Dominic Mohan

Dominic Mohan
Born	May 26, 1969 (1969-05-26) (age 42) Bristol, England, UK
Occupation	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

1. ^ Stephen Brook "Gotcha! Dominic Mohan lands dream job at the Sun" The Guardian, 27 August 2009
2. ^ 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 Shanahan	Deputy Editor of The Sun 2007–2009	Succeeded by Simon Cosyns and Geoff Webster
Preceded by Rebekah Brooks	Editor of The Sun 2009–present	Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Mohan, Dominic
Alternative names
Short description	Journalist, newspaper editor
Date of birth	26 May 1969
Place of birth	Bristol, England, UK
Date of death
Place of death

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