Tristan Davies
Tristan Davies | |
|---|---|
 Tristan Davies - Bergen 2011 | |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Douai School |
| Alma mater | University of Bristol |
| Employer(s) | The Independent The Mail on Sunday Independent on Sunday The Sunday Times |
Tristan Davies is a British newspaper executive and former newspaper editor.
Davies was educated at Douai School in Woolhampton.[1] He studied at the University of Bristol, then trained in radio journalism, but took employment for a London newspaper.[2] He joined The Independent in 1986, soon after its launch.[3] He initially worked on the listings section, then took various posts in arts and features. He left in the mid-1990s, to spend two years working on The Mail on Sunday's Night & Day magazine.[2]
Davies returned to The Independent in 1998,[3] and became editor of the Independent on Sunday in 2001 in succession to Janet Street-Porter. In 2005, he oversaw a change in format from broadsheet to tabloid,[2] while in June 2007, he oversaw a major redesign, which saw the paper reduced to a single section, plus a magazine. He remained editor until January 2008, becoming the longest-serving editor of the Independent on Sunday.[4] The Guardian suggested that he had resigned as he was unhappy with budget cuts imposed on the newspaper.[3]
In February 2008, Davies became executive editor of The Sunday Times with special responsibility for design, and was launch editor of the paper’s website and digital editions.[citation needed]
Davies rejoined The Mail on Sunday as assistant editor in 2012, and was appointed deputy editor in August 2016, taking office that September.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "The educational backgrounds of leading journalists" (PDF). The Sutton Trust. June 2006.
- ^ a b c David Rowan, "Interview: Tristan Davies, Independent on Sunday", Evening Standard, 12 October 2005
- ^ a b c Stephen Brook and Jemima Kiss, "Editor Davies leaves Sindy", The Guardian, 11 January 2008
- ^ "Independent on Sunday editor Tristan Davies moves on Archived 2008-01-13 at the Wayback Machine", Press Gazette, 11 January 2008
- ^ Jackson, Jasper (12 August 2016). "Mail on Sunday appoints Tristan Davies and Tobyn Andreae as co-deputies". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 May 2020.