Tina Weaver

{{Short description|British journalist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Tina Weaver''' is a British journalist and former National Newspaper editor.

Weaver began her journalism career at the South West News Service before joining the ''[[Sunday People]]'' in 1989. During her time there she became Chief Reporter. After a brief period at the ''[[Daily Mirror]]''. she moved to the national newspaper ''[[Today (UK newspaper)|Today]]''.<ref name="PCC">[http://www.pcc.org.uk/news/index.html?article=NDk4MQ== MACGREGOR AND WEAVER APPOINTED TO PCC AS DACRE LEAVES TO HEAD CODE COMMITTEE], [[Press Complaints Commission]], 4 March 2008</ref> In 1994, she was named Reporter of the Year for her investigative reporting of [[Michael Jackson]]'s relationship with young boys. After ''Today'' closed, Weaver returned to the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' as Head of Features under editor Piers Morgan. She was promoted to deputy editor in 1998. In 1999 she launched and edited the ''Mirror''''s magazine, ''M''.<ref name="weaves">Jessica Hodgson [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/apr/12/sundaymirror.pressandpublishing2 "Tina weaves her way to the top"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 12 April 2001</ref> which quickly received industry recognition, winning Newspaper Supplement of the Year for its 'innovative and highly targeted editorial style'.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}}

In April 2001, Weaver became editor of the ''[[Sunday Mirror]]'',<ref name="weaves" /> becoming one of the most senior women in publishing. During her editorship she oversaw the title through a period of significant change in the British newspaper industry.

Alongside her editorial career, Weaver played a prominent tole in the media industry organisations. She served as Chair of Women In Journalism in 2005, supporting initiatives aimed at increasing the representation and advancement of women in the media. In 2008 she was appointed to the board of the [[Press Complaints Commission]].<ref name="PCC" />

Following a restructuring that saw the merger of the Daily & Sunday Mirror editorial operations, Weaver left the company in May 2012. <ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18262229 "Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror editors lose their jobs"], [[BBC News]], 30 May 2012</ref> After leaving national newspaper editing, Weaver moved into the charity sector.

In 2013, Weaver was among several former Mirror journalists arrested as part of Operation Weeting, a Metropolitan Police investigation into historical allegations of phone hacking relating to the early 2000s. She strongly denied wrongdoing and after a three-year investigation police concluded there was no evidence to bring charges against her. <ref>{{cite web |author1=John Halliday |author2=Lisa O'Carroll |author3=Sandra Laville |author4=Mark Sweney |title=Phone hacking: first serving national newspaper editor arrested |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/mar/14/editor-arrested-phone-hacking-claims |publisher=The Guardian |access-date=14 March 2026 |date=14 March 2013}}</ref>

Weaver married her long-time partner, former ''Daily Mirror'' editor Richard Wallace at [[Aynhoe Park]], Oxon, in June 2016.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}}

In May 2023, during court proceedings involving Mirror Group Newspapers, former ''Mirror'' reporter, Dan Evans alleged that Weaver had demonstrated voicemail access techniques to journalists while Weaver was editor of the Sunday Mirror. Weaver has not been charged with any offence.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Waterson |first=Jim |last2= |first2= |date=15 May 2023 |title=Sunday Mirror 'did dodgy stuff' on every story, phone-hacking trial told |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/may/15/sunday-mirror-did-dodgy-stuff-on-every-story-phone-hacking-trial-told |access-date=15 May 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

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