John Kay (journalist)

John Kay (born 1944) is a British journalist who has worked for The Sun newspaper since 1974, and was appointed the publication's chief reporter in 1990. Twice named 'Reporter of the Year' in the British Press Awards, a Press Gazette feature in November 2005 identified him as the sixteenth most influential British journalist since the war.^[1]

In 1977 Kay was convicted of the manslaughter of his wife, on the grounds of diminished responsibility.^[2][3]

References

1. ^ "Press Gazette names top forty journalists of the modern era", Press Gazette, 25 November 2005. Retrieved 13 March 2008.
2. ^ See Peter Chippindale and Chris Horrie Stick It Up Your Punter!: The Uncut Story of the "Sun" Newspaper, 1999, Pocket Books, p69-71.
3. ^ "Hangwatch". Private Eye (1258): 7. 19 March 2010.