Katharine Viner

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Katharine Sophie Viner (* 1971 ) is a British journalist and the first editor-in-chief of the British daily newspaper The Guardian .

Life

youth

Katharine Viner grew up in Yorkshire , her parents were teachers . She was already interested in journalism in elementary school . In 1987 a newspaper article was published by her in the Guardian , which dealt with school exams according to the GCE O standard. In 1988 she worked briefly for the local newspaper Ripon Gazette , after which she studied at Oxford at Pembroke College . Shortly before graduation, she won a writing contest organized by the Guardian , whereupon Louise Chunn, one of the newspaper's staff, asked her to consider a career in journalism.

Career as a reporter

Viner began working for Cosmopolitan magazine to gain work experience and quickly moved to the Sunday Times , where she worked for three years before joining the Guardian in 1997. There she initially wrote for a column specifically aimed at women, before becoming editor for the Saturday supplement Weekend in 1998 . In 2005 she became editor of features and in 2008 she was named deputy editor-in-chief. From 2008 to 2012 she was responsible for the entire Saturday edition of the newspaper.

Editorial work in Australia and New York

Viner also had the task of developing the Australian edition of the newspaper and was in "Down Under" for 16 months, after which she managed the US edition of New York City from summer 2014 until she was elected editor-in-chief of the newspaper .

Editor-in-Chief of the Guardian

Viner was able to prevail in a vote in March 2015 to succeed Alan Rusbridger as the new editor-in-chief, receiving 53% of the votes. Her election was announced on March 20, and she took over from Rusbridger on June 1, 2015, as the first woman in the 194-year history of the newspaper. She prevailed against 26 applicants and is only the twelfth person to serve as the newspaper's editor-in-chief.

When she took over the editorial management, the newspaper was financially troubled and made great losses. It turned things around by making massive savings, downsizing the format of the print edition and cutting staff. For the online edition, she dispensed with a paywall , instead relying on donations, so-called memberships of the readers and - controversial - cooperation with sponsors such as the Bill Gates Foundation . The number of page views increased as did the number of subscriptions.

additional

Viner co-wrote a play with Alan Rickman called My Name Is Rachel Corrie , which deals with the life of Rachel Corrie , an American activist who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Rafah , Gaza in 2003. The play premiered at the Royal Court Theater in 2005 .

Text book

  • on acting on Rachel Corrie's diaries and records: My Name Is Rachel Corrie . Theater Communications Group, New York City, USA 2006, ISBN 978-1-854598783 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dominic Ponsford: New Guardian editor Katharine Viner's challenge: What to do with 964 staff and £ 850m. (No longer available online.) In: pressgazette.co.uk. Press Gazette, March 24, 2015, archived from the original on August 31, 2015 ; accessed on September 13, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pressgazette.co.uk
  2. ^ David Prior: Former Ripon Gazette work experience girl is new editor of The Guardian. In: prolificnorth.co.uk. Prolific North, March 23, 2015, accessed September 13, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Katharine Viner. In: theguardian.com. The Guardian, accessed September 13, 2015 .
  4. ↑ a b c Guardian appoints Katharine Viner as editor-in-chief. In: theguardian.com. The Guardian, March 20, 2015, accessed September 13, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Katharine Viner becomes the new editor-in-chief at the Guardian. In: sueddeutsche.de. Süddeutsche Zeitung, March 20, 2015, accessed on September 13, 2015 .
  6. ^ Adam Sherwin: Katharine Viner appointed editor-in-chief of the Guardian. In: independent.co.uk. The Independent, March 20, 2015, accessed September 13, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Laura Slattery: Katharine Viner to balance news and 'fun' at the 'Guardian'. In: irishtimes.com. The Irish Times, March 26, 2015, accessed September 13, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Cathrin Kahlweit: "We want to give hope" , sueddeutsche.de, June 7, 219, accessed on November 21, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Viner, Katharine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Viner, Kath; Viner Katharine Sophie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British journalist and editor-in-chief of The Guardian newspaper
DATE OF BIRTH 1971