Dawn Neesom

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Dawn Neesom is a British journalist. She is the current editor of the Daily Star newspaper, having been promoted to the post in December 2003.

Born in Stratford, east London, Neesom attended Valentines High School in Ilford. Her mother was a cleaner and her father a lorry driver. She dropped out of college and as such is one of the few Fleet Street editors not to have a university education.[1].

Her career in journalism began on the local weekly newspaper the Newham Advertiser in 1982 and she also worked on Women's Own magazine before joining The Sun newspaper as a feature writer in 1992. She was promoted to become 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.[2]

She is a staunch West Ham United fan and also practices kickboxing in her spare time.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Toffs at the top", UK Press Gazette, 15-6-2006. 
  2. ^ "My Life in Media: Dawn Neesom", The Independent, 6-12-2004. 
  3. ^ Lieberman, David. "Interview: Dawn Neesom", London Evening Standard, 4-9-2004.