Sarah April Louise Baxter (born 25 November 1959) is a British journalist. From 2013 to 2020, she was the deputy editor of ''

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''.

Early life

Baxter was born on 25 November 1959 in London, England."Baxter, Sarah April Louise", ''

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. Baxter was educated in the US and France, and in the UK at

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, a co-educational independent school in the town of Ashford in Kent and

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, a girls' independent day school in the district of

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in north London. She studied modern history at St Hilda's College, Oxford, graduating in 1981. After leaving university, Baxter worked for

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as a press officer.

Career

Following a period as an editor for the London edition of '' Time Out'', she joined the ''

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'' where she became the political editor. She then joined ''

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'' where she eventually became senior associate editor Sources vary as to Baxter's exact job title. An earlier ''PR Week'' article
''Media: Briefs"
8 March 1996), announcing her promotion, has her new post given as "senior assistant editor". responsible for the comment section. Baxter left ''The Observer'' in 1996. Baxter moved to ''The Sunday Times'' following an appointment as editor of the News Review section, a post in which she remained for four years. From July 2001, Baxter was based in New York. She became the Washington correspondent of ''The Sunday Times'' in 2005, before returning to London in 2009 to become editor of the newspaper's magazine, which she edited until September 2015. In June 2013, she was appointed the deputy editor of ''The Sunday Times'' and has served as a non-executive director of Times Newspapers Holdings Ltd. She stepped down as deputy editor of ''The Sunday Times'' in 2020.

Personal life

Sarah Baxter's husband, Jez Coulson, is a British photographer; the couple have two children.

References

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