Jane Martinson

After a period working as the FT's Wall Street correspondent she joined The Guardian in May 1999,^[6] and remained in New York as the US business editor.^[7] She became the news editor for the City coverage of The Guardian when she returned to London in 2002,^[5] and then media business editor in January 2004.^[8]

Martinson was appointed as The Guardian's media editor in 2007, and assumed the post in January 2008 after returning from maternity leave.^[5] She became women's editor in 2010, and set up the newspaper's blog on women's issues. She a post as Head of Media in September 2014.^[9] Martinson left the staff of The Guardian in July 2017, but has continued to write for the paper as a contributor.^[10][1]

In early 2018, Martinson was appointed as the Marjorie Deane Professor of Financial Journalism at City, University of London.^[11] Her responsibilities include the MA in Financial Journalism.^[12]

Martinson is an Executive Committee member of Women in Journalism,^[13] and was the organisation's chair until late in 2013. She was succeeded by Eleanor Mills.^[14]