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词条 Fergus Shanahan
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  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

  3. Personal

  4. References

Fergus Shanahan (born 26 January 1955) is a British journalist. Since 2007 he has been Executive Editor of The Sun newspaper.[1]

Early life and education

Shanahan was born in London. He attended Maidenhead Grammar School.

Career

Shanahan began his career on the Reading Chronicle and Reading Evening Post. He worked as a sub-editor for the Mirror Group, The Times and Express Newspapers. He joined The Sun in 1989, working as a Night Editor before being appointed Deputy Editor in 2000. He was deputy to David Yelland 2000 - 2003 and Rebekah[2] Brooks (nee Wade) 2003 - 2007.[3][4] He was also a political columnist on The Sun 2004 – 2008.[5][6]

On 28 January 2012 The Daily Telegraph and BBC reported that Shanahan was arrested as part of the Operation Elveden police inquiry into allegations of improper payments by journalists to public officials.[7][8] The inquiry is connected to the News International phone hacking scandal. In July 2013 he pleaded not guilty;[9] on 20 March 2015 Shanahan was cleared of charges that he had signed off illegal payments.[10]

Personal

Shanahan is married with two daughters. He lives in Essex.

References

1. ^"Sun executive Fergus Shanahan to face trial for paying public official". The Times, 19 April 2013.
2. ^"News of the World editor quits". BBC News.
3. ^{{cite book|author1=Dr George Morgan|author2=Professor Scott Poynting|title=Global Islamophobia: Muslims and Moral Panic in the West|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=izPtNfuj4i8C&pg=PT202|date=28 January 2013|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-1-4094-9536-9|pages=202–}}
4. ^{{cite book|author1=Martin Hickman|author2=Tom Watson|title=Dial M for Murdoch: News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lel9DjaPgqEC&pg=PT254|date=19 April 2012|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-0-241-96105-6|pages=254–}}
5. ^{{cite book|author=Arthur Aughey|title=The Politics of Englishness|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uVhoAAAAMAAJ|date=15 July 2007|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-0-7190-6873-7}}
6. ^"Sun columnist who became foreman of jury in murder case was 'faithful to his oath'". Solicitors Journal.
7. ^"Four Sun journalists arrested", Daily Telegraph, London, January 28, 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012
8. ^"Operation Elveden:Five held in police payment probe", BBC News, 28 January 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012
9. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/jul/22/sun-editor-pleads-not-guilty-fergus-shanahan "Sun executive pleads not guilty to charges over alleged payments"]. The Guardian, 22 July 2013.
10. ^{{cite web | title= Sun journalists cleared in payments trial|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31986754| author=| website= http://www.bbc.co.uk | accessdate= 20 March 2015}}
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