Tom Newton Dunn
| Tom Newton Dunn | |
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| Born |
Thomas Newton Dunn 16 December 1973 |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Marlborough College |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Employer | The Sun |
| Spouse(s) | Dominie (m. 2004) |
| Children | 2 |
Tom Newton Dunn (born 16 December 1973) is a British journalist who is the political editor of The Sun newspaper. He has held the post since 2009. He previously worked for ten years as a defence journalist and foreign reporter.
Newton Dunn also regularly appears on BBC and Sky News, and is one of the hosts of BBC Radio 4's Week in Westminster and What the Papers Say.
Early life and family
Newton Dunn was born in London, the son of former Conservative, then Liberal Democrat MEP Bill Newton Dunn, and was educated at Marlborough College in Wiltshire[1] and Edinburgh University, receiving an MA Honours degree in English Literature.
Career
Newton Dunn joined The Daily Telegraph as a diary reporter for the Peterborough column in 1996, moving to the Daily Mirror to join their Graduate Trainee scheme the next year. He spent several years (1999–2001) with the Mirror as a news reporter, before being made the paper's defence correspondent after the 9/11 terrorist attacks covering the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
In 2004, he moved to The Sun as the paper's defence editor. He was promoted to the role of the publication's political editor in 2009, although it was intended for him to be still involved in the title's defence coverage.[2]
He is also a regular broadcast commentator on politics, hosts BBC Radio 4's The Week in Westminster and What the Papers Say, has been a panellist on Any Questions?, and reviews the papers on Sky News.
Awards
Newton Dunn was awarded Scoop of the Year at the 2008 British Press Awards[3] for revealing the cockpit tapes behind the Matty Hull friendly fire disaster. He also won Reporter of the Year for that and other defence stories, and collected Campaign of the Year and the Hugh Cudlipp Award for Popular Journalism on behalf of The Sun for the paper's Help For Heroes campaign.
He also won Scoop of the Year for the Matty Hull friendly fire disaster story at the 2007 What The Papers Say Awards.[4]
In 2015, he won the Politics Journalism award at the annual British Journalism Awards[5] for revealing the Plebgate scandal, which was successfully defended by from a libel suit brought by Tory MP and former Government Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell.
Personal life
He is married with two sons and lives in London. Newton Dunn is also known to be a keen supporter and season ticket holder at Arsenal Football Club.
Publications
Newton Dunn has ghost-written two non-fiction books:
- Sniper One (2006) – ISBN 978-0141029016
- Apache (2008) – ISBN 978-0007288175
References
- ↑ Marlborough News Online, 19 July 2013, Summer school question time: after Mandela, after that royal birth – and the costs of old age
- ↑ Tryhorn, Chris (15 October 2009). "Sun political editor George Pascoe-Watson to join Tim Allan's PR agency". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ↑ Press Gazette, 8 April 2008, British Press Awards: Sun wins four gongs
- ↑ The Guardian, 21 December 2007, What the Papers Say Awards: Full list of winners
- ↑ "Press Gazette". Retrieved 2 December 2015.
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| Preceded by George Pascoe-Watson |
Political editor of The Sun 2009–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |