James Waterson (born March 1989) is an English journalist who was the media editor of ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardi ...

''. Previously he was political editor of BuzzFeed UK, and prior to that worked for

City AM ''City AM'' is a free business-focused newspaper distributed in and around London, England, with an accompanying website. In January 2025, it had a monthly online readership of 4m. In 2023 it had a print circulation of 67,714. History ''City ...

Early life

Waterson was born in

York York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ...

. He attended

Oundle School Oundle School is a public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Private schools in the United Kingdom, fee-charging boarding school, boarding and day school) for pupils 11–18 situated in the market town of Oundle in Northamptonshire ...

, leaving in 2007. He graduated from

Jesus College, Oxford Jesus College (in full: Jesus College in the University of Oxford of Queen Elizabeth's Foundation) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the city, on a site between Turl Street, Ship ...

, in 2011, with a degree in history. He represented the college on the 2009–10 series of ''

University Challenge ''University Challenge'' is a British television quiz programme which first aired in 1962. ''University Challenge'' aired for 913 episodes on ITV from 21 September 1962 to 31 December 1987, presented by quizmaster Bamber Gascoigne. The BBC ...

''.

Career

Waterson interned at Guido Fawkes, ''The Independent'', and ''The Observer'' before landing his first job covering politics and business on City A.M. While at City A.M. he fried an egg on a street using reflected heat from the 20 Fenchurch Street skyscraper. He was

BuzzFeed News ''BuzzFeed News'' was an American news website published by BuzzFeed beginning in 2011. It ceased posting new hard news content in May 2023. It published a number of high-profile scoops, including the Steele dossier, for which it was strong ...

' UK political editor from 2013, before joining ''The Guardian'' in 2018. In 2024 he set up ''London Centric'', a newsletter publishing "exclusive, ambitious and interesting news stories about the capital that aren’t being reported by other outlets". He has presented '' Week in Westminster'' on

BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. The station replaced the BBC Home Service on 30 September 1967 and broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasti ...

, and appeared on '' Moral Maze'' in February 2017.

Personal life

Waterson has been in a relationship with journalist Jess Brammar since 2017. Brammar has been the editor of

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and

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since 2021. The couple have one son born in 2020.

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Buzzfeed contributions

''Guardian'' contributions
{{DEFAULTSORT:Waterson, Jim Living people 1989 births People educated at Oundle School Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford English political journalists Journalists from Yorkshire People from York