Last modified on Tue 13 Apr 2021 08.04 EDT
The Guardian has today announced that John Collingridge has been appointed as its new head of business.
John started out as a trainee reporter at the Hull Daily Mail in 2005; moving to become city reporter at the Yorkshire Post and then city reporter at the Press Association. He joined the Sunday Times in 2013 as industry correspondent and became deputy business editor in 2018. He has a degree in English Literature and a postgraduate diploma in newspaper journalism, both from Cardiff University. In 2004, John was also a recipient of the George Viner Memorial Fund scholarship, set up by the National Union of Journalists to broaden the diversity of journalists working in the media.
Disappointing but not surprising : Industry responds to PG racism survey
Press Gazette’s findings that almost four in ten UK journalists who responded to our survey have experienced or witnessed racism at work are “hugely disappointing, but sadly not surprising” according to one industry body.
Some 1,002 Press Gazette newsletter subscribers responded to our survey, 72% of whom described themselves as journalists. Some 66% of journalist respondents said the UK media is bigoted or racist in some way and 79% of those said it was a problem across all media, not just tabloids.
Some 50% of journalist respondents said at least some coverage of Harry’s wife Meghan Markle had been racist in tone or presentation, and 38% said they had personally experienced or witnessed racism whilst working in the UK media.