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'''Tina Weaver''' is a [[British people|British]] [[newspaper editor]]. |
'''Tina Weaver''' is a [[British people|British]] [[newspaper editor]]. |
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Tina has been Editor of the ''[[Sunday Mirror]]'' since 2001. Prior to that she was Deputy Editor to Piers Morgan at the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'', where she launched the Mirror’s Saturday magazine, M, which instantly won supplement of the year. She started her career at South West News Service, then joined the ''[[Sunday People]]'' in 1989, and was Chief Reporter by the time she left in 1992. ''[[Mirror]]'' Editor Richard Stott invited her to join him on the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'', where she spent a year before joining the now defunct newspaper ''[[Today]]'', in 1993. She was named Reporter of the Year for exposing Michael Jackson’s relationship with young boys in 1994. When Murdoch closed Today the following year, rather than take a job on the Sun, or Sunday Times she joined Piers Morgan, who had just become Editor of the ''[[Mirror]]''. She was Features Editor, before becoming Deputy Editor in 1997. |
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Weaver started her career at the South West News Service, then worked for the ''[[Sunday People]]'' from 1989 to 1992 before spending a year at the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'', then joined ''[[Today (UK newspaper)|Today]]''.<ref name="PCC">[http://www.pcc.org.uk/news/index.html?article=NDk4MQ== MACGREGOR AND WEAVER APPOINTED TO PCC AS DACRE LEAVES TO HEAD CODE COMMITTEE], [[Press Complaints Commission]], 4 March 2008</ref> In 1994, she was named the Reporter of the Year for her investigation into [[Michael Jackson]] and [[Lisa Marie Presley]]'s marriage. When ''Today'' closed, Weaver moved to the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'', and became Deputy Editor in 1998. She also launched and edited the ''Mirror'''s Saturday magazine, ''M''.<ref name="weaves">Jessica Hodgson, "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2001/apr/12/sundaymirror.pressandpublishing2 Tina weaves her way to the top]", ''[[The Guardian]]'', 12 April 2001</ref> |
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<ref name="PCC">[http://www.pcc.org.uk/news/index.html?article=NDk4MQ== MACGREGOR AND WEAVER APPOINTED TO PCC AS DACRE LEAVES TO HEAD CODE COMMITTEE], [[Press Complaints Commission]], 4 March 2008</ref> |
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In 2001, Weaver became Editor of the ''[[Sunday Mirror]]'',<ref name="weaves" /> and in 2008 she was appointed to the [[Press Complaints Commission]].<ref name="PCC" /> |
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<ref name="weaves">Jessica Hodgson, "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2001/apr/12/sundaymirror.pressandpublishing2 Tina weaves her way to the top]", ''[[The Guardian]]'', 12 April 2001</ref> |
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In 2008 Tina was appointed to the [[Press Complaints Commission]], where she still serves. |
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Revision as of 11:20, 16 July 2011
Tina Weaver is a British newspaper editor.
Tina has been Editor of the Sunday Mirror since 2001. Prior to that she was Deputy Editor to Piers Morgan at the Daily Mirror, where she launched the Mirror’s Saturday magazine, M, which instantly won supplement of the year. She started her career at South West News Service, then joined the Sunday People in 1989, and was Chief Reporter by the time she left in 1992. Mirror Editor Richard Stott invited her to join him on the Daily Mirror, where she spent a year before joining the now defunct newspaper Today, in 1993. She was named Reporter of the Year for exposing Michael Jackson’s relationship with young boys in 1994. When Murdoch closed Today the following year, rather than take a job on the Sun, or Sunday Times she joined Piers Morgan, who had just become Editor of the Mirror. She was Features Editor, before becoming Deputy Editor in 1997.
In 2008 Tina was appointed to the Press Complaints Commission, where she still serves.
References
- ^ MACGREGOR AND WEAVER APPOINTED TO PCC AS DACRE LEAVES TO HEAD CODE COMMITTEE, Press Complaints Commission, 4 March 2008
- ^ Jessica Hodgson, "Tina weaves her way to the top", The Guardian, 12 April 2001
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