Dawn Neesom (born 11 December 1964) is an English

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. She was promoted to the post of editor of the '' Daily Star'' newspaper in December 2003, and left at the end of February 2018. Born in Stratford,

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, England, Neesom attended

Valentines High School Valentines High School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Ilford area of the London Borough of Redbridge, England. It has approximately 1300 pupils and 93 teachers. Valentines has been a teaching school since 2011, ...

Ilford Ilford is a large List of areas of London, town in East London, England, northeast of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Redbridge, Ilford is within the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Greater London. It had a po ...

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. Her mother was a cleaner and her father a lorry driver. Neesom has claimed at various times that her career in

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began on the local

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the ''

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'', but this has been shown to be untrue and she no longer makes this claim. She also worked on ''

Woman's Own ''Woman's Own'' is a British lifestyle magazine aimed at women. Publication ''Woman's Own'' was first published in... 1932 by Newnes. In its early years it placed women's rights and social problems firmly in the foreground. Its first "agony aunt ...

'' magazine before joining ''

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'' newspaper as a feature writer in 1992. She was promoted to woman's editor before she joined the ''Daily Star'' as their woman's editor in 1997. Between 1997 and 2003, she was promoted to features editor and then associate editor (features) before, in September 2003, becoming joint deputy editor with

Hugh Whittow Hugh Whittow is a British former newspaper editor. Whittow worked for the ''Western Telegraph'' and the '' South Wales Echo'', before moving to London to work on the '' London Evening News'', and then the '' Daily Star''. In the mid-1980s, he j ...

. She left her post as the ''Daily Star''s editor at the end of February 2018 after the takeover by Reach plc, though she continues as a columnist for the newspaper. She supports

West Ham United West Ham United Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Stratford, London, Stratford, East London, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English f ...

and also practises

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in her spare time. Neesom is a regular guest on talkRADIO, frequently appearing on many of their shows, especially with Mike Graham, where she regularly joins Mike and others for the "Plank of the Week" segment, as well as guest hosting on the station. Neesom is also a regular guest on

GB News GB News is a British free-to-air, editorial, opinion-orientated television and radio news channel. The channel is available on Freeview (UK), Freeview, Freesat, Sky UK, Sky, YouView, Virgin Media and via the internet on Samsung TV Plus, LG web ...

References

External links

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Dawn Neesom
coverage at ''The Media Briefing''

James Silver, ''

The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publis ...

'', 22 October 2006 1964 births Living people Daily Star (United Kingdom) people English newspaper editors People from Stratford, London The Sun (United Kingdom) people {{UK-journalist-stub