Dawn Neesom

Dawn Neesom

Dawn Neesom (born 11 December 1964) is a British journalist. She is the current editor of the Daily Star newspaper, having been promoted to the post in December 2003.

Born in Stratford, London, England, Neesom attended Valentines High School in Ilford. Her mother was a cleaner and her father a lorry driver. Her career in journalism began on the local weekly newspaper the Newham Recorder in 1982 and she also worked on Woman's Own magazine before joining The Sun newspaper as a feature writer in 1992. She was promoted to become woman's editor before she joined the Daily Star as their woman's editor in 1997. Between 1997 and 2003 she was promoted to features editor and then associate editor (features) before, in September 2003, becoming joint deputy editor with Hugh Whittow.[1]

She is a staunch West Ham United fan and also practises kickboxing in her spare time.[2]

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Preceded by
Peter Hill
Editor of the Daily Star
2003–present
Incumbent