Chris Blackhurst
Early life and education
Born in Barrow-in-Furness, Blackhurst's father is a former teacher and Conservative borough councillor. His mother is an ex-special needs teacher.
Blackhurst was educated at Barrow Grammar School for Boys in his home town of Barrow-in-Furness, after which he went on to study Law at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.[2] He has said that his school instilled self-confidence in him and has argued for the restoration of grammar schools.[3]
Life and career
Blackhurst after graduation joined the staff of a legal magazine, but soon moved to Fleet Street, where he worked for the Business section, then Insight investigations team of The Sunday Times before becoming City Editor of the Sunday Express in 1990. He joined The Independent on Sunday in 1992 as Senior Business Writer, then moved to The Independent in 1993 as Westminster Correspondent. He became Deputy Editor of The Independent on Sunday and The Independent then followed editor Rosie Boycott back to the Express in 1998, as Deputy Editor. From 2002, Blackhurst edited the City Pages of the Evening Standard, until he was appointed Editor of The Independent in 2011.[4]
He was succeeded as Independent editor by Amol Rajan in June 2013.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 William Turvill "Amol Rajan is made editor of The Independent as Chris Blackhurst becomes group content director", Press Gazette, 17 June 2013
- ↑ Roy Greenslade, "Simon Kelner replaced after 13 years as editor of the Independent", The Guardian, 1 July 2011
- ↑ Chris Blackhurst (25 May 2012). "Grammar schools educated people to lead the world. They can do so again". The Independent. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
- ↑ James Robinson "Independent return: Chris Blackhurst's career in profile", The Guardian, 1 July 2011
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| Preceded by Martin Jacques |
Deputy Editor of The Independent 1996–1998 |
Succeeded by Ian Birrell |
| Preceded by Tessa Hilton |
Deputy Editor of the Daily Express 1998–2001 |
Succeeded by Nicola Briggs |
| Preceded by Simon Kelner |
Editor of The Independent 2011–2013 |
Succeeded by Amol Rajan |
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