# Paul Connew

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British former newspaper editor

**Paul Norman Connew** is a [British](/source/British_people) former [newspaper editor](/source/Newspaper_editor).

Born in [Coventry](/source/Coventry), Connew attended [King Henry VIII Grammar School](/source/King_Henry_VIII_School%2C_Coventry), an independent school in the city, followed by the LSE. He entered journalism working for the *[Coventry Express](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coventry_Express&action=edit&redlink=1)*, then moved to the *[Coventry Evening Telegraph](/source/Coventry_Evening_Telegraph).* He later moved to London to work for the *[Daily Mirror](/source/Daily_Mirror)* and was the Mirror Group's US Bureau chief until joining the Murdoch organisation in the US before returning to London.[1] He became Deputy Editor of the *[News of the World](/source/News_of_the_World)* before returning to the *Mirror* as Deputy Editor.[2] He edited the *[Sunday Mirror](/source/Sunday_Mirror)* for a short period starting in 1994, and subsequently worked as a consultant for [Express Newspapers](/source/Express_Newspapers) and [Talksport](/source/Talksport).[3]

Connew was formerly married to television presenter [Lowri Turner](/source/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.[4] Connew subsequently worked as Director of Communications for the Sparks charity, and as a judge for the [British Press Awards](/source/British_Press_Awards).[5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** "[Library A-C](http://www.timjamesblues.com/libry_ac.htm#connew)"

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Nick Cohen ["Sex, Di and the Mirror Man"](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), *[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)*, 14 November 1993

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Inside Story: The ex-editors' files"](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/inside-story-the-exeditors-files-490081.html), *The Independent*, 9 May 2005

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Jackie McGlone, "[Would like to meet](http://news.scotsman.com/features/Would-like-to-meet.2577978.jp)", *The Scotsman*, 6 November 2004

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** 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 ["Paul Connew"](http://www.editorsinc.co.uk/page-view.php?pagename=PaulConnew), Editors Inc.

Media offices Preceded by Martin Dunn and Phil Wrack Deputy Editor of the News of the World 1989–1994 Succeeded by Phil Hall Preceded by ? Deputy Editor of the Daily Mirror 1994 Succeeded by Brendon Parsons? Preceded by Colin Myler Editor of the Sunday Mirror 1994–1995 Succeeded by Tessa Hilton Preceded by Rebekah Wade Deputy Editor of the News of the World? 1998–2000 Succeeded by Andy Coulson

v t e Editors of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday Pictorial Daily Mirror 1903: Mary Howarth 1904: Hamilton Fyfe 1907: Alexander Kenealy 1915: Ed Flynn 1916: Alexander Campbell 1931: Leigh Brownlee 1934: Cecil Thomas 1948: Silvester Bolam 1953: Jack Nener 1961: Lee Howard 1971: Tony Miles 1974: Michael Christiansen 1975: Mike Molloy 1985: Richard Stott 1990: Roy Greenslade 1991: Richard Stott 1992: David Banks 1994: Colin Myler 1995: Piers Morgan 2004: Richard Wallace 2012: Peter Willis 2018: Alison Phillips 2024: Caroline Waterston 2025 to date: Chloe Hubbard Sunday Pictorial 1915: F. R. Sanderson 1921: William McWhirter 1924: David Grant 1928: William McWhirter 1929: David Grant 1938: Hugh Cudlipp 1940: Stuart Campbell 1946: Hugh Cudlipp 1949: Philip Zec 1952: Hugh Cudlipp 1953: Colin Valdar 1959: Lee Howard 1961: Reg Payne Sunday Mirror 1963: Michael Christiansen 1972: Bob Edwards 1984: Peter Thompson 1986: Mike Molloy 1988: Eve Pollard 1991: Bridget Rowe 1992: Colin Myler 1994: Paul Connew 1995: Tessa Hilton 1996: Amanda Platell 1997: Bridget Rowe 1998: Brendon Parsons 1998: Colin Myler 2001: Tina Weaver 2012: Alison Phillips 2016: Gary Jones 2018: Peter Willis 2020: Paul Henderson 2021: Gemma Aldridge 2024: Caroline Waterston 2025 to date: Chloe Hubbard

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