Stephen Rae (born 1966) is the former group editor-in-chief of INM newspaper publishers, including the ''
Irish Independent
The ''Irish Independent'' is an Irish daily newspaper and online publication which is owned by Independent News & Media (INM), a subsidiary of Mediahuis.
The newspaper version often includes glossy magazines.
Traditionally a broadsheet new ...
'', Ireland's largest national newspaper, from 2012–2018.
Biography
Born on the
Dingle Peninsula in
County Kerry
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, on the south west Atlantic coast of Ireland Rae attended the
DIT School of Journalism, qualified as a barrister-at-law at
King's Inns, Dublin
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, has a qualification in Criminology from DIT, and received the Directors’ Programme Award in Business and Leadership from the Management School,
Cranfield University
, mottoeng = After clouds light
, established = 1946 - College of Aeronautics 1969 - Cranfield Institute of Technology (gained university status by royal charter) 1993 - Cranfield University (adopted current name)
, type = Public research uni ...
, UK.
Career
He was Young Journalist of the Year in 1985 and subsequently became a freelance journalist for a range of national newspapers. He spent a period as editor of the ''Garda Review'' (the monthly magazine of
the national police force), before becoming crime correspondent for the ''
Evening Herald''. Rae became acting editor of the ''Evening Herald'' in September 2005, before being appointed editor in May 2006.
In 2012, Rae was appointed the editor of the ''
Irish Independent
The ''Irish Independent'' is an Irish daily newspaper and online publication which is owned by Independent News & Media (INM), a subsidiary of Mediahuis.
The newspaper version often includes glossy magazines.
Traditionally a broadsheet new ...
'', Ireland's largest selling national newspaper. At the Irish Independent he oversaw what became known as