Dominic Mohan (born 26 May 1969) is a British journalist, broadcaster, businessman/ entrepreneur, author and former editor of ''

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'' newspaper in London. He is now Founder/CEO of his own media consultancy Dominic Mohan Media, specialising in communications, public relations, crisis management and content creation. Mohan was born in Bristol, but his family moved to Cambridgeshire when he was 10 years old. He attended the Neale-Wade Community College in

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, before graduating from Southampton University in English. While studying for his degree he wrote for and then edited ''Wessex News'' (now '' Wessex Scene''), the Southampton University student newspaper, and won a scholarship to study English and Journalism at

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in New Jersey, USA. He joined ''The Sun'' in 1996, working on the "Bizarre" Column and editing it between 1998 and 2003. He then became Assistant Editor and columnist before being made Associate Editor (Features) in 2004. Mohan was appointed deputy editor of ''The Sun'' in 2007 by Rebekah Brooks, and was named as her replacement in 2009 following Brooks' promotion to chief executive of

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. He launched ''The Sun on Sunday'' in February 2012, becoming ''The Sun''s first seven-day editor. Mohan conceived the idea of re-recording Band Aid's "

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" in 2004, for which ''The Sun'' received the Hugh Cudlipp Award at the

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in 2005. He has also worked for Virgin Radio as a broadcaster. For his interview with

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he received a Sony Radio Academy Gold Award in 2003. Mohan has since worked with the Teenage Cancer Trust, of which Daltrey is patron. In June 2013, Mohan left ''The Sun'' to work as a consultant to Robert Thomson, chief executive of parent company

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. He was succeeded as ''Sun'' editor by David Dinsmore. In September 2015, it was announced that Mohan would be working as Outside's Chief Executive Officer alongside founder and now Chairman Alan Edwards. He left The Outside Organisation in November 2018. The book "Morgan Howell at 45 RPM" published in October 2020 featuring 95 of Morgan's amazing paintings of 7" singles, has been co written by Mohan, and every painting features contributions from fans and celebrities with memories and anectdotes about each record.

Personal life

Mohan lives in north London with his wife and four children. His younger sister Isabel is also a journalist."3am website pits Mohan against Mohan"
''The Guardian'', 18 August 2009

References

1969 births Living people Alumni of the University of Southampton British male journalists British newspaper editors People from Cambridgeshire The Sun (United Kingdom) editors {{UK-journalist-stub