James Ben Preston (born 24 September 1963) is a British journalist. He is an executive editor of '' The Sunday Times'' and a former editor of the ''

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''.

Early life

His father was

Peter Preston Peter John Preston (23 May 1938 – 6 January 2018) was a British journalist and author. He was editor of ''The Guardian'' for twenty years, from 1975 to 1995. Early life Peter Preston was born in Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire, the son of J ...

, editor of '' The Guardian'' from 1975–95, and his wife Jean Burrell; he has a brother and two sisters. Preston attended Alleyn's School in Dulwich, London. At the University of Bristol he studied Politics. He gained an MA in journalism from London's City University.

Career

He began his career in 1987, working on local newspapers ('' Bristol Evening Post''). He worked later for the

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as education correspondent before joining '' The Times''. He was ''The Times'' deputy editor from 2000 to 2008 and Acting Editor for nine months. Subsequently, he was Executive Editor at '' The Independent'' from 2008. On 17 June 2009, it was announced that he had been appointed as Editor of ''

''. He was awarded Editors' Editor in the 2016 BSME awards. He remained at the ''Radio Times'' until early 2017. In March 2017, it was announced that he had been appointed as an Executive Editor of '' The Sunday Times''.

Personal life

Preston is married to '' The Times'' columnist Janice Turner. He is a cyclist and a Millwall supporter. He lives in

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, and has two sons.

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Alumni of City, University of London The Times journalists