The Evening Standard Diary reports that Jonathan Oliver has handed in his notice as political editor of the Sunday Times and is following George Pascoe-Watson into the world of corporate PR. This is one of the most challenging and most coveted jobs in political journalism - challenging because you're expected to come up with a front page splash every week, and coveted because of its high profile and guaranteed access to those in power.
The Sunday Times will want to recruit weekly to ensure that a new person is in place in time for the party conference season. I'm hesitant to blight anyone's chances, but Isabel Oakshott, Oliver's deputy, ought to be in with a good shout. Other contenders could include Francis Elliott and Sam Coates from The Times, Tim Shipman, Deputy Pol Ed at the Mail (but a former Telegraph Sunday journalist) and Nick Watt, who enjoyed a very successful spell as the Observer's temporary Pol Ed when Gaby Hinsliff was on maternity leave.
There, I've ruined enough people's chances, so I'll stop there.
6 comments:
you forgot Nick Robinson.....
Following on from the Clare Balding fiasco, pity John Witherow hasn't resigned http://bit.ly/9rptRg
What's the point, now it's a secret behind the paywall who cares.
Apart from the few that read the tree killer version
Jonathan Oliver's predecessor, David Cracknell, also made the leap into PR a couple of years ago and has never looked back.
Eh?
He has never looked down, either
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