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Jonathan Heawood | |
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| Occupation(s) | Journalist and literary editor |
| Organization | Public Interest News Foundation |
| Known for | Founder and former CEO of IMPRESS |
Jonathan Heawood is an English journalist and literary editor. He is Executive Director of the Public Interest News Foundation,[1] the first journalism charity in the UK to be awarded charitable status.[2]
Heawood is the founder and former CEO of IMPRESS, the only press regulator recognised under Royal Charter in the United Kingdom.[3]
He is a former director of programmes at the Sigrid Rausing Trust, a private human rights foundation, Director of the English Centre of International PEN,[4] deputy literary editor of The Observer and editor of the Fabian Review. He writes on cultural and political issues for a number of publications, including the Telegraph, Independent, The Guardian,[5] London Review of Books and New Statesman.
Heawood has a PhD from the University of Cambridge. His book The Press Freedom Myth was published in 2019 by Biteback Publishing.[6][7]
He is married to writer Amy Jenkins and they have one child. He is the great grandson of Percy John Heawood, the mathematician.
References
[edit]- ^ "Our Team". Public Interest News Foundation.
- ^ Waterson, Jim (23 September 2020). "UK charity launched to support public interest journalism". The Guardian.
- ^ "Faq | Impress". impress.press. IMPRESS.
- ^ Renzetti, Elizabeth (16 February 2010). "London, sue capital of the world". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ Jonathan Heawood at The Guardian.
- ^ The Press Freedom Myth. Biteback Publishing. 2019. ISBN 9781785905445.
- ^ Yilmaz, Ilhan Alp (29 March 2023). "Review of The Press Freedom Myth, Jonathan Heawood". St Andrews Law Review. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
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