James Harding (journalist)
James Harding (born 1969) is a British journalist. In December 2007, he was named editor of The Times newspaper, following Robert Thomson's appointment as publisher of the Wall Street Journal.[1]
Harding was educated at the independent St. Paul's School in Barnes, near Hammersmith in London,[2] followed by Trinity College, Cambridge (where he attained a First Class degree in history)[1] and City University.[3] Harding also spent a year studying at Davidson College in the United States[citation needed]. Before entering the media, he worked as a speechwriter to Koichi Kato, who was Chief Secretary to the Cabinet of Japan, and for the Japan unit of the European Commission.[1] He began his journalistic career at the Financial Times in 1994 and two years later opened the paper's Shanghai bureau.[1] After serving for three years as the Financial Times' Washington bureau chief, he joined The Times in 2006 as Business Editor.[1]
As editor of The Times, Harding was responsible for the cancellation of the Times2 supplement in March 2010 and its re-introduction in October of the same year following complaints from readers.[4]
Harding speaks English, French, German, Mandarin and Japanese.[1]
He is the youngest person to become editor of The Times.[1]
His book Alpha Dogs was published in spring 2008.[5][6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g Katharine Barney (10 December 2007). "Changing 'Times': the challenges facing new editor James Harding". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/changing-times-the-challenges-facing-new-editor-james-harding-764044.html. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ Andy McSmith (19 June 2010). "George Osborne: A silver spoon for the golden boy". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/george-osborne-a-silver-spoon-for-the-golden-boy-2004814.html. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ Roy Greenslade (10 December 2010). "Harding, a product of City University". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2007/dec/10/hardingaproductofcityuniv. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ John Plunkett (11 October 2010). "Times revives Times2 supplement". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/oct/11/times2-the-times. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ Robert Colvile (16 August 2008). "Review: Alpha Dogs by James Harding". The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/non_fictionreviews/3558582/Review-Alpha-Dogs-by-James-Harding.html. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ Leonard Doyle (19 September 2008). "Alpha dogs, by James Harding : Vote-hounds at the thin end of a social wedge". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/alpha-dogs-by-james-harding-934868.html. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
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