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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 PEN International, [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.
