Lisa Markwell

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Lisa Markwell (born 23 April 1965) [1] is a British journalist. She was the editor of The Independent On Sunday for three years, from April 2013 until its closure in March 2016. She was appointed by proprietor Evgeny Lebedev as the first of three new editors for his ESI Media portfolio; he announced the appointment in a tweet. [2] From 2018 to 2021 she was the food editor of The Sunday Times . [3] She is now the editor of The Telegraph Magazine.

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Early career

Markwell was born and raised in Buckinghamshire. She left Dr Challoner's High School for Girls in Little Chalfont when she was 16, [4] working initially at Country Life magazine as a secretary before joining the (now defunct) fashion magazine Honey . She then worked at SKY and Elle magazines before joining the launch of The Sunday Correspondent in a team that included Peter Cole, [5] Mick Brown, Ian Katz, Jonathan Freedland and Simon Kelner. After the closure of the paper, she worked as a commissioning editor for The Sunday Times and The Mail on Sunday colour supplement, You magazine. She was then recruited to edit a magazine for the department store Harvey Nichols before becoming deputy editor of the women’s magazine Frank .

The Independent

In 1998 the new editor of The Independent, Simon Kelner, hired Markwell to relaunch the Saturday magazine. By 2004 she was features editor in charge of the daily "Review" section, but left to launch the Condé Nast magazine, Easy Living. She rejoined The Independent in 2008, working across the paper and at one time editing "The New Review" magazine. In 2010, she became executive editor of the daily paper, helping to launch i . [6]

The Independent on Sunday

In April 2013, Markwell replaced John Mullin as editor of The Independent on Sunday when the paper embarked on an integration programme. [7] During her editorship, Markwell highlighted the awareness of the plight of the Arctic 30 when her close friend Frank Hewetson, a Greenpeace activist, was imprisoned in Russia for attempting to occupy a drilling platform. [8] Her decision in 2014 not to publish images or names relating to the murder of British aid worker Alan Henning led to the newspaper winning the British Press Award for Front Page of the Year. [9] At the presentation of the award, Markwell commented that the newspaper had a full-time staff of 12. [10] During her editorship, Markwell joined the committee of Women in Journalism, speaking publicly and taking part in panel debates about the difficulties facing women in the media. [11] [12]

In February 2016, it was announced that Independent Print Ltd had sold the i newspaper to the Johnston Press and were to close the print editions of The Independent and Independent on Sunday [13] at the end of March. [14]

Career in food

After the closure of The Independent on Sunday, Markwell took a year out to train as a chef at Leiths School of Food and Wine 2017-2018, gaining a distinction level diploma. [15] She worked as editor for a restaurant platform CODE Hospitality, and has been the food editor of both The Sunday Times and The Daily Telegraph.

Personal life

Markwell lives in London and is married with two children. She has written about the adoption process [16] and about the challenges facing children with special needs and their families. [17] In 2009 she underwent treatment for breast cancer. [18]

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References

  1. ↑ "MARKWELL, Lisa" . Who's Who . Vol. 2022 (online ed.). A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ↑ "Appointment of Lisa Markwell as editor of Independent on Sunday announced by owner via Twitter". thedrum.com. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Lisa Markwell | the Times & the Sunday Times". The Times .
  4. ↑ "A reject reports: 'I'm glad I didn't go to university'" . Independent.co.uk . 18 August 2011. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Fourth 'Quality' Sunday Paper Enters in Britain". The New York Times. 2 October 1989.
  6. ↑ Sweney, Mark (18 October 2010). "Independent's new daily i to target 'lapsed readers of quality papers'". TheGuardian.com .
  7. ↑ "Independent on Sunday editor vows to keep title 'distinct' amid integration | PressGazette". www.pressgazette.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "Menus and mundanity in Murmansk". independent.co.uk. 26 October 2013. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  9. ↑ "This UK Newspaper's Front Cover Is A Moving Statement Against ISIS Propaganda". businessinsider.com. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  10. ↑ "Press Awards". pressawards.org.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  11. ↑ "Women In Media Have to Sell Themselves as Well as Their Stories". huffingtonpost.co.uk. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  12. ↑ "Lisa Markwell Women in Journalism final". vimeo.com. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  13. ↑ "Britain has been lucky to have the Independent on Sunday for 26 years" . Independent.co.uk . 17 March 2016. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022.
  14. ↑ Greenslade, Roy (20 March 2016). "The Sindy's demise - the shattering of a journalistic ornament". TheGuardian.com .
  15. ↑ "Alumni / Leiths School of Food & Wine".
  16. ↑ "Lisa Markwell: Adoption doesn't have to be as slow and painful as this" . independent.co.uk. 29 September 2011. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  17. ↑ "Lisa Markwell: It's her needs that make my daughter special" . Independent.co.uk . 15 May 2012. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022.
  18. ↑ "How Facebook got me through cancer" . independent.co.uk. 18 November 2009. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
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