{{Short description|British journalist and newspaper editor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Use British English|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Kim Fletcher | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1956|9|17}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | education = Heversham Grammar School | alma_mater = Hertford College, Oxford | occupation = Journalist | known_for = Editor, ''The Independent on Sunday'', 1998–99 | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | boards = | spouse = Sarah Sands | children = 2 | parents = | relatives = | website = }} '''Kim Fletcher''' (born 17 September 1956) is a British former journalist and newspaper editor, and is currently a partner of the international corporate communications firm Brunswick.<ref name=harpersbazaar-20140204>{{cite news |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/people-parties/bazaar-at-work/news/a26097/fleet-street-feminist/ |title=Fleet Street Feminist - We talk to London Evening Standard editor Sarah Sands |newspaper=Harper's BAZAAR UK |date=4 February 2014 |accessdate=17 March 2018}}</ref>
Fletcher attended Heversham Grammar School, Westmorland, and read law at Hertford College, Oxford. He later received a postgraduate diploma in journalism from University College, Cardiff. He worked for various newspapers before being appointed news editor and then deputy editor of ''The Sunday Telegraph''. He left to become editor of ''The Independent on Sunday'' from 1998 to 1999, then returned to be Editorial Director of Hollinger's Telegraph New Media, the internet arm of Telegraph Group Limited, from 2000 to 2003 and Editorial Director of Telegraph Group Limited from 2003 to 2005.
Kim Fletcher served as chairman of the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) between 2004 and 2024. Upon stepping down as chairman in 2024, he was named emeritus chairman.
Kim Fletcher is author of ''The Journalist's Handbook'' (Macmillan).<ref>{{cite book|title=The Journalist's Handbook|id={{ASIN|1405040882|country=uk}}}}</ref>
==Personal life== Fletcher is married to the journalist Sarah Sands, former editor of the ''Today'' programme, and former editor of the ''Evening Standard'' and ''The Sunday Telegraph''.<ref name=harpersbazaar-20140204/> They have a son and a daughter.
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==External links== *[http://www.journalisted.com/kim-fletcher Journalisted - Articles by Kim Fletcher]
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