The Guardian
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Editor Alan Rusbridger
Circulation 177,915* Address Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU Website www.theguardian.com Phone 020 3353 2000 *November 2014 |
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Rusbridger quits to head Scott TrustJanine Gibson tipped as next editor
Manning writes from jail on tackling Isis
Wednesday 17 September Chelsea Manning, the former American military intelligence officer serving a 35-year jail sentence for leaking classified information, appears on the Guardian's Op-Ed page today, offering advice on how the West should deal with Isis.
Manning, who worked as an intelligence analyst in Iraq, says that Isis leaders are canny strategists with a solid understanding of Western strengths and weaknesses: "They know how we tick...and what pushes us towards intervention and over-reach." Airstrikes might have immediate results, but would lead to a cycle of outrage and more fighting. Pointing to the way the group's brutality worked against it in 2009-10, when American and Iraqi forces refused to respond to its attacks on civilians, she suggests it should be left to set up a state and be given enough time to prove itself unpopular and unable to govern. 
The world just needs to be disciplined enough to let the Isis fire die out on its own, intervening carefully and avoiding the cyclic trap of “mission creep”. This is certainly a lot to ask for. But Isis is wielding a sharp, heavy and very deadly double-edged sword. Now just wait for them to fall on it.
Double success on Orwell Prize night
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad has won the 2014 Orwell prize for journalism for his coverage of the Syrian civil war. The £3,000 award was announced last night. Robin Lustig, one of the judges, said: "He has shown great personal courage and a rare depth of understanding. He writes with deep compassion for those whose lives have been shattered by the conflict." Abdul-Ahad writes for the Guardian and the London Review of Books.
Read his entries for the prize here 
Jonathan Friedland was awarded the discretionary special prize after appearing on the journalism prize shortlist seven times. Lustig said: "His writing has a lucidity and elegance of style that deserves reward."
Friedland, who is the Guardian's executive editor, opinion, entries included pieces on the murder of Lee Rigby, Pope Francis and Margaret Thatcher. You can read them here European award for Snowden coverageThe Guardian has won the European Press Award Special Prize for its coverage of the Snowden papers, described as "the biggest global story of the year".
Snowden's revelations about the extent of state surveillance had "set alarm bells ringing throughout the world," the broadcaster Justin Webb said, announcing the award in London. "One European paper, the Guardian, has played a leading role in the story. Its editor Alan Rusbridger has endured many months of difficulties at the hands of the government and its different agencies." Accepting the award Rusbridger said that he had journalists working in four countries and that it was "rather to Britain's discredit" that reporting had to be done abroad. More Snowden prizes Glenn Greenwald has been named this year's winner of the University of Georgia's McGill medal for journalistic courage. James Ball, New York special projects editor at the Guardian, has won the XCity award for his data journalism related to the Snowden papers. The £500 award is made to the City University graduate who has made the most outstanding contribution to journalism in the previous year Guardian wins Charles letters appealWednesday 12 March, 2014
The Guardian has won a second victory in its fight to see the Prince of Wales's letters to government ministers - but they remain locked away. The reporter Rob Evans had applied to the various ministries to see the letters, but they refused the request, and their decisions were upheld by the Information Commissioner. The paper won a tribunal appeal over the ruling, but Dominic Grieve, the Attorney General, promptly issued a certificate exercising his veto. He said that making the letters public might damage the principle of the heir to the throne being politically neutral, and undermine his ability to fulfil his duties as king, The Appeal Court quashed the minister's veto, but Grieve says he will take the case to the Supreme Court. US chief Gibson returns to run website
Friday 7 March, 2014: Alan Rusbridger memo to staff
Dear all,
It has been an extraordinary 12 months. The Guardian’s ground-breaking investigative journalism has dominated the news agenda around the world. There’s been the successful launch of Guardian Australia and our new global online home at theguardian.com; the tremendous acclaim around Guardian US; significant growth in digital revenues and online audiences alongside increased print circulation; and the sale of Auto Trader, which transformed GMG's balance sheet and should enable the Guardian to continue delivering world-class journalism for generations. Today I am announcing a series of changes that will not only build on these achievements but will also radically develop our video journalism and multimedia offering, bolster the Guardian’s intellectual heart, and further unlock the talents of some of our most talented journalists and editors. In headline, the changes are as follows: Janine Gibson has done an extraordinary job opening and editing Guardian US. She has assembled a first-rate team, pioneered award-winning digital journalism, and helped build a hugely significant audience in the US. The Snowden scoops dominated the news agenda in the US (not to mention the rest of the world) for months, and their impact continues to reverberate. This summer she will return to London as a deputy editor and to take on the role of editor in chief in charge of theguardian.com. Katharine Viner has done a terrific job in Australia, opening an operation there, hiring a fantastic team of interesting and talented journalists, increasing traffic dramatically, setting the agenda and quickly establishing the Guardian as a force to be reckoned with in Australian journalism. In the summer she will move to New York to be editor in chief of Guardian US, remaining a deputy editor. Paul Johnson, who has done such brilliant work running the London end of the Snowden story while also overseeing news, will, as deputy editor, be responsible for the day-to-day editing and publishing of the paper Monday to Saturday. Print will remain a crucial part of what we do for the foreseeable future. Paul will be responsible for the strategic position of the paper in a changing media environment. Jonathan Freedland will become executive editor, Opinion - with overall responsibility for leaders, the Comment pages, Comment is Free and a new review space – online and in paper – for longer reads. He will also oversee a new editorial board, drawing on the pool of leader and op-ed writers, columnists and editors, senior specialist writers and feature writers, all of whom will provide considered opinion, perspective and analysis on a broad range of stories, with their prime focus not on the next hour or next day but on the bigger picture. Stuart Millar, currently deputy editor of Guardian US, will return to the UK as the Guardian’s overall head of news. He has, with Janine, been the lynchpin of the US end of the NSA story and has shown great judgment and cool-headedness. Stuart will work with journalists and editors across every news desk – including city, home, foreign and sport - on news, context and analysis over print and digital across different time zones. The Observer is enjoying continued success: the Observer Food Monthly and, more recently, Observer Tech Monthly have proved enormously popular, while monthly and annual circulation is strong. Following initial conversations over the last few months with John Mulholland about news resource, Paul Johnson, Paul Webster, Julian Coman, Janine and Stuart will now sit down to discuss how we we can organise our news gathering resource as effectively as possible. Emily Wilson, after a run of proving that she can do anything across print and digital, including most recently as Network Editor, will move to Sydney to take over from Katharine Viner to edit Guardian Australia. Merope Mills is producing an exciting multimedia strategy and will work with Janine to transform the significant parts of our output into video content. Clare Margetson, who – like Emily – has been such a versatile and accomplished editor in a number of roles, will become an Assistant Editor - in the short term working directly with me on the new review pages and longer form pieces. |
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Edward Snowden is important to the Guardian. But his low opinion of the surveillance laws being rushed through Parliament (largely thanks to his activities) is not important
to the rest of us. We can make up our own minds about British security without guidance from an American fugitive living under asylum in Russia, thank you very much - Why the Guardian gets up people's noses Miranda caseThe detention of David Miranda for nine hours at Heathrow has been declared legal.
The case brought to light just how many people are held like this every year. Even people who hate the Guardian and disapprove of the publication of the Snowden papers should worry |
Appointments
October 2014
Ashley Cowburn is now political reporter at The Observer as part of the Anthony Howard journalism scholarship
Anna Codrea-Rado has moved from London to New York where she is now assistant editor for sustainable business at the Guardian (US). She was previously editor of the Guardian Language Learning Series.
Holly Young is now editor of the Language Learning Series. She previously worked on the Guardian's global development professionals network,
David Munk to be International News Editor for Asia Pacific at the Guardian Australia. He was previously head of world news at Telegraph.
September 2014
Natalie Nougayrède joins as columnist, leader writer and foreign affairs commentator. She was previously Executive Editor and Managing Editor of Le Monde. Her contact details will be announced in due course.
May 2014
Aron Pilhofer to the newly-created role of Executive Editor of Digital. He is currently Associate Managing Editor for Digital Strategy and Editor of Interactive News at The New York Times
Rafael Behr has been appointed as a Political Columnist at the Guardian. He is currently Political Editor at the New Statesman
April 2014
John Crace has been appointed as Parliamentary Sketchwriter. He has worked for the paper since 2001 and will continue to write the weekly Digested Read
March 2014
Ewen MacAskill, Defence and Security Correspondent .
He was previously Washington Bureau Chief, Diplomatic Editor
and Chief Political Reporter
Matthew Jenkin, Editor of Guardian Careers
February 2014
Elena Cresci joins from WalesOnline as Community Co-ordinator
James Ball, Special Projects Editor overseeing investigative
and explanatory journalism for Guardian US
Ashley Cowburn is now political reporter at The Observer as part of the Anthony Howard journalism scholarship
Anna Codrea-Rado has moved from London to New York where she is now assistant editor for sustainable business at the Guardian (US). She was previously editor of the Guardian Language Learning Series.
Holly Young is now editor of the Language Learning Series. She previously worked on the Guardian's global development professionals network,
David Munk to be International News Editor for Asia Pacific at the Guardian Australia. He was previously head of world news at Telegraph.
September 2014
Natalie Nougayrède joins as columnist, leader writer and foreign affairs commentator. She was previously Executive Editor and Managing Editor of Le Monde. Her contact details will be announced in due course.
May 2014
Aron Pilhofer to the newly-created role of Executive Editor of Digital. He is currently Associate Managing Editor for Digital Strategy and Editor of Interactive News at The New York Times
Rafael Behr has been appointed as a Political Columnist at the Guardian. He is currently Political Editor at the New Statesman
April 2014
John Crace has been appointed as Parliamentary Sketchwriter. He has worked for the paper since 2001 and will continue to write the weekly Digested Read
March 2014
Ewen MacAskill, Defence and Security Correspondent .
He was previously Washington Bureau Chief, Diplomatic Editor
and Chief Political Reporter
Matthew Jenkin, Editor of Guardian Careers
February 2014
Elena Cresci joins from WalesOnline as Community Co-ordinator
James Ball, Special Projects Editor overseeing investigative
and explanatory journalism for Guardian US
