Daniel Sabbagh (born 1971) is a British
journalist
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who is the associate editor of ''
The Guardian
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'' (appointed in January 2018), having previously been national news editor.
["Guardian appoints Dan Sabbagh as national news editor"](_blank)
guardian.co.uk, 18 January 2013
Sabbagh worked as senior reporter on the magazine ''
Computing
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'' and as a city reporter at ''
The Daily Telegraph
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It was f ...
'' before joining ''
The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper '' The Sunday Times'' (f ...
'' where he was telecoms correspondent and then media editor between 2004 and 2009, when he resigned.
In April 2005, along with his then editor
Robert Thomson, he was served with a
criminal libel
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It is an alternative name for the common law offence which is also known (in order ...
summons from a
French court by the
Barclay Brothers
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over an article published in ''The Times'' in November 2004. That action was eventually dropped, and ''The Times'' published a statement in February 2007.
Sabbagh was co-founder of the media news and entertainment websit
Beehive City along with two former ''Times'' colleagues
Adam Sherwin
Adam Sherwin is a British journalist and a former media correspondent for ''The Times'' between 1999 and 2010. He covered topics and issues regarding naval architecture, entertainment, music, literature, technology and politics.The Guardian
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''.
[Dominic Ponsfor]
"Former Times media editor Dan Sabbagh joins The Guardian"
''Press Gazette'', 1 November 2010
He joined ''The Guardian'' in November 2010.
He was initially head of media and technology which included oversight of the Media Guardian website,
then became national news editor, running the home department during the 2014 Scottish referendum, the 2016 EU referendum as well as general elections in 2015 and 2017. He returned to reporting as associate editor, covering politics and based in Westminster. He was in Westminster throughout 2018, during the final stages of the Brexit negotiations and their passage through parliament.
He was a
Labour councillor for
Vassall ward in the
London Borough of Lambeth between August 1999 and May 2006. In 2010, he was media advisor to
Oona King
Oona Tamsyn King, Baroness King of Bow (born 22 October 1967) is a business executive and former British Labour Party politician. She was a Labour Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Bow from 1997 until 2005.
Early life
Oona King was ...
on her unsuccessful attempt to become the London Labour Mayoral candidate.
[Gideon Spanie]
"Ready for a legal fight over Project Canvas - Sabbagh is King's right hand man"
''Evening Standard'', 9 June 2010
References
External links
Dan Sabbagh on TwitterSabbagh's ''Guardian'' contributor page
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1971 births
British male journalists
Living people
The Guardian people