Ian Edmondson
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Ian Edmondson | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1969 UK |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, newspaper editor |
| Notable credit(s) | News of the World, The People |
Ian Edmondson (born c. 1969) is a British tabloid journalist. He was the news editor at the News of the World. Edmondson was arrested by the Metropolitan Police in April 2011 during the Operation Weeting phone-hacking investigation.
Edmondson worked for News of the World twice. Before landing his first position at News of the World Edmondson worked as a freelance reporter. He was initially hired by News of the World as a general news reporter. He went on to spend 18 months as the paper's crime correspondent before moving to rival tabloid The People in 2000 as assistant news editor. He progressed through deputy news editor and news editor and was promoted to assistant editor (news) in 2003.[1] Edmondson was hired to the News of the World editorial team by Neil Wallis, who was Andy Coulson's deputy editor in November 2004. Coulson promoted Edmondson to assistant editor of the news department in October 2005.[2]
A former News of the World reporter said that Edmondson was one of the inner circle of executives when Coulson was editor of the paper.[2] As the assistant editor of the news section, he was part of a clique of senior-ranking staff that discussed 'high grade' and sensitive news stories privately after the official editorial meetings had taken place.[2] He was reported to have been privy to most of the big scoops the paper published each week. News of the World's former royal editor, Clive Goodman, who produced some news scoops which involved paying the private detective Glenn Mulcaire to hack into mobile phones belonging to leading public figures, was a colleague of Edmondson's.[2]
In May 2012 Edmondson was appointed as the editor of Loaded magazine.[3]
