Donald Trelford

Donald Trelford (born 9 November 1937) is a British journalist and academic, who was editor of The Observer newspaper from 1975 to 1993. He was also a director of The Observer from 1975 to 1993 and Chief Executive from 1992 to 1993.

In 1994, he was appointed Professor of Journalism Studies at the University of Sheffield^[1], and became a Visiting Professor in 2004 and Emeritus Professor in 2007.

Trelford was a member of the Council of the Advertising Standards Authority until 2008^[2] and Chairman of the London Press Club. He was also a member of the Newspaper Panel of the Competition Commission from 2001-7.

He is a regular broadcaster and has published books on snooker and cricket and co-authored (with Daniel King) a book on the 1993 Times World Chess Championship in London between Nigel Short and Garry Kasparov.

He is married with four children and lives in England and Majorca.

Media offices
Preceded by Michael Davie	Deputy Editor of The Observer 1969 - 1975	Succeeded by John Cole
Preceded by David Astor	Editor of The Observer 1975 - 1993	Succeeded by Jonathan Fenby

References

1. ^ "Donald Trelford on journalism’s state of health". Uniersity of Sheffield. 18 November 2008. http://journalism.dept.shef.ac.uk/?tag=donald-trelford. Retrieved 7 February 2011. 
2. ^ "New ASA Council members appointed". ASA. 1 April 2008. http://www.asa.org.uk/Media-Centre/2008/New-ASA-Council-members-appointed.aspx. Retrieved 7 February 2011. 

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