- Veronica Wadley
Veronica Judith Colleton Wadley (born 28 February 1952) is a British journalist who has been editor of London's "
Evening Standard " since February 2002. She is the first female editor of the title.Wadley was born in Chelsea and educated at Francis Holland and
Benenden School in Kent. She has worked at "Vogue", "The Daily Telegraph " and the two "Mail" titles.During her time at the "Standard", the newspaper has been particularly critical of the London Mayor,
Ken Livingstone . [Chris Tryhorn [http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1415070,00.html "Livingstone: Daily Mail is reprehensible",] "The Guardian", 15 February 2005. Retrieved on 125 May 2007.]This has come to a head in the run-up to the 2008 London mayoral election, in which her newspaper has aggressively attacked Livingstone every day. According to articles in
The Guardian andTime Out London, she is strongly influenced by the need to renew Associated Newspaper's multi-million pound contract to deliver the Metro free paper inLondon Underground stations in 2010, a decision within the gift of the Mayor. [Guardian, Friday April 25, "Jester Boris eyes Ken's crown, with the help of some powerful friends", page 8, para 8.]Veronica Wadley has been married to the investigative journalist
Tom Bower since 1985 and has two children, a boy and a girl, plus two stepsons from her husband's first marriage.Notes and references
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* [http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,,1232689,00.html "The Standard Bearer"] , interview in "The Guardian",
June 7 ,2004
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