John Witherow

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John Witherow is editor of the Sunday Times, Britain's biggest selling quality newspaper.

Born in South Africa in 1952. He came to Britain in the late 1950s and later attended Bedford School and the University of York before being sent by Reuters to the Cardiff School of Journalism, where he gained a Distinction. He worked in Madrid and London for Reuters before joining The Times as a reporter. Covered the Falklands War in 1982 and the Iran-Iraq war, before moving to The Sunday Times. There he served in several positions, including Defence Editor, Diplomatic Editor, Foreign Editor and managing Editor of News. Witherow was made acting editor after the departure of Andrew Neil in 1994 and confirmed in the job the following year. Witherow is now one of the longest-serving editors in Murdoch’s News International empire, presiding over the expansion of one of his most successful newspapers and reconfirming its reputation for breaking powerful news stories (cash for questions; cash for honours) and developing its three magazines. Witherow is married to the Employment Lawyer Sarah Linton, a partner with the American law firm Bryan Cave. He has three children.

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Witherow, John; Patrick Bishop (1982). The Winter War: Falklands Conflict. Quartet Books. ISBN 0-7043-3424-0.
Witherow, John; Aidan Sullivan (1991). The Sunday Times War in the Gulf: A Pictorial History. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-06706-2.