Jim Munro (born 1962 in

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) is a British

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and

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website

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. He is currently Executive Sports Editor of The Sun's online edition and writes for the paper. He is often asked to comment on sport, having appeared as a pundit for television and radio broadcasters including

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and

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News International

Munro began his career at

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in 1990 as a freelance journalist, splitting his time between the sports desks of The Sun and another of

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's publications,

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. From March 1993, he worked solely for The Sunday Times, initiating the paper's first Sport On TV column. He also wrote the Sports desk's News Focus column, steering it through its transition to On The Record as well as reporting on football and boxing. In 1995 he was editor of the paper's

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supplement and after editing the

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supplement for the tournament in England he was appointed The Sunday Times's first

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Editor. He held this position from May 1996 to November 2006, during which time he edited several more of the paper's specialist supplements while being responsible for between 13 and 17 pages of The Sunday Times sports section on a weekly basis. In November 2006 he returned to The Sun as Executive Sports Editor of The Sun Online.

Other work

For many years Munro wrote a regular colum
"Speaking Personally"
in the

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match programme and he has also contributed to several official

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publications, including

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and

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match programmes. He has also contributed to many sport magazines. In March 2009 he was among the nominees for the SJA's Sports Internet Writer of the Year, one of the annual journalism awards judged by sports editors of the UK national press.

Sports Journalists' Association

Munro was elected to the committee of the

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at the April 2007 AGM. Having served on the committee for four years he stood down in April 2011.http://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/sja-news/sja-innovates-as-we-search-for-new-sponsors/ SJA Committee Annual Report 2011

Personal life

He is married to a journalist from The Sunday Times. They have one son and live in

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Notes

External links

Official websiteJim Munro video interviews and archiveThe Sunday Times newspaper: Jim Munro article search

Sports Journalists Association of Great Britain website
Largest national organisation of its type in the world. Site carries news on sport, journalism and sports journalism {{DEFAULTSORT:Munro, Jim British sports journalists English sportswriters British sportswriters 1962 births Living people English male non-fiction writers