| Roy Greenslade | |
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| Born | December 31, 1946 |
| Occupation | Professor of Journalism, journalist |
| Spouse(s) | Noreen Taylor |
Roy Greenslade (born 31 December 1946) is Professor of Journalism at City University London and has been a media commentator since 1992, most notably for The Guardian.
He writes a daily blog on The Guardian media site and also writes a column for the London Evening Standard
He was educated at Dagenham County High School (1957–63) and, aged 17, was hired by the Barking and Dagenham Advertiser. After serving a three-year indentureship, he joined the Lancashire Evening Telegraph in Blackburn as a sub-editor before spending 18 months as a sub at the Manchester office of the Daily Mail.
In 1969, he went to Fleet Street as a news sub on The Sun, which had just been acquired by Rupert Murdoch. He had a brief spell with the Daily Mirror in 1972 before returning to The Sun as deputy chief sub-editor, first with the news desk and later in the features department.
He left The Sun in 1974 to write his first book and to take a degree in politics at the University of Sussex. He worked his way through university with part-time subbing jobs at the Brighton Argus, BBC Radio Brighton, the Sunday Mirror and Reveille. After graduating in 1979, he joined the Daily Star in Manchester for six months until being seconded to the Daily Express in London. He was soon appointed features editor of the Daily Star.
In 1981, he returned to The Sun as assistant editor. Five years later, he transferred to The Sunday Times, first running the Review Section before becoming managing editor (news). In 1990, he was appointed by Robert Maxwell as editor of the Daily Mirror. He departed in March 1991 and later that year was consultant editor for three months to both The Sunday Times and Today.
From 1992 until 2005 he was media commentator for The Guardian. He then spent six months with The Daily Telegraph in a similar capacity before returning to The Guardian to launch a media blog and began to write a weekly media column for the London Evening Standard. He presented BBC Radio 4's Mediumwave (1993–95) and in 1996 was the launch presenter of Britain Talks Back on Granada Talk TV. He is a regular broadcaster on media matters.
He is on the board of the academic quarterly, the British Journalism Review, and is a trustee of the media ethics charity, MediaWise. In 2003, he was appointed Professor of Journalism at City University London in succession to Hugh Stephenson.
He is also the author of three books, Goodbye to the Working Class (1976), Maxwell's Fall (1992) and Press Gang: How Newspapers Make Profits from Propaganda (2003).
Greenslade divides his time between Brighton and Ramelton, County Donegal, Ireland. He is married to Noreen Taylor, the former Daily Mirror journalist and mother of actress Natascha McElhone.
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| Preceded by Richard Stott |
Editor of the Daily Mirror 1990–1991 |
Succeeded by Richard Stott |
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