Paul Connew

{{short description|British former newspaper editor|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Use British English|date=January 2017}} '''Paul Norman Connew''' is a [[British people|British]] former [[newspaper editor]].

Born in [[Coventry]], Connew attended [[King Henry VIII School, Coventry|King Henry VIII Grammar School]], an independent school in the city, followed by the LSE. He entered journalism working for the ''[[Coventry Express]]'', then moved to the ''[[Coventry Evening Telegraph]].'' He later moved to London to work for the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' and was the Mirror Group's US Bureau chief until joining the Murdoch organisation in the US before returning to London.<ref>"[http://www.timjamesblues.com/libry_ac.htm#connew Library A-C]"</ref> He became Deputy Editor of the ''[[News of the World]]'' before returning to the ''Mirror'' as Deputy Editor.<ref>Nick Cohen [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/sex-di-and-the-mirror-man-nick-cohen-investigates-the-way-press-violation-of-privacy-became-frontpage-news-1504201.html "Sex, Di and the Mirror Man"], ''[[The Independent]]'', 14 November 1993</ref> He edited the ''[[Sunday Mirror]]'' for a short period starting in 1994, and subsequently worked as a consultant for [[Express Newspapers]] and [[Talksport]].<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/inside-story-the-exeditors-files-490081.html "Inside Story: The ex-editors' files"], ''The Independent'', 9 May 2005</ref>

Connew was formerly married to television presenter [[Lowri Turner]] during which period he became a house husband, but the couple, who have two sons, separated after 10 years in 2002, and divorced in 2004.<ref>Jackie McGlone, "[http://news.scotsman.com/features/Would-like-to-meet.2577978.jp Would like to meet]", ''The Scotsman'', 6 November 2004</ref> Connew subsequently worked as Director of Communications for the Sparks charity, and as a judge for the [[British Press Awards]].<ref>He is also a regular media commentator for the BBC, Sky, Al-Jazeera among others and a PR adviser to corporate, celebrity&NGO clients. Connew is now a regular columnist for The New European and The Drum, the international media/marketing industry website. He writes and broadcasts regularly on Donald Trump--having met and interviewed him several times when Connew was the Mirror Group's US Bureau Chief [http://www.editorsinc.co.uk/page-view.php?pagename=PaulConnew "Paul Connew"], Editors Inc.</ref>

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{{s-start}} {{s-media}} {{succession box|title=Deputy Editor of the ''[[News of the World]]''|years=1989–1994|before=[[Martin Dunn (journalist)|Martin Dunn]] and Phil Wrack|after=[[Phil Hall (journalist)|Phil Hall]]}} {{succession box|title=Deputy Editor of the ''[[Daily Mirror]]''|years=1994|before=?|after=[[Brendon Parsons]]?}} {{succession box|title=Editor of the ''[[Sunday Mirror]]''|years=1994–1995|before=[[Colin Myler]]|after=[[Tessa Hilton]]}} {{succession box|title=Deputy Editor of the ''[[News of the World]]''?|years=1998–2000|before=[[Rebekah Wade]]|after=[[Andy Coulson]]}} {{s-end}}

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