James Harding | |
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:James_Harding_2014-11-20_001.jpg) Harding in 2014 | |
| Born | 15 September 1969 London, England |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge SOAS, University of London City University |
| Employer | Tortoise Media |
| Title | Director of News & Current Affairs, BBC News (2013–2018) Editor, The Times (2007–2012) |
James Paul Harding (born 15 September 1969) is a British journalist, and a former director of BBC News who was in the post from August 2013 until 1 January 2018.[1][2] He is the co-founder of Tortoise Media.[3]
In December 2007, he was appointed as editor of The Times newspaper, the youngest person to assume the post,[4] following Robert Thomson's appointment as publisher of the Wall Street Journal.[4]
He left The Times in December 2012,[5] and was succeeded by John Witherow as acting editor.[6]
- ^ "Harding starts job as BBC News director", BBC News, 12 August 2013
- ^ Samson, Adam (10 October 2017). "James Harding to step down as BBC news director". Financial Times. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ "Guardian assistant editor Merope Mills joins James Harding's Tortoise Media team with sense that 'news can be done differently'". PressGazette. October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ a b Stephen Glover (10 December 2007). "Changing 'Times': the challenges facing new editor James Harding". The Independent. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ "Times newspaper editor James Harding to quit", BBC News, 12 December 2012
- ^ Katherine Rushton "John Witherow named acting editor of The Times as News International eyes merger", telegraph.co.uk, 18 January 2013