- John Witherow
John Witherow is editor of the "Sunday Times", Britain's biggest selling quality newspaper.
Born in
South Africa in 1952. He came to Britain in the late 1950s and later attendedBedford School and theUniversity of York before being sent by Reuters to the Cardiff School of Journalism, where he gained a Distinction. He worked in Madrid and London for Reuters before joining The Times as a reporter. Covered theFalklands War 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 ofAndrew Neil in 1994 and confirmed in the job the following year. Witherow is now one of the longest-serving editors in Murdoch’sNews International 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 firmBryan Cave . He has three children.Falklands War of 1982
John Witherow sailed on the
HMS Invincible with the British troops involved in theFalklands War .Whilst on HMS Invicible, working as a
Times jounalist 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.Books
*cite book |last= Witherow |first= John |coauthors= Patrick Bishop |title= |publisher=
Quartet Books |year= 1982 |id= ISBN 0-7043-3424-0
*cite book |last= Witherow |first= John |coauthors= Aidan Sullivan |title= |publisher=St. Martin's Press |year= 1991 |id= ISBN 0-312-06706-2
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