Harold Evans



Profile:


Full name: (Sir) Harold Matthew Evans

Area of interest: politics, society, world affairs

Journals: The Guardian

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Website: Guardian.co / Harold Evans

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Agent: Greater Talent Network (video)

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Biography:
Education: Durham University: (BA hons) politics and economics; Master of Arts - thesis on foreign policy; Harkness Fellowship for travel and study in the United States, 1956-57

Career: Started as junior reporter in Ashton under Lyne, age 16; served in the Royal Air Force before going to Durham University; Manchester Evening News: assistant editor; Northern Echo: editor; The Sunday Times: editor, 1967/1981; The Times: editor, 1981/1982; moved to U.S. 1984 - U.S. News & World Report: editorial director; Conde Nast Traveler magazine: founder; Random House trade group: President and Publisher, 1990/1997; U.S. News & World Report, the New York Daily News, The Atlantic Monthly: Editorial Director and Vice Chairman, 1997/1999 - resigned to concentrate on writing, 2000; The Week (magazine): Editor at Large; U.S. News & World Report: Contributing Editor; The Huffington Post, The Guardian: contributor


 * Harold Evans profile (The Guardian)

Current position/role: journalist and writer


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Viewpoints/Insight:
 * Harold Evans: 'All I tried to do was shed a little light', As editor of 'The Sunday Times', Harold Evans battled for the rights of thalidomide victims – and became the stuff of newspaper legend. He took the fight to political cronyism, bloodied Kim Philby's nose and doggedly attacked Margaret Thatcher. His only defeat was to Rupert Murdoch (thanks to below-the-belt tactics). So what inspired the boy from Manchester to become undisputed heavyweight champion of the publishing world? Interview by Robert Chalmers, The Independent, 13th June 2010
 * The mystery that consumes Sir Harold Evans - The former Sunday Times editor's memoir, My Paper Chase, tells of the murder of foreign correspondent David Holden - The Times, 6th September 2009
 * Interview by James Brady: Sir Harry Never Rests Forbes.com, 6th April 2006
 * Profile by Brendan O'Neill: Love letter to America BBC News 24, 29th July 2005
 * Harold Evans: What does it take to make a great editor? The Times, 6th December 2002'''

TV/Radio:''' Presented BBC Radio 4: A point of view July 2005; U.S. PBS website about the TV Series: They Made America

Controversy/Criticism: Resigned editorship of The Times one year after its acquisition by Rupert Murdoch over issues relating to editorial independence

Awards/Honours: International Center of Photography Lifetime Achievement Award, 1999; The International Press Institute - named as one of fifty world press heroes in its celebration of 50 years of work defending the freedom of the press around the world, 2000; Knighted for services to journalism, 2004

Scoops: When editor of The Sunday Times set the investigative agenda for...
 * Reporting the plight of British Thalidomide children, see commentary: A Scandal Too Long Concealed Time magazine, 7th May 1979
 * Exposure of Kim Philby as a Soviet spy, see: David Leitch: former Sunday Times Insight team member Press Gazzette.co, 17th December 2004
 * Published Richard Crossman diaries without Cabinet permission (risking prosecution under the Official Secrets Act)
 * (see Wanted: A Bill of Rights Time magazine, 24th February 1975)

Other: Married to journalist and author Tina Brown 

Books & Debate:

 * Editing and design: a five-volume manual of English, typography and layout (1972-1978) OCLC 341148
 * Front Page History: Events of our century that shook the world OCLC 17548009, 1984
 * Good Times, Bad Times OCLC 10291845, 1984
 * Pictures on a page: photo-journalism, graphics and picture editing OCLC 37778592, 1997
 * The American Century OCLC 34412877, with Gail Buckland and Kevin Baker, 1998
 * War of Words: memoirs of a South African journalist by Benjamin Pogrund OCLC 38130600, 2000 (introduction by Harold Evans)
 * Essential English: For journalists, editors and writers OCLC 43342118, with Crawford Gillan, 2000
 * The Best American Magazine Writing 2001 (as editor) OCLC 70792849, 2001
 * Shots in the Dark: true crime pictures OCLC 48951706 ,with Gail Buckland, 2001
 * BBC Reports: On America, its allies and enemies, and the counterattack on terrorism OCLC 48675650, 2002
 * War Stories: Reporting in the time of conflict from the Crimea to Iraq OCLC 53151073, 2003
 * They Made America OCLC 53814009 (Two centuries of innovators from the steam engine to the search engine), with Gail Buckland and David Lefer, 2004
 * We the People ISBN 0-316-27717-7 (US history, 19th century), 2005

Latest work: My paper chase: true stories of vanished times OCLC 318879231, 2009

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Current debate: Science debate 2008: A Call for a Presidential Debate on Science and Technology 

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Articles:

 * Gulf that unites Britain and America'' - As a Brit-born American, I see how the two spills – Robert Green's and BP's – are part of one close relationship - 15th June 2010
 * of a Mass revolt'' - Though many oppose health reform, Barack Obama's rejection in Massachusetts is mainly because millions are still out of work - 21st January 2010
 * the world without shouting'' - Ludovic Kennedy took on the toughest causes with grace, wit and persistence - 22nd October 2009 (writing in The Times)
 * moral atrocity'' - Judge Goldstone has been suckered into letting war criminals use his name to pillory Israel - 20th October 2009
 * curious pursuit of the honourable Peter Hain'' - After he was framed as a bank robber, I helped clear his name. Now he's been singled out for another non-crime - 9th December 2008
 * about The One'' - The US media have been captivated by Obama, at the expense of their curiosity and scepticism - 1st November 2008
 * Rediscovering America - 14th March 2007
 * Mugging the over-70's - 24th February 2007
 * Fighting over a civil war - 29th November 2007
 * Dream on, democrats - 3rd October 2007
 * Our values - and theirs - 25th August 2007
 * The watchdog that didn't bark - 6th June 2007



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 * Wikipedia biog.