Peter Wilby (UK journalist)

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Peter John Wilby (born 7 November 1944) is a British journalist.

Wilby was educated at grammar school in Leicestershire [1] before graduating with a degree in History from the University of Sussex, where he helped found a short-lived university paper called Sussex Outlook. In 1968 he started writing for The Observer. [2] He was Education Correspondent of the New Statesman in the 1970s [3] and for the Sunday Times in the 1980s. Wilby joined The Independent on Sunday in 1990 and eventually became its editor (1995-96). Subsequently he was editor of the New Statesman from 1998 to 2005, when he was dismissed, but still writes a weekly column for the journal. He now also writes for The Observer and The Guardian.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Who's Who in the Press Gang", The Independent, London, 28 August 2006.
  2. ^ "My Greatest Mistake", The Independent, London, 8 October 2002.
  3. ^ "My Mentor", The Independent, London, 3 October 2005.
Media offices
Preceded by
Ian Jack		 Editor of The Independent on Sunday
1995-1996		 Succeeded by
Rosie Boycott
Preceded by
Ian Hargreaves		 Editor of the New Statesman
1998–2005		 Succeeded by
John Kampfner
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