Dawn Neesom (born 11 December 1964) is an English

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. She was promoted to the post of editor of the '' Daily Star'' newspaper in December 2003, but left at the end of February 2018. Born in Stratford,

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, England, Neesom attended Valentines High School in Ilford,

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. Her mother was a cleaner and her father a lorry driver. Neesom has claimed at various times that her career in

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began on the local

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the ''

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'', but this has been shown to be untrue and she no longer makes this claim. She also worked on ''

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'' magazine before joining '' The Sun'' newspaper as a feature writer in 1992. She was promoted to woman's editor before she joined the ''Daily Star'' as their woman's editor in 1997. Between 1997 and 2003, she was promoted to features editor and then associate editor (features) before, in September 2003, becoming joint deputy editor with

Hugh Whittow Hugh Whittow is a British former newspaper editor. Whittow worked for the '' Western Telegraph'' and the ''South Wales Echo'', before moving to London to work on the ''London Evening News'', and then the '' Daily Star''. In the mid-1980s, he joi ...

. She left her post as the ''Daily Star''s editor at the end of February 2018 after the take over by Reach plc, although she continues as a columnist for the newspaper. She supports

West Ham United West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club that plays its home matches in Stratford, East London. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club plays at the London Stadium, hav ...

and also practises

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in her spare time. Neesom is a regular guest on talkRADIO, frequently appearing on many of their shows, especially with Mike Graham, where she regularly joins Mike and others for the "Plank of the Week" segment, as well as guest hosting on the station. Neesom is also a regular guest on

GB News GB News is a British free-to-air television and radio news channel. The channel is available on Freeview, Freesat, Sky, YouView, Virgin Media and via the internet. Since 4 January 2022, an audio simulcast of the station is available on DAB+ ra ...

. Neesom covers shows like breakfast on

References

External links

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Dawn Neesom
coverage at ''The Media Briefing''

James Silver, ''

The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publis ...

'', 22 October 2006 1964 births Living people Daily Star (United Kingdom) people English newspaper editors People from Stratford, London The Sun (United Kingdom) people {{UK-journalist-stub