John Witherow is editor of the
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, Britain's biggest selling quality newspaper.
Born in
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in 1952. He came to Britain in the late 1950s and later attended
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and the
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before being sent by Reuters to the
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, where he gained a Distinction. He worked in Madrid and London for Reuters before joining The Times as a reporter. Covered the
Falklands WarThe Falklands War , also called the Falklands Conflict/Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...
in 1982 and the Iran-Iraq war, before moving to
The Sunday Times.
John Witherow is editor of the
Sunday TimesThe Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper, distributed in the United Kingdom. The Sunday Times is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International, which is in turn owned by News Corporation. Times Newspapers also owns The Times, but the two papers were founded...
, Britain's biggest selling quality newspaper.
Born in
South AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa, with a coastline on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. To the north lie Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland, while Lesotho is an independent country surrounded by South Africa.Modern...
in 1952. He came to Britain in the late 1950s and later attended
Bedford SchoolBedford School is not to be confused with Bedford Modern School or Bedford High School.Bedford School is a public school for boys in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England and one of five run by the Harpur Trust....
and the
University of YorkThe University of York , is an academic institution located in the city of York, England. Established in 1963, the campus university has expanded to more than thirty departments and centres, covering a wide range of subjects...
before being sent by Reuters to the
Cardiff School of JournalismCardiff University is a leading university located in the Cathays Park area of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. It received its Royal charter in 1883 and is a member of the Russell Group of Universities. The university is consistently recognised as providing the best university education in Wales...
, where he gained a Distinction. He worked in Madrid and London for Reuters before joining The Times as a reporter. Covered the
Falklands WarThe Falklands War , also called the Falklands Conflict/Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...
in 1982 and the Iran-Iraq war, before moving to
The Sunday Times. There he served in several positions, including Defence Editor, Diplomatic Editor, Foreign Editor and managing Editor of News. Witherow was made acting editor after the departure of
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in 1994 and confirmed in the job the following year. Although he was damaged early in his editorship after publishing false claims that
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was a KGB agent
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/the-sorry-tale-of-agent-boot-1574439.html, Witherow is now one of the longest-serving editors in Murdoch’s
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empire, presiding over the expansion of one of his most successful newspapers and reconfirming its reputation for breaking powerful news stories (cash for questions; cash for honours) and developing its three magazines. Witherow is married to the Employment Lawyer Sarah Linton, a partner with the American law firm
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. He has three children.
Falklands War of 1982
John Witherow sailed on the
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with the British troops involved in the
Falklands WarThe Falklands War , also called the Falklands Conflict/Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...
.
Whilst on HMS Invicible, working as a
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journalist at the time, he said, "...the atmosphere was quite extraordinary, there were hundreds of thousands of people lining the quay, waving and within the ship there was a curious mood of ebullience and aggression". This quote is very influential with the British public's reaction to the Argentinian invasion.
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