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Donald Trelford (born 9 November 1937) is a
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and academic, who was editor of
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newspaper from 1975 to 1993. He was also a director of
The Observer from 1975 to 1993 and Chief Executive from 1992 to 1993.
In 1994, he was appointed Professor of Journalism Studies at the
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, and became a Visiting Professor in 2004 and Emeritus Professor in 2007.
Trelford is a member of the Council of the
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and Chairman of the London Press Club. He was also a member of the Newspaper Panel of the
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from 2001-7.
He is a regular broadcaster and has published books on snooker and cricket and co-authored (with Daniel King) a book on he 1993 Times World Chess Championship in London between Nigel Short and Gary Kasparov.
He is married with four children and lives in England and Majorca.