Emily Jane Bell (born 14 September 1965) is a British academic and journalist. She is Professor of Professional Practice at the

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, Columbia School of Journalism and the Director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism, part of the CSJ, in New York City. Before taking up her academic post at the Tow Center in 2010, Bell had worked for ''

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'' and ''

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'' newspapers since 1990. Born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, Bell read jurisprudence at Christ Church, Oxford, and graduated in 1987. She began her career on ''Big Farm Weekly'' that year, and then joined ''

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'', the magazine for the advertising business, in 1988.Stephen Armstron
"Media Profile: Emily Bell, business editor, the Observer - A true business strategist"
''PR Week'', 4 December 1998 In 1990, Bell joined ''

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'' as a business reporter becoming Media Business Editor in 1995, deputy business editor, and then Business Editor during 1998. In June 2000, Bell became executive editor of the Media Guardian website, and editor-in-chief of Guardian Unlimited in February 2001. In September 2006, Bell was appointed to the board of Guardian Newspapers Ltd and assumed the role of director of digital content for Guardian News and Media. Emily Bell became a non-executive director of the Scott Trust, which owns the

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, in January 2013. Bell is an editor of ''Journalism After Snowden: The Future of the Free Press in the Surveillance State'', published by

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in March, 2017. She is also one of the 25 leading figures on the Information and Democracy Commission launched by

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External links

"Emily Bell(Wether) - An Englishwoman in New York"
- official blog
"Emily Bell"
- Guardian contributor page {{DEFAULTSORT:Bell, Emily 1965 births Living people Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford British journalists The Guardian journalists