James Harding | |
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![]() Harding in 2014 | |
Born | London, England | 15 September 1969
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]