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Dominic Mohan Born May 26, 1969
Bristol, England, UKOccupation Journalist, newspaper editor Nationality British Dominic Mohan (born 26 May 1969, Bristol, England) is a British journalist and newspaper editor.
He is the Editor of The Sun newspaper in London. He joined The Sun in 1996 working on the "Bizarre" column. Mohan was appointed deputy editor of The Sun in 2007 by Rebekah Brooks and was named as her replacement in 2009 following Brooks' promotion to chief executive of News International.[1][2]
Mohan conceived the idea of re-recording Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in 2004, for which he received the Hugh Cudlipp Award at the British Press Awards in 2005. He was instrumental in the Live 8 concert which followed. He was also a Virgin Radio DJ, winning a Sony Gold Award in 2003 for "The Who Special".[citation needed]
Although born in Bristol, his family moved to Cambridgeshire when he was 10 years old. He attended the Cromwell Community College (in Chatteris) and the Neale Wade Community College before graduating from Southampton University in English. While studying for his degree he wrote for and then edited The Wessex News (now Wessex Scene), the Southampton University student newspaper.
Personal life
He lives in North London with his wife and three children.
References
- ^ Stephen Brook "Gotcha! Dominic Mohan lands dream job at the Sun" The Guardian, 27 August 2009
- ^ Sabbagh, Dan (2009-08-26). "Dominic Mohan to be Editor of The Sun". London: The Times. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article6810768.ece. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
Media offices Preceded by
Fergus ShanahanDeputy Editor of The Sun
2007–2009Succeeded by
Simon Cosyns and Geoff WebsterPreceded by
Rebekah BrooksEditor of The Sun
2009–presentIncumbent Editors of The Sun, the Daily Herald and the News of the World The Sun 1964: Sydney Jacobson · 1965: Dick Dinsdale · 1969: Larry Lamb · 1972: Bernard Shrimsley · 1975: Larry Lamb · 1981: Kelvin MacKenzie · 1994: Stuart Higgins · 1998: David Yelland · 2003: Rebekah Wade · 2009: Dominic MohanDaily Herald 1912: William H. Seed · 1912: Roland Kenney · 1913: Charles Lapworth · 1913: George Lansbury · 1922: W. P. Ryan · 1922: Hamilton Fyfe · 1926: William Mellor · 1931: W. H. Stevenson · 1936: Edward Francis Williams · 1940: Percy Cudlipp · 1953: Sydney Elliott · 1957: Douglas Machray · 1960: John Beaven · 1962: Sydney JacobsonNews of the World 1843: Henry Drake Breun · 1891: Emsley Carr · 1941: David Percy Davies · 1946: Robert Skelton · 1947: Arthur Waters · 1953: Reg Cudlipp · 1960: Stafford Somerfield · 1970: Cyril Lear · 1974: Peter Stephens · 1975: Bernard Shrimsley · 1980: Kenneth Donlan · 1981: Barry Askew · 1981: Derek Jameson · 1984: Nicholas Lloyd · 1985: David Montgomery · 1987: Wendy Henry · 1988: Patsy Chapman · 1993: Stuart Higgins · 1994: Piers Morgan · 1995: Phil Hall · 2000: Rebekah Wade · 2003: Andy Coulson · 2007: Colin MylerCurrent editors of national newspapers of the United Kingdom Daily Hugh Whittow (Daily Express) · Paul Dacre (Daily Mail) · Richard Wallace (Daily Mirror) · Dawn Neesom (Daily Star) · Lionel Barber (Financial Times) · Bill Benfield (Morning Star) · Tony Gallagher (The Daily Telegraph) · Alan Rusbridger (The Guardian) · Stefano Hatfield (i) · Chris Blackhurst (The Independent) · Dominic Mohan (The Sun) · James Harding (The Times)Sunday Gareth Morgan (Daily Star Sunday) · John Mullin (Independent on Sunday) · Peter Wright (Mail on Sunday) · Martin Townsend (Sunday Express) · Tina Weaver (Sunday Mirror) · John Mulholland (The Observer) · Lloyd Embley (The People) · Ian MacGregor (The Sunday Telegraph) · John Witherow (The Sunday Times)This article about a British journalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.