Alan Rusbridger

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Alan Charles Rusbridger (born December 29, 1953 in Lusaka , Northern Rhodesia ) is a British journalist . He was editor-in-chief and publisher of the British daily newspaper The Guardian from January 13, 1995 to May 29, 2015 .

Alan Rusbridger (2018)

Life

Alan Rusbridger was born in Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia ), the son of B. E. and G. H. Rusbridger, Head of Education for Northern Rhodesia.

When Alan Rusbridger was five, the family returned to the United Kingdom. He attended school in Guildford and the Cranleigh School boarding school. He studied English literature at Magdalene College , Cambridge and worked for the Cambridge News during the holidays. After graduating, he worked there until 1979.

In 1982 he married the educationalist Lindsay Mackie. They have two daughters (* 1983 and * 1986)

job

After the Cambridge News he went to The Guardian as a reporter and wrote, among other things, the daily column . In November 1985 he had a brief stint as a royal reporter, during which time he followed the Prince and Princess of Wales in Melbourne , Australia . At that time he was already using a modem to send data to London. In 1986 he left the Guardian to become a television critic for the Observer before moving to Washington to serve as editor of the short-lived London Daily News in 1987 .

After returning to the Guardian , he started the "Weekend" supplement in 1988. In 1995, he became editor of the Guardian. In the years that followed he dared to publish the Guardian's content first on the Internet ( web-first principle ) and then in the daily newspaper.

On May 29, 2015 Rusbridger retired as editor-in-chief at the Guardian. His successor is Katharine Viner . Since October 2015 he has been Principal of Lady Margaret Hall at Oxford University .

Alan Rusbridger was to succeed Liz Forgan as chairman of Scott Trust Limited in September 2016 . The Scott Trust Limited is the owner of the Guardian Media Group . Due to the Guardian's financial crisis blamed on Rusbridger, he resigned the presidency on May 13, 2016.

Others

Rusbridger has written three children's books and is co-author of the BBC drama Fields of Gold with Ronan Bennett .

In Germany, Rusbridger is  best known for the surveillance and espionage affair - triggered by the whistleblower Edward Snowden .

Rusbridger is a Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford , and a visiting professor at Queen Mary, University of London . Since 2004 he has been chairman of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain .

Rusbridger supports the international non-profit climate protection campaign 10:10 . He is also a passionate amateur pianist.

Awards

Rusbridger received honorary degrees from the University of Lincoln in 2009 and from Kingston University in January 2010.

In 2010 he was selected to deliver the annual Andrew Olle Media Lecture in Australia .

Alan Rusbridger and Spiegel editor-in-chief Wolfgang Büchner received the special award of the European Press Award 2013 in London for his “perseverance and courage” reporting on the NSA scandal .

In September 2014, the Right Livelihood Award Foundation awarded him the Alternative Nobel Prize “for the development of a global media organization that is committed to responsible journalism in the public interest and, against great resistance, reveals illegal actions by companies and states” . The award was presented on December 1, 2014.

Movie

In the movie Inside Wikileaks - The Fifth Estate , Rusbridger was played by Peter Capaldi .

Works

literature

Web links

Wikiquote: Alan Rusbridger  - Quotes
Commons : Alan Rusbridger  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 'Farewell, readers': Alan Rusbridger on leaving the Guardian after two decades at the helm. In: The Guardian. May 29, 2015.
  2. ↑ Ken Auletta: Annals of Communications: Freedom of Information. In: The New Yorker. October 7, 2013.
  3. ^ Alan Rusbridger - Editor, The Guardian. ( Memento of January 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Press Gazette. November 23, 2005.
  4. ^ Guardian of journalistic integrity: Alan Rusbridger, Editor, the Guardian. Media profiles; October 11, 1996.
  5. ^ Alan Rusbridger to stand down as Guardian editor-in-chief. In: The Guardian. December 10, 2014.
  6. ↑ Guardian appoints Katharine Viner as editor-in-chief. In: The Guardian. March 20, 2015.
  7. ^ Mr Alan Rusbridger elected as next Principal of Lady Margaret Hall
  8. ^ Alan Rusbridger will not take up role as chair of the Scott Trust , The Guardian, May 13, 2016
  9. ↑ Alan Rusbridger Steps Down As Chair Of The Guardian's Owner , BuzzFeed , May 13, 2016
  10. ^ Rusbridger vs. Chopin. In: Radio Times.
  11. ^ Guardian chief editor honored by the university. In: The Linc. September 23, 2009, accessed April 22, 2011 .
  12. ^ Good news comes by degrees. Kingston University, January 21, 2010, accessed November 21, 2011 .
  13. ↑ Rearview mirror: Excellent . In: Der Spiegel . No. 13 , 2014 ( online ).
  14. ↑ Press release on the Right Livelihood Award 2014. (PDF) Retrieved on September 24, 2014 .
  15. ^ Joint Honorary Award with Edward Snowden. ( Memento from December 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Rusbridger, Alan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rusbridger, Alan Charles (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British journalist, editor-in-chief and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Lusaka , Northern Rhodesia