Wesley J.

Managing Editor, BT.com
Happy to mentor
Happy to be contacted

About me

Wesley J.
English and Related Literature
English & Related Literature
Undergraduate
James
2001
United Kingdom

My employment

Managing Editor, BT.com
Press Association
United Kingdom
Journalism and publishing
Large business (250+ employees)
2002

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A day in the life of a Managing Editor, BT.com in the United Kingdom

Senior journalist and news editor with 15 years experience in national media.

My career history

I started working for PA as a trainee in 2002 before covering Yorkshire and the Humber region as a reporter. In 2007 I moved to New York as PA's North America Correspondent before returning to the UK as PA's Home Affairs Correspondent in 2009. After working as the Daily Telegraph's Home Affairs Correspondent in 2012, I returned to PA as news editor the following year and became Chief News Editor in 2014. I set up and ran the editorial team of PA's digital service Snappa (http://snappa.press.net/#!/feeds) for two years before taking over the running of BT.com in July 2016.

Courses taken since graduation

Newspaper journalism, PG Dip, City University, London.

Contacting me

Happy to answer questions and/or mentor students, particularly those interested in pursuing a career in news journalism.

What I do

I run the editorial team at BT.com on behalf of the Press Association. Previously, I set up and ran PA's digital service Snappa, was the agency's chief news editor, and before that worked as home affairs correspondent for both PA and the Daily Telegraph, and as PA's North America Correspondent based in New York.

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