View all newsletters
Sign up for our free email newsletters

Fighting for quality news media in the digital age.

Stephen Pollard appointed editor of Jewish Chronicle

By Dominic Ponsford

Author and journalist Stephen Pollard has been appointed as the new editor of the Jewish Chronicle.

The weekly newspaper for Britain’s Jewish community has a weekly sale of more than 30,000 and was previously edited by David Rowan – who left the title to edit the UK edition of Conde Nast technology magazine Wired.

Pollard, 43, is a frequent contributor to various national newspapers and has a regular blog for the Spectator.

He is also chair of the European Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism.

He is best known for his biography of former Home Secretary David Blunkett – in which Blunkett made a number of indiscreet remarks about his New Labour colleagues.

Pollard is also infamous for hiding an offensive message to Richard Desmond in the first letter of each sentence of a leader article on his last day at the Daily Express.

Content from our partners
MHP Group's 30 To Watch awards for young journalists open for entries
How PA Media is helping newspapers make the digital transition
Publishing on the open web is broken, how generative AI could help fix it

Email pged@pressgazette.co.uk to point out mistakes, provide story tips or send in a letter for publication on our "Letters Page" blog

Select and enter your email address Weekly insight into the big strategic issues affecting the future of the news industry. Essential reading for media leaders every Thursday. Your morning brew of news about the world of news from Press Gazette and elsewhere in the media. Sent at around 10am UK time. Our weekly does of strategic insight about the future of news media aimed at US readers. A fortnightly update from the front-line of news and advertising. Aimed at marketers and those involved in the advertising industry.
  • Business owner/co-owner
  • CEO
  • COO
  • CFO
  • CTO
  • Chairperson
  • Non-Exec Director
  • Other C-Suite
  • Managing Director
  • President/Partner
  • Senior Executive/SVP or Corporate VP or equivalent
  • Director or equivalent
  • Group or Senior Manager
  • Head of Department/Function
  • Manager
  • Non-manager
  • Retired
  • Other
Visit our privacy Policy for more information about our services, how New Statesman Media Group may use, process and share your personal data, including information on your rights in respect of your personal data and how you can unsubscribe from future marketing communications.
Thank you

Thanks for subscribing.

Websites in our network