{{Short description|British newspaper editor}} '''Caroline Waterston''' (born November 1978<ref>{{cite web |title=Caroline WATERSTON |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/Cson6-c7XKXSu1TLTD1a7vnd7Vs/appointments |website=Companies House |publisher=UK |access-date=18 March 2025}}</ref>) is a former British newspaper editor.
Waterston began working for [[Trinity Mirror]] in 2001. She rose to become deputy editor of the ''[[Sunday Mirror]]'' and ''[[Sunday People]]'', then deputy editor-in-chief of the ''[[Daily Star (UK)|Daily Star]]'' and ''[[Daily Express]]''. She then became leader of [[Reach plc]]'s magazine and supplement group, leading changes to the online presence of ''[[OK!]]'' magazine and the launch of a linked beauty box subscription. In February 2024, she became acting editor-in-chief of the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'', taking the position on a permanent basis in April. She later also took on the responsibility of editing the ''Sunday Mirror'' and ''Sunday People''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tobitt |first1=Charlotte |title=Who are the UK’s national newspaper editors? |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/uk-national-newspaper-editors/ |access-date=18 March 2025 |work=Press Gazette |date=28 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Tobitt |first1=Charlotte |title=Caroline Waterston officially becomes Mirror editor after Alison Phillips departure |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/mirror-editor-in-chief-alison-phillips-steps-down-after-four-years/ |access-date=18 March 2025 |work=Press Gazette |date=30 April 2024}}</ref>
Waterston stepped down from editing the ''Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, Sunday People'' and Reach plc's magazine and supplements in December 2025 after less than two years. She was replaced by Chloe Hubbard.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tobitt |first=Charlotte |date=2025-12-11 |title=The Independent's UK editor Chloe Hubbard to replace Mirror editor-in-chief Caroline Waterston |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/mirror-editor-caroline-waterston-chloe-hubbard/ |access-date=2025-12-30 |website=Press Gazette |language=en-US}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{start box}} {{s-media}} {{succession box|title=Editor-in-Chief of ''[[OK!]]''|years=2020–present|before=Charlotte Seligman|after=''Incumbent''}} {{succession box|title=Editor of the ''[[Daily Mirror]]''|years=2024–present|before=[[Alison Phillips]]|after=''Incumbent''}} {{succession box|title=Editor of the ''[[Sunday Mirror]]'' and ''[[Sunday People]]''|years=2024–present|before=[[Gemma Aldridge]]|after=''Incumbent''}} {{end box}}
{{Daily Mirror editors}} {{UK newspaper editors}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Waterston, Charlotte}} [[Category:1978 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English newspaper editors]]