The Courier-Mail'' and ''The Daily Telegraph.'' Dore was born in

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, Queensland, and studied economics and politics at the

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. He began his career at ''The Australian'', where he held several roles, including deputy editor, Victorian editor, night editor, New Zealand-based Pacific correspondent, and political correspondent in the

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Crikey’s Peter Fray apologises over Walkleys outburst as speculation surrounds Chris Dore’s News Corp exit
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