Jane Martinson

Jane Martinson (born 1967) is a British journalist who is the Head of Media for Guardian News and Media, responsible for the coverage of the media in the The Guardian newspaper and the website.

Martinson was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge,[1] where she read English.[2] Martinson studied Journalism at the City University in London before beginning her career on the South Wales Echo.[2] in 1991. She joined the Financial Times in 1993.[3]

After a period working as the FT's Wall Street correspondent she joined The Guardian in May 1999,[4] remaining in New York as the US business editor.[5] She became the news editor for the City coverage of The Guardian when she returned to London in 2002,[3] and then media business editor in January 2004.[6]

Martinson was appointed as The Guardian's media editor in 2007, and assumed the post in January 2008 after returning from maternity leave.[3] She became women's editor in 2010, and set up the newspaper's blog on women's issues. She assumed her current post in September 2014.[7]

Martinson is a committee member of Women in Journalism,[8] and was the organisation's chair until late in 2013.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Jane Martinson". Christ's College, Cambridge. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Jane Martinson, head of media The Guardian". Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "New editor for Media Guardian". Society of Editors. journalism.co.uk. 11 October 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Jane Martinson, Head of Media, The Guardian". Edinburgh International Television Festival. 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Guardian appoints Jane Martinson as head of media". The Guardian. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "In Brief". Press Gazette. 21 January 2004. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Turvill, William (8 July 2014). "Guardian's women's editor Jane Martinson returns to media role". Press Gazette. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "Journalism: Committee members". Women in Journalism. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  9. ↑ Greenslade, Roy (21 November 2013). "Mills to chair Women in Journalism". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
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