Jim Waterson | |
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Born | James Waterson March 1989 (age 35)
York, England |
Partner | Jess Brammar (2017–present) |
Children | 1 |
James Waterson (born March 1989) is an English journalist who is the media editor of The Guardian and was previously political editor of BuzzFeed UK. [1]
Waterson was born in York. [2] He attended Oundle School, leaving in 2007. [3] He graduated from Jesus College, Oxford in 2011, with a degree in History. [4] He represented the college on the 2009–10 series of University Challenge. [5]
Waterson interned at Guido Fawkes, The Independent, and The Observer before landing his first job covering politics and business on City A.M. [6] [7] [8] While at City A.M. he fried an egg on a street using reflected heat from the 20 Fenchurch Street skyscraper. [9]
He was BuzzFeed News' UK political editor from 2013, before joining The Guardian in 2018. [10] [11]
He has presented Week in Westminster on BBC Radio 4, [12] and appeared on Moral Maze in February 2017. [13]
Waterson has been in a relationship with journalist Jess Brammar since 2017. Brammar has been the editor of BBC News and BBC World News since 2021. [14] [15] [16] The couple have one son born in 2020. [17]
Jim Waterson | |
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Born | James Waterson March 1989 (age 35)
York, England |
Partner | Jess Brammar (2017–present) |
Children | 1 |
James Waterson (born March 1989) is an English journalist who is the media editor of The Guardian and was previously political editor of BuzzFeed UK. [1]
Waterson was born in York. [2] He attended Oundle School, leaving in 2007. [3] He graduated from Jesus College, Oxford in 2011, with a degree in History. [4] He represented the college on the 2009–10 series of University Challenge. [5]
Waterson interned at Guido Fawkes, The Independent, and The Observer before landing his first job covering politics and business on City A.M. [6] [7] [8] While at City A.M. he fried an egg on a street using reflected heat from the 20 Fenchurch Street skyscraper. [9]
He was BuzzFeed News' UK political editor from 2013, before joining The Guardian in 2018. [10] [11]
He has presented Week in Westminster on BBC Radio 4, [12] and appeared on Moral Maze in February 2017. [13]
Waterson has been in a relationship with journalist Jess Brammar since 2017. Brammar has been the editor of BBC News and BBC World News since 2021. [14] [15] [16] The couple have one son born in 2020. [17]