# Tina Weaver > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tina_Weaver > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tina_Weaver.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Weaver > Source revision: 1343462717 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) British journalist **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](/source/Sunday_People)* in 1989. During her time there she became Chief Reporter. After a brief period at the *[Daily Mirror](/source/Daily_Mirror)*. she moved to the national newspaper *[Today](/source/Today_(UK_newspaper))*.[1] In 1994, she was named Reporter of the Year for her investigative reporting of [Michael Jackson](/source/Michael_Jackson)'s relationship with young boys. After *Today* closed, Weaver returned to the *[Daily Mirror](/source/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*.[2] which quickly received industry recognition, winning Newspaper Supplement of the Year for its 'innovative and highly targeted editorial style'.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] In April 2001, Weaver became editor of the *[Sunday Mirror](/source/Sunday_Mirror)*,[2] 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](/source/Press_Complaints_Commission).[1] Following a restructuring that saw the merger of the Daily & Sunday Mirror editorial operations, Weaver left the company in May 2012. [3] 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. [4] Weaver married her long-time partner, former *Daily Mirror* editor Richard Wallace at [Aynhoe Park](/source/Aynhoe_Park), Oxon, in June 2016.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] 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.[5] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-PCC_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-PCC_1-1) [MACGREGOR AND WEAVER APPOINTED TO PCC AS DACRE LEAVES TO HEAD CODE COMMITTEE](http://www.pcc.org.uk/news/index.html?article=NDk4MQ==), [Press Complaints Commission](/source/Press_Complaints_Commission), 4 March 2008 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-weaves_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-weaves_2-1) Jessica Hodgson ["Tina weaves her way to the top"](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/apr/12/sundaymirror.pressandpublishing2), *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*, 12 April 2001 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror editors lose their jobs"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18262229), [BBC News](/source/BBC_News), 30 May 2012 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** John Halliday; Lisa O'Carroll; Sandra Laville; Mark Sweney (14 March 2013). ["Phone hacking: first serving national newspaper editor arrested"](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/mar/14/editor-arrested-phone-hacking-claims). The Guardian. Retrieved 14 March 2026. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Waterson, Jim (15 May 2023). ["Sunday Mirror 'did dodgy stuff' on every story, phone-hacking trial told"](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/may/15/sunday-mirror-did-dodgy-stuff-on-every-story-phone-hacking-trial-told). *The Guardian*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0261-3077](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077). Retrieved 15 May 2023. Media offices Preceded by Brendon Parsons Deputy Editor of the Daily Mirror 1997–2001 Succeeded by Des Kelly Preceded by Colin Myler Editor of the Sunday Mirror 2001–2012 Succeeded by Alison Phillips 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 v t e Current editors of national newspapers of the United Kingdom Daily Geoff Maynard (Daily Express) Ted Verity (Daily Mail) Chloe Hubbard (EIC, Daily Mirror) Denis Mann (Daily Star) Roula Khalaf (Financial Times) Ben Chacko (Morning Star) Chris Evans (The Daily Telegraph) Katharine Viner (EIC, The Guardian) Oliver Duff (i) Victoria Newton (The Sun) Tony Gallagher (The Times) Deborah Arthurs (Metro) Sunday Denis Mann (Daily Star Sunday) David Dillon (The Mail on Sunday) Geoff Maynard (Sunday Express) Chloe Hubbard (Sunday Mirror) Victoria Newton (Sun on Sunday) Lucy Rock (The Observer) Chloe Hubbard (The Sunday People) Allister Heath (The Sunday Telegraph) Ben Taylor (The Sunday Times) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tina Weaver](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Weaver) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Weaver?action=history)). 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